Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies.
As a retired professor of Religious Studies, I still very much enjoy academic work. Almost daily, I continue to read, write and nurture my mind to further my intellectual formation.听
As already during my professional career, my academic听curiosity听is 鈥 broadly defined 鈥 in the intersection of biblical studies, theology and philosophy.听It feels wonderful to work academically without any pressure for due dates, meeting deadlines etc. I have no commitments other than the interests of my mind. I may re-write my recent book on Paul (Understanding Paul. The Existential Perspective) in a non-academic language. I am also working away at a book on the Jewish philosopher Jacob Taubes.
听The starting point of my educational journey, at least in its formal aspects, started here in 蓝莓视频 in Religious Studies, in the early 1980s. Following my BA, I studied theology for three years at the University of T眉bingen and completed a PhD on Philo of Alexandria at McMaster University.听For may years I was an听elected board member of the International Bonhoeffer Society听and听a member of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature.
听I am deeply convinced that the life of the mind is one of the greatest treasures we human being have. We are bombarded daily with an overload of information, trivial news, deliberate lies and (the greatest danger according to Theodor Adorno) many 鈥渉alf-truths.鈥 Thinking and reflecting on our听Dasein听is a wonderful privilege that lifts our souls and spirit.
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Books
听鈥鈥Understanding Paul. The Existential Perspective.听T眉bingen: Mohr听Siebeck,听2023.
鈥鈥Understanding Bonhoeffer. T眉bingen: Mohr听Siebeck, 2017.听Also published by Baylor University Press 2018.
鈥鈥(Editor).听Interpretando听Bonhoeffer.听Ensaios听em听惭茅迟辞诲辞蝉听e听颁辞尘辫谤别苍蝉茫辞. Translated by Carlos R. 听Caldas. S茫o Paulo: Editora Academia听颁谤颈蝉迟茫, 2015. [Portuguese Translation of听Bonhoeffer and Interpretive Theory, 2013]
鈥鈥(Editor).听Paul in the Grip of the Philosophers. The Apostle and Contemporary Continental Philosophy. Paul in Critical Contexts Series.听Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.
鈥鈥(Editor).听Bonhoeffer and Interpretive Theory. Essays on Methods and Understanding. International Bonhoeffer Interpretations 6, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2013.
鈥鈥(Editor).听Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Meditation and Prayer. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2010.
鈥鈥A Dialogue with Bonhoeffer. Collected Essays. Taipei: Chuan Yung Christian University, 2009.
鈥鈥(Editor).听Bonhoeffer鈥檚 Intellectual Formation. Theology and Philosophy in His Thought. 听Religion in Philosophy and Theology 29. T眉bingen: Mohr听Siebeck, 2008.
鈥鈥A Handbook of New Testament Greek Grammar. Montreal: Laodamia Press, 2007.
鈥鈥Divine Providence in Philo of Alexandria. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism 77. T眉bingen: Mohr听Siebeck, 1999.