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Primary Sources
Books by Moltmann

Theology of Hope: On the Ground and the Implications of a Christian Eschatology. James W. Leitch, trans. Fortress (mirror site for missing pages).
The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology. R. A. Wilson, John Bowden, trans. Fortress, 1993 (see also copy).
The Church in the Power of the Spirit: A Contribution to Messianic Ecclesiology. Margaret Kohl. Fortress, 1993.
The Trinity and the Kingdom: The Doctrine of God. M. Kohl, trans. Fortress, 1993.
Experiences of God. M. Kohl, trans. Fortress, 1980.
God in Creation: A New Theology of Creation and the Spirit of God. Fortress, 1993.
The Future of Creation: Collected Essays. Fortress, 2007.
The Way of Jesus Christ: Christology in Messianic Dimensions. Margaret Kohl, trans. Fortress, 1993.
In the End, the Beginning: The Life of Hope. Margaret Kohl, trans. Fortress, 2004.
(with Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel) Passion for God: Theology in Two Voices. Westminster John Knox, 2003.
A Broad Place: An Autobiography. SCM-Canterbury, 2007 (see also copy for missing pages).
(ed. R. Bauckham) God Will Be All in All: The Eschatology of Jürgen Moltmann. Continuum, 2005 (mix of primary and secondary sources).

