M Welker
Biographic Data
| ID | 37029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Welker |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Welker |
| SIGNATURE | WELKER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0278-780X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Significance of the Theological Declaration of Barmen 1934 and “Christophobia in Europe” Today
The article delves into the enduring significance of theological declarations such as the Barmen Declaration of 1934 and their relevance in contemporary discourse, particularly regarding issues like Christophobia in Europe. It explores the historical contexts and theological underpinnings of declarations like Barmen, Belhar, and the Heidelberg Disputation, highlighting their confrontations with oppressive political and ecclesiastical powers. Addi…
Jürgen Moltmann
Jürgen Moltmann made theological history with his major works Theology of Hope (1964) and The Crucified God (1972), which have appeared in many editions and translations. He became the most internationally influential German Protestant theologian of the second half of the twentieth century
John Polkinghorne – A Dear Academic, Theological and Personal Friend
The Global Network of Research Centers for Theology, Religious, and Christian Studies (2007–2019)
The Initial Phase and BackgroundsThe idea to create a Global Network of Research Centers for Theology, Religious, and Christian Studies was put into practice by Konrad Schmid (teaching Old Testament in Zu ̈rich) and myself (teaching Systematic Theology in Heidelberg) during a common stay at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton in 2007.We invited colleagues from established, promising universities across the globe with whom we had alread…
What Could Christian Theology Offer to the Disciplines of the Law
This essay was presented as the 2015 McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lecture at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
Memory and connection
Contemporary memory research has benefited from the contributions of researchers in a broad range of disciplines. Neuroscientists have identified the cellular mechanisms of memory and brain networks that support various kinds of memory processes; psychologists have characterized component processes of memory and developed detailed models of their properties and interactions; historians, sociologists, and other scholars have analyzed how memory sh…
Memory, imagination and the human spirit
Learning from economic theory, the article proposes to differentiate and relate (episodic) micro-memory and micro-imagination and different types of macro-memory and macro-imagination. Drawing on several decades of discourse in historical and cultural studies (from Halbwachs to Lévi-Strauss and to A. and J. Assmann), it differentiates between communicative, cultural, collective and canonical memories. With reference to basic processes of moral co…
Qu'est-ce qui constitue la théologie en tant que telle
La présente contribution est issue de dialogues avec des juristes et des théologiens allemands et anglo-saxons sur la dogmatique juridique et théologique. Elle propose une esquisse de neuf plans qui, dans leurs liens réciproques, font ressortir le poids normatif de la théologie, aujourd'hui souvent méconnu. À côté d'aspects classiques sont aussi pris en compte des plans tels que la responsabilité scientifique et la responsabilité éthique en situa…
Kirche und Diakonie in säkularen Kontexten
Edition und Erforschung lateinischer patristischer Texte. 150 Jahre CSEL. Festschrift für Kurt Smolak zum 70. Geburtstag
What makes theology theology
Informed by a dialogue between the disciplines of law and theology on legal and theological dogmatics, the article describes nine levels that constitute theological normativity and weight. The first three levels deal with integrating concepts of God, with the historical, cultural, and theological weight of the biblical canon, and with confessional documents and multi-loci dogmatics, respectively. These are central parts of the spectrum. The eccle…
The Power of Mercy in Biblical Law
Biblical law is a complex concept that contains several distinct legal currents. In an effort to explore the interplay of these currents, this article first focuses on the overlap between the biblical law of God and the strictly legal regulations of the Old Testament. It then unpacks the principles and inner rationalities of what is termed “archaic law” and shows that this law is connected with regulations that could be termed “mercy laws” and wi…
Die Reformation
Das Buch entstand aus der Zusammenarbeit zwischen einem Kirchenhistoriker und einem Systematischen Theologen. Sie thematisieren die Fragen nach Ursprung, Charakter, Wirkung und gegenwärtiger Geltung der Reformation. Die Formulierung 'Potentiale der Freiheit' verweist als Plural auf die Vielfalt der Freiheitskonzeptionen der Reformation, die sowohl ihre Kohärenz als auch ihre Divergenzen erkennen lassen. »Sie erstrecken sich im Namen des befreiend…
“Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today?”
On 31 October 2001, Professor Michael Welker delivered the Horace De Y. Lentz Memorial Lecture at the Harvard Divinity School. The founding bequest of the triennial lectureship specifies that “some outstanding Christian priest, minister or layman” should speak “upon the inspiring things he may discern in the words: ‘Christo et Ecclesiae’ which appear upon the Harvard Seal.” An edited transcript of Professor Welker's lecture follows.*The author is…
Springing Cultural Traps
This article reviews the dialogue of recent decades between scientists and theologians in general and in two multiyear consultations held at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton in particular. It reflects upon the fact that the shift from a “methodological phase” through a “physics phase” to a content-centered “theology phase” has been extremely fruitful for the discourse. The article considers the various gaps between theological, scie…
We Live Deeper than we Think”
God's Eternity, God's Temporality, and Trinitarian Theology
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Creation
An Impressive Logic and the Imposing Problem of Their Hypercomplex Reality
The Reign of God
“The reign of God is a twofold experience of free self-withdrawal: the self-withdrawal of others in our favor and our self-withdrawal in favor of others. Only when we see God's reign in this way can we understand why becoming like children is paradigmatic for entry into the reign of God.”
