Peters Ted - Theologians in their own words

Marilyn McCord Adams is Distinguished Research Professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She was formerly Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University, and Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale Divinity School. Often associated with medieval philosophy and theology, having published William Ockham in two volumes, she has also written widely in the philosophy of religion, particularly on the question of evil.

Harvey Cox is Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, where he has taught for nearly a half-century. A prolific author, Cox is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking book The Secular City, first published in 1965. His most recent book is The Future of Faith.

Gerhard Forde (19272005) was at the time of his death Professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Seminary. He was the author of many books on the Protestant Reformation, its theology, and its implications for contemporary life. Active in ecumenical circles, he served for many years on the Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue.

George Forell (19192011) was Carver Professor of Religious Studies Emeritus at the University of Iowa. Forell was the author of many important books, including the widely popular work on Luthers social ethics, Faith Active in Love.

Roger Haight is presently scholar-in-residence at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He has previously taught theology at Weston School of Theology and at Jesuit schools of theology in Chicago, Manila, and Toronto.

Philip Hefner is Professor of Systematic Theology emeritus at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He was the director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science in Chicago, and is the author of the influential text The Human Factor: Evolution, Culture, Religion.

Robert Jenson retired as senior scholar at the Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey and is professor of religion emeritus at Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. His two-volume Systematic Theology has been regarded as one of the most important recent works in the field.

Ernst Ksemann (19061998) was professor of New Testament at the German universities of Mainz, Gttingen, and Tbingen. Active in the Confessing Church, which opposed Hitler, Ksemann was imprisoned by the Gestapo and wrote many historical and theological books emphasizing the central role freedom and liberation play in the New Testament.

Martin Marty is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor of History of Modern Christianity emeritus at the University of Chicago. The author of dozens of books and hundreds of articles, Marty has given his name to a center for the study of religion at Chicago, and to a prestigious award for the public understanding of religion from the American Academy of Religion.

Alister McGrath is Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education at Kings College, London, where he also heads the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture. In addition to this teaching post, McGrath is Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. McGrath is a prolific author whose books range from the history of theology to science and religion to apologetics.

Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. Having earned doctorates both in the philosophy of science and in systematic theology, Murphy has written many books at the intersections of those fields of research.

Wolfhart Pannenberg is Professor of Systematic Theology emeritus at the University of Munich. His three-volume Systematic Theology is regarded as one of the most significant contributions to the field in the last half-century.

Ted Peters is Professor of Systematic Theology at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. Peters edited Dialog: A Journal of Theology for many years and is the author of several books, notably GodThe Worlds Future: Systematic Theology for a Postmodern Age.

Clark Pinnock (19372010) was at the time of his death professor of systematic theology at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario.

John Polkinghorne is an Anglican priest and mathematical physicist. Ordained in 1982, he served various churches in England before becoming president of Queens College in Cambridge University.

Rosemary Radford Ruether served as Georgia Harkness Professor of Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois and Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. Author of many books, Ruether is perhaps best known for her seminal classic Sexism and God Talk.

Letty M. Russell (19292007) was professor of theology at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. Russell published widely in the areas of ecclesiology and human liberation. In 1999 a festschrift was published in Russells honor, titled Liberating Eschatology.

H. Paul Santmire is a Lutheran pastor and author of many books on theology and the natural world. His The Travail of Nature