Articles, Chapters by Moltmann

Hope and History. Theology Today, vol. 25, No.3, Oct, 1968.
Political Theology. Theology Today, vol. 28, No. 1, April 1971. Pp. 6-23.
The Crucified God. Theology Today, vol.31, No.1, Apr, 1974. Pp. 6-18.
The Crucified God: A Modern Theology of the Cross (Audio File).
Progress and Abyss: Remembrances of the Future of the Modern World, in Miroslav Volf, ed., The Future of Hope: Christian Tradition Amid Modernity and Postmodernity. Eerdmans, 2004. Pp. 3-26.
Klaus und Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in: Zeugen des Widerstands: Ehemalige Studenten der Universität Tübingen, die im Kampf gegen den Nationalsozialismus starben. 2nd edition. Ed. J. Mehlhausen and K.D. Bracher. Mohr Siebeck, 1998. Pp. 194-216.
Political Theology and Theology of Liberation, in: Liberating the Future: God, Mammon, and Theology. Ed. Joerg Rieger. Fortress, 1998. Ch. 5.
Theologia reformata et semper reformanda., in: Toward the Future of Reformed Theology: Tasks, Topics, Traditions. Tr. J. Froehlich-Swartzentrueber. Ed. D. Willis and M. Welker. Eerdmans, 1999.
Theology in Germany Today, in: Observations on "The Spiritual Situation of the Age": Contemporary German Perspectives. Ed. J. Habermas. Tr. A. Buchwalter. MIT, 1985.
Reconciliation with Nature, in: World and World, vol. 11, no. 2, 1991. Pp. 117-123.
Darwin and the Interpretation of Natural History. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Wesleyen Theological Society. Panel Discussion: "Darwin, Theology and Culture". Duke University, March 2008.
Auf der Schwelle zum 3. Millennium: Hoffnung und Elend der Moderne, Uni-Journal, April 2000.
Is there Life after Death?, in: The End of the World and the Ends of God: Science and Theology on Eschatology. Ed. J.C. Polkinghorne and M. Welker. Continuum, 2000. Ch. 16. (See also copy).
Is the World Coming to an End or Has its Future Already Begun? Christian Eschatology, Modern Utopianism and Exterminism, in: Future as God`s Gift: Explorations In Christian Eschatology. Ed. D. Fergusson and M. Sarot. Continuum, 2005. Ch. 7.
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht, in: Denkwürdiges Geheimnis: Beiträge zur Gotteslehre. Ed. I.U. Dalferth, et al. Mohr Siebeck, 2006.
An Interview with Jürgen Moltmann (by Miroslav Volf), in: Communities of Faith and Radical Discipleship: Luce Program on Religion and the Social Crisis. Ed. G. McLeod Bryan. Mercer University, 1986. Pp. 3-12 (also copy).
Political Discipleship of Christ Today, in: Communities of Faith and Radical Discipleship: Luce Program on Religion and the Social Crisis. Ed. G. McLeod Bryan. Mercer University, 1986. Pp. 13-31.
Justice for Victims and Perpetrators, in: Reformed World, Vol. 44, No. 1 (March 1994).
The Change of Values in the Western World. Centre of Theological Inquiry, Princeton (lecture 1997).
Praying and Watching. Lecture given at Princeton Seminary, 1999.
What is a Theologian?. Lecture given at Princeton Seminary, 1999 (see also copy).
The Crucified God: Yesterday and Today (1972-2002); and The Cross as Military Symbol for Sacrifice. Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today. M. Kohl, trans. Marit Trelstad, ed. Fortress, 2006.
Praying with Eyes Open. Loving God with Our Minds: The Pastor as Theologian : Essays in Honor of Wallace M. Alston. M. Welker and C.A. Jarvis, eds. Eerdmans, 2004. Pp. 195-201.
God`s Kenosis in the Creation and Consummation of the World. The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis. J.C. Polkinghorne, ed. Eerdmans, 2001.
The Holy Spirit and the Theology of Life: Seven Theses, in: Religion in a Secular City: Essays in Honor of Harvey Cox. Arvind Sharma, ed. Continuum, 2001. Ch. 7.
The Destruction and Healing of the Earth: Ecology and Theology, in: God and Globalization: The Spirit and the Modern Authorities. Ed. Max L. Stackhouse et al. Continuum, 2000. Ch. 5.
Liberating and Anticipating the Future, in: Liberating Eschatology: Essays in Honor of Letty M. Russell. Ed. M.A. Farley and S. Jones. Westminster John Knox, 1999. Ch. 14.
Watching for God, in: Walking with God in a Fragile World. Ed. J.R. Langford and L.S. Rouner. Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector [Sermon, 1983], in: A Chorus of Witnesses: Model Sermons for Today`s Preacher. Ed. T.G. Long and C. Plantinga. Eerdmans, 1994. Pp. 21-33.
Christianity in the Third Millenium, Theology Today, vol. 51, no. 1, April 1994. Pp. 75-89.
Horizons of Hope. A Critique of `Spe salvi`, Christian Century, May 20, 2008.
2001 Grider-Winget Lecture Series - Jürgen Moltmann Audio Lecture: Lecture 1 of 3; Lecture 2 of 3; Lecture 3.
A Christian Declaration of Human Rights (no date).
Political Theology in Germany after Auschwitz, in: Public Theology for the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Duncan B. Forrester, ed. W. Storrar and A. Morton. Continuum, 2004. Ch. 2.
A Crisis of Trust? Trust in a Culture of Suspicion and Spin. "Control is Good, but Trust is Better". Lecture given at Yale Divinity School, Sept. 17, 2004. Webcast; 67 min.
Spring Institute for Lived Theology, University of Virginia, April 26-29, 2005. Lecture 1, Reborn to a Living Hope: Personal Experience and Political Consciousness; Lecture 2, There is Enough for Everyone: The Spirit of Life and Social Consciousnes; Lecture 3, In God We Trust, In Us God Trusts: On Freedom and Security in a "Free World" (see also copy); Lecture 4 (with Willis Jenkins), The New Earth in which Justice Dwells: The Creative Spirit and Ecological Consciousness.
See also the Moltmann Yahoo Group`s collection of Primary Sources and its Moltmann auf deutsch page.