What is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 and 2
God saw; God evaluated; God named; God separated; God brings to the human being; God allows to be named; God reacts to the needy situation of loneliness and helplessness of the human being who is not yet differentiated into man and woman. According to the classical creation texts, all of these activities and reactivities are part of the complex event ‘creation.’ All these reactive activities, which relate to that which is already “produced,” are …
The Holy Spirit
“The one upon whom Yahweh's spirit rests is described as one who executes justice and righteousness in favor of the lowly and the poor, and who precisely in that manner acquires great power, who precisely in that manner builds strong loyal attachments.”
“ Unity of Religious History ” and “ Universal Self-Consciousness ”
It is a familiar fact that it is difficult for revolutionary “worldviews” to gain recognition and acceptance. The most successful way to overcome this problem was termed by Hegel Aufhebung . In the ideal case envisaged by Hegel, Aufhebung says that the new “worldview,” or the theory which articulates that worldview, reconstructs within itself elements of the old perspective on the world, together with a critique of that perspective. However, the …
Barth's Theology and Process Theology
“In the following discussion, I will conduct a systematic comparison and ask: (1) What is common to Barth's and Whitehead's thought? (2) In the midst of these commonalities, what separates Barth's theology from Whitehead's theory? (3) How can Barth's theology and process theology mutually challenge and promote each other?”
Security of Expectations
Memory and connection
Contemporary memory research has benefited from the contributions of researchers in a broad range of disciplines. Neuroscientists have identified the cellular mechanisms of memory and brain networks that support various kinds of memory processes; psychologists have characterized component processes of memory and developed detailed models of their properties and interactions; historians, sociologists, and other scholars have analyzed how memory sh…
Jürgen Moltmann
Jürgen Moltmann made theological history with his major works Theology of Hope (1964) and The Crucified God (1972), which have appeared in many editions and translations. He became the most internationally influential German Protestant theologian of the second half of the twentieth century
Memory, imagination and the human spirit
Learning from economic theory, the article proposes to differentiate and relate (episodic) micro-memory and micro-imagination and different types of macro-memory and macro-imagination. Drawing on several decades of discourse in historical and cultural studies (from Halbwachs to Lévi-Strauss and to A. and J. Assmann), it differentiates between communicative, cultural, collective and canonical memories. With reference to basic processes of moral co…
Formes nouvelles de présentation de l'idée de Dieu. La philosophie du processus dans la théologie américaine à la suite de Whitehead
La pensée du processus qui a été élaborée par le mathématicien et philosophe Alfred North Whitehead a exercé une grande influence sur la théologie américaine au cours de ces dernières années. Plus de 2 000 publications attestent d'ores et déjà V efficacité de la théologie du processus, et l'on commence actuellement à s'intéresser de plus en plus à ce phénomène en Europe. L'exposé ci-dessous cherche à répondre à la question " Qu'est-ce que la théo…
Barth's Theology and Process Theology
“In the following discussion, I will conduct a systematic comparison and ask: (1) What is common to Barth's and Whitehead's thought? (2) In the midst of these commonalities, what separates Barth's theology from Whitehead's theory? (3) How can Barth's theology and process theology mutually challenge and promote each other?”
Security of Expectations
“ Unity of Religious History ” and “ Universal Self-Consciousness ”
It is a familiar fact that it is difficult for revolutionary “worldviews” to gain recognition and acceptance. The most successful way to overcome this problem was termed by Hegel Aufhebung . In the ideal case envisaged by Hegel, Aufhebung says that the new “worldview,” or the theory which articulates that worldview, reconstructs within itself elements of the old perspective on the world, together with a critique of that perspective. However, the …
The Holy Spirit
“The one upon whom Yahweh's spirit rests is described as one who executes justice and righteousness in favor of the lowly and the poor, and who precisely in that manner acquires great power, who precisely in that manner builds strong loyal attachments.”
What is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 and 2
God saw; God evaluated; God named; God separated; God brings to the human being; God allows to be named; God reacts to the needy situation of loneliness and helplessness of the human being who is not yet differentiated into man and woman. According to the classical creation texts, all of these activities and reactivities are part of the complex event ‘creation.’ All these reactive activities, which relate to that which is already “produced,” are …
The Reign of God
“The reign of God is a twofold experience of free self-withdrawal: the self-withdrawal of others in our favor and our self-withdrawal in favor of others. Only when we see God's reign in this way can we understand why becoming like children is paradigmatic for entry into the reign of God.”
