Engaging Werner G. Jeanrond's Theological Thinking
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- ISBN 9780567719270
- Weight: 700g
- Dimensions: 154 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 14 May 2026
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This collection offers the first book-length engagement with Werner G. Jeanrond’s theological thinking, spanning from hermeneutics through systematic theology to politics. More than twenty renowned scholars with a global reach offer interpretations, interventions, and inspirations sparked by Jeanrond’s theology. Together, they take Jeanrond’s lecture on “The Problem of the Theological Starting Point” as a starting point to tackle one of Jeanrond’s key questions: ‘How can theological thought begin today, in the midst of a confusing plurality of methods?’ The wager of this collection is that this question can only be asked and answered in a dialogue that engages scholars critically and self-critically with each other. Tackling the problem of the starting point, then, implies a vision for the vocation of theology that cannot hide behind clear-cut answers. In Jeanrond’s words: ‘Because God has begun a relationship with this world, theology must do the same without fear of compromising itself in this process’.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lund University.
Ulrich Schmiedel is Senior Lecturer in Theology, Politics and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is also Co-Director of Edinburgh's Centre for Theology and Public Issues and has written widely on public and political theology.
Ola Sigurdson is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Letters, History and Antiquities. He has published more than thirty books in Swedish and English on the intersection of philosophy, theology and the arts.
Jayne Svenungsson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Lund University, Sweden. Currently director of the multidisciplinary research program At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present (endoftheworld.lu.se), she has published extensively on political theology and philosophy of history.