Online Videos with Jürgen Moltmann

Biography and Interview [Two videos]. 37th Trinity Institute National Theological Conference, 2007; also two lectures [videos] delivered at the Trinity Institut, 2007.
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Secondary Sources
Introductory Articles & Essays on Jürgen Moltmann

Bauckham, Richard. Jürgen Moltmann, in The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology Since 1918. David Ford, ed. Blackwell, 2005³ (and copy; 1997 edition; see also Bauckham below).
Grenz, Stanley and Roger Olsen. Jürgen Moltmann: The Transcendence and Immanence of the Future. 20th Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age. Stanley J. Grenz, Roger E. Olson, eds. InterVarsity, 1997. Pp. 172-185.

Introductory Books on the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann

Bauckham, Richard. The Theology of Jürgen Moltmann, Continuum, 1995.

Collections and Monographs on Moltmann`s Work

Althouse, Peter. Spirit of the Last Days: Pentecostal Eschatology in Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann. Continuum, 2003.
Bauckham, Richard, ed. God Will Be All in All: The Eschatology of Jürgen Moltmann. Continuum, 2005 (mix of primary and secondary sources).
Bouma-Prediger, Steven. The Greening of Theology: The Ecological Models of Rosemary Radford Ruether, Joseph Sittler, and Jürgen Moltmann. Oxford, 1995.
Gilbertson, Michael. God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann. Cambridge, 2003.
Kang, Tae-Young. Geist und Schöpfung: eine Untersuchung zu Jürgen Moltmanns pneumatologischer Schöpfungslehre (Spirit and Creation : A Study of Jürgen Moltmanns Pneumatological Doctrine of Creation). Doctoral dissertation, University of Heidelberg, 2003. Supervisor: Prof. Michael Welker (full text available as ).
McDougall, Joy Ann. Pilgrimage of Love: Moltmann on the Trinity and Christian Life. Oxford, 2005. (With Introduction by J. Moltmann).
Molnar, Paul D. The Function of the Trinity in Jürgen Moltmann`s Ecological Doctrine of Creation, in: Divine Freedom and the Doctrine of the Immanent Trinity: In Dialogue with Karl Barth and Contemporary Theology. Continuum, 2005. Ch. 7, 197-234.
Van Prooijen, Ton. Limping But Blessed: Jürgen Moltmann`s Search for a Liberating Anthropology. Rodopi, 2004.
Volf, Miroslav, ed. The Future of Theology: Essays in Honor of Jürgen Moltmann. Eerdmans, 1996.
Yesilhark, Tubanur. Eschatology and the Importance of Hope in the Light of Jürgen Moltmann and Said Nursi. MA Thesis, Hartford Seminary, 2008. Pp. 79.

