Werner G. Jeanrond

Academic interests
Christian theology in a global age; the question of God; theology as a relational discipline; theology of love; reasons to hope; faith in multicultural contexts; ecclesiology; political theology; religion, transcendence and transformation.
Courses taught
Employment History
- Professor of Systematic Theology (Dogmatics), University of Oslo (2018-)
- Master of St Benet’s Hall and Professor of Theology, University of Oxford (2012-18)
- Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow (2008-12)
- Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Lund (1995-2007)
- Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (1981-94)
International Lectures
- Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Chicago, Regensburg, Riga, Uppsala, Gothenburg, Glasgow, Copenhagen, and at the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
- Research Fellowship (full time) at the Danish Institute for Advanced Studies
in the Humanities (2002-3) - Invited lectures at many universities throughout Europe, North America, and Asia
- Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Chicago (1979-81)
- Member of the Swedish Royal Society of Letters, Lund (1995)
- Member of Vetenskapssocieteten at Lund (1995)
- Special Lectures:
- Waldenström Lectures, Stockholm School of Theology 1993
- Wesley Lectures, Methodist College Gothenburg 1996
- Donellan Lectures, Trinity College Dublin 2001
- Robertson Lecture, University of Glasgow 2004
- Aquinas Lecture, Strathclyde University Glasgow 2010
- Gonzaga Lecture, Glasgow 2011
- Hulsean Sermon, University of Cambridge 2016
- Croall Lectures, University of Edinburgh 2017
- Candlemas Lecture, Boston College 2019
Editorial Appointments
Hermathena (1988-)
CONCILIUM. Member of the Board of Directors (1991-2001); Member of the Scientific Committee (2001-)
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift (1994-2008), editor 1997-2002; 2005
Journal of the American Academy of Religion (1994-98)
Biblical Interpretation (1991-2011)
The Scottish Journal of Theology (2001-05)
Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie (2009-)
Dinbilimleri-Turkish Journal of Religious Studies (2009-)
Irish Theological Quarterly (2011-)
Theological Studies (2015-)
Appointments
- Elected member of the Swedish Research Council (2001-3)
- Elected member of the Nordic Research Council for the Humanities (2001-3)
Publications
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2021). Solus Christus: Ein Beitrag zur christlichen Eschatologie, I: Die Theologie Eberhard Jüngels: Kontexte, Themen, Perspektiven. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161593444. Themen 16. s 225 - 233
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2020). Kärleken och dess centrala plats och utmaning inom kristen tro och liv, I: Normunds Kamergrauzis (red.), Tradition, rättvisa och döden Essäer om det begripliga. Katedralakademien. ISBN 9789151960562. kapitel 7. s 163 - 177
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2020). På väg mot en myndig kyrka, I: Carl Otto Werkelid (red.), Tidens tecken i Signum Katolsk idéorientering sedan 1920. Libris. ISBN 9789173878562. kapitel 13. s 209 - 218
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2020). Revelation and the Hermeneutics of Love, In Jean-Luc Marion & Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer (ed.), The Enigma of Divine Revelation: Between Phenomenology and Comparative Theology. Springer Nature. ISBN 9783030281311. 7. s 133 - 150
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2019). Förstår du hva du läser?, I: Clas Abrahamsson; Linus Stråhlman; May Wikström & Pian Wistbacka (red.), Lyssna, leva förstå. Festskrift til biskop Björn Vikström.. Fontana Media. ISBN 9789515508546. Kap.. s 29 - 36
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2019). Love and Hope, In Pekka Kärkkäinen & Olli-Pekka Vainio (ed.), Apprehending Love: Theological and Philosophical Inquiries. Luther-Agricola Society. ISBN 9789527259122. Kap.. s 45 - 55
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2018). Kärlek och gudskunskap, I: Erik Blennberger; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm & Anders Jeffner (red.), Gudstro. Existentiella och intellektuella perspektiv.. Verbum Forlag. ISBN 9789152637487. Kap.. s 73 - 84
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2020). Hoppets dynamik. Verbum Forlag. ISBN 9789152638309. 325 s.
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2020). Reasons to Hope. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567668943. 236 s.
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2020). Martin Luthers betydelse: Tro, bön, konfessionalitet, universitet, kritik, I: Lina Mattebo (red.), Andakter i gryningen. Verbum Forlag. ISBN 9789152638361. Werner G. Jeanrond. s 185 - 194
- Jeanrond, Werner G. (2018). Innenfor kjærlighetens horisont. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. (3), s 199- 214 . doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3002-2018-03-02 Full text in Research Archive.