An Impressive Logic and the Imposing Problem of Their Hypercomplex Reality
Creation
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God's Eternity, God's Temporality, and Trinitarian Theology
We Live Deeper than we Think”
Springing Cultural Traps
This article reviews the dialogue of recent decades between scientists and theologians in general and in two multiyear consultations held at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton in particular. It reflects upon the fact that the shift from a “methodological phase” through a “physics phase” to a content-centered “theology phase” has been extremely fruitful for the discourse. The article considers the various gaps between theological, scie…
“Who Is Jesus Christ for Us Today?”
On 31 October 2001, Professor Michael Welker delivered the Horace De Y. Lentz Memorial Lecture at the Harvard Divinity School. The founding bequest of the triennial lectureship specifies that “some outstanding Christian priest, minister or layman” should speak “upon the inspiring things he may discern in the words: ‘Christo et Ecclesiae’ which appear upon the Harvard Seal.” An edited transcript of Professor Welker's lecture follows.*The author is…
Die Reformation
Das Buch entstand aus der Zusammenarbeit zwischen einem Kirchenhistoriker und einem Systematischen Theologen. Sie thematisieren die Fragen nach Ursprung, Charakter, Wirkung und gegenwärtiger Geltung der Reformation. Die Formulierung 'Potentiale der Freiheit' verweist als Plural auf die Vielfalt der Freiheitskonzeptionen der Reformation, die sowohl ihre Kohärenz als auch ihre Divergenzen erkennen lassen. »Sie erstrecken sich im Namen des befreiend…
The Power of Mercy in Biblical Law
Biblical law is a complex concept that contains several distinct legal currents. In an effort to explore the interplay of these currents, this article first focuses on the overlap between the biblical law of God and the strictly legal regulations of the Old Testament. It then unpacks the principles and inner rationalities of what is termed “archaic law” and shows that this law is connected with regulations that could be termed “mercy laws” and wi…
Kirche und Diakonie in säkularen Kontexten
Edition und Erforschung lateinischer patristischer Texte. 150 Jahre CSEL. Festschrift für Kurt Smolak zum 70. Geburtstag
What makes theology theology
Informed by a dialogue between the disciplines of law and theology on legal and theological dogmatics, the article describes nine levels that constitute theological normativity and weight. The first three levels deal with integrating concepts of God, with the historical, cultural, and theological weight of the biblical canon, and with confessional documents and multi-loci dogmatics, respectively. These are central parts of the spectrum. The eccle…
Memory and connection
Contemporary memory research has benefited from the contributions of researchers in a broad range of disciplines. Neuroscientists have identified the cellular mechanisms of memory and brain networks that support various kinds of memory processes; psychologists have characterized component processes of memory and developed detailed models of their properties and interactions; historians, sociologists, and other scholars have analyzed how memory sh…
Memory, imagination and the human spirit
Learning from economic theory, the article proposes to differentiate and relate (episodic) micro-memory and micro-imagination and different types of macro-memory and macro-imagination. Drawing on several decades of discourse in historical and cultural studies (from Halbwachs to Lévi-Strauss and to A. and J. Assmann), it differentiates between communicative, cultural, collective and canonical memories. With reference to basic processes of moral co…
Qu'est-ce qui constitue la théologie en tant que telle
La présente contribution est issue de dialogues avec des juristes et des théologiens allemands et anglo-saxons sur la dogmatique juridique et théologique. Elle propose une esquisse de neuf plans qui, dans leurs liens réciproques, font ressortir le poids normatif de la théologie, aujourd'hui souvent méconnu. À côté d'aspects classiques sont aussi pris en compte des plans tels que la responsabilité scientifique et la responsabilité éthique en situa…
What Could Christian Theology Offer to the Disciplines of the Law
This essay was presented as the 2015 McDonald Distinguished Scholar Lecture at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
The Global Network of Research Centers for Theology, Religious, and Christian Studies (2007–2019)
The Initial Phase and BackgroundsThe idea to create a Global Network of Research Centers for Theology, Religious, and Christian Studies was put into practice by Konrad Schmid (teaching Old Testament in Zu ̈rich) and myself (teaching Systematic Theology in Heidelberg) during a common stay at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton in 2007.We invited colleagues from established, promising universities across the globe with whom we had alread…
John Polkinghorne – A Dear Academic, Theological and Personal Friend
The Significance of the Theological Declaration of Barmen 1934 and “Christophobia in Europe” Today
The article delves into the enduring significance of theological declarations such as the Barmen Declaration of 1934 and their relevance in contemporary discourse, particularly regarding issues like Christophobia in Europe. It explores the historical contexts and theological underpinnings of declarations like Barmen, Belhar, and the Heidelberg Disputation, highlighting their confrontations with oppressive political and ecclesiastical powers. Addi…
Philosophy (23 works) · Theology (19 works) · Political science (11 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (4 works)