Essays, Articles & Chapters on Aspects of Moltmann`s Work

Bauckham, Richard. Jürgen Moltmann`s The Trinity and the Kingdom of God and the Question of Pluralism, in: The Trinity in a Pluralistic Age: Theological Essays on Culture and Religion. K.J. Vanhoozer, ed. Eerdmans, 1997. Ch. 10.
Chan, Stephen. Hermeneutics of Hope: A Dialogical Study of Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Moltmann. Presented at the Internationaler Konferenz über Moltmanns Denken und Sino-Theologie. Chung Yuen Christian College, Taipei, Taiwan. November 25-26, 2003.
Coffey, David M. Recent Theology: Moltmann, in: Deus Trinitas: The Doctrine of the Triune God. Oxford, 1999. Ch. 6.
Constas, Nicholas. Eschatology and Christology. Moltmann and the Greek Fathers. God`s Life in Trinity. M. Volf and M. Welker, eds. Fortress, 2006. Ch. 16.
Elliston, Clark James. Suffering for Change: Jürgen Moltmann’s Concept of Divine Suffering as an Impetus for Social Responsibility. Master of Theology thesis, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. May 2006. Pp. 38.
Grenz, Stanley J. The Trinity as the Divine Engagement with the World: Jürgen Moltmann, in: Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology. Fortress, 2004. Pp. 73-88.
Haudel, Matthias. Jürgen Moltmanns Vermittlungsversuch zwischen westlicher and östlicher Theologie als INTERpersonal geprägte Trinitätslehre, in: Selbsterschliessung des Dreieinigen Gottes: Grundlage eines ökumenischen Offenbarungs-, Gottes- und Kirchenverständnisses. Habilitationsschrift, Univ of Münster. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006. Pp. 280-301.
Hornisch, Dirk. Christologische Begründungen der Diakonie im Horizont des Reiches Gottes nach Jürgen Moltmann. Abschlussarbeit, University of Heidelberg, 2000.
Hyun-Chul, Cho. The Interconnectedness of all Creatures from the Perspective of Jürgen Moltmann; Things; The Intrinsic Value of all Creatures from the Perspective of Jürgen Moltmann; The Compatibility of Ecological Concern and Social Concern from the Perspective of Jürgen Moltmann, in: An Ecological Vision of the World: Toward a Christian Ecological Theology for Our Age. Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2004. Pp. 67-86; 141-156; 202-216.
Irish, Jerry A. Moltmann`s Theology of Contradiction. Theology Today, vol. 32, no. 1, April 1975. Pp. 21-31.
Jowers, Dennis W. The Theology of the Cross as Theology of the Trinity: A Critique of Jürgen Moltmannäs Staurocentric Trinitarianism, Tyndale Bulletin Vol. 52, No. 2 (1991), pp. 245-266.
Kearsley, Roy. Baptism then and Now. Does Moltmann Bury Tertullian or Praise Him?. Dimensions of Baptism: Biblical and Theological Studies. S.E. Porter, A.R. Cross, eds. Continuum, 2002.
Linahan, Jane E. Experiencing God in brokenness: the self-emptying of the Holy Spirit in Moltmann`s pneumatology, in: Encountering Transcendence: Contributions to a Theology of Christian Religious Experience. Lieven Boeve et al., eds. Peeters, 2005.
Mayer, Jochen. Die Lehre vom auf den Sabbat hin geschaffenen Ebenbild Gottes in der Schöpfungslehre Jürgen Moltmanns und deren Bedeutung für die Diakonie. Abschlussarbeit, University of Heidelberg, 1989.
Macleod, Donald. The Christology of Jürgen Moltmann, Themelios, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 35-47.
McWilliams, Warren. Jürgen Moltmann: The Crucified God, in: The Passion of God: Divine Suffering in Contemporary Protestant Theology. Mercer University Press, 1985. Ch. 2, pp. 25-50.
Murrmann-Kahl, Michael. Jürgen Moltmanns trinitätstheologische Theodizee, in: "mysterium Trinitatis"?: Fallstudien zur Trinitätslehre in der evangelischen Dogmatik des 20. Jahrhunderts. [Habilitationsschrift, Wien, unter Falk Wagner]. DeGruyter, 1997. S. 206-226.
Paeth, Scott. Moltmann, Modernity, and Public Theology, in: Exodus Church and Civil Society: Public Theology and Social Theory in the Work of Jürgen Moltmann. Ashgate, 2008. Ch. 1, pp. 1-14.
Polkinghorne, John. Jürgen Moltmann`s Engagement with the Natural Sciences. God`s Life in Trinity. M. Volf and M. Welker, eds. Fortress, 2006. Ch. 6.
Rees, Frank. Resurrection as Good News for the Poor. A Critical Appraisal of the Resurrection Theology of Jürgen Moltmann. Prophecy and Passion: Essays in Honour of Athol Gill. David Neville, ed. Australian Theological Forum, 2002. Pp. 126-157.
Von Balthasar, Hans Urs. The Shape of Christian Hope: Jürgen Moltmann; Theologies that Speak of Pain and Death in God: Jürgen Moltmann`s Crucified (Trinitarian) God, in: Theo-drama: Theological Dramatic Theory. G. Harrison, trans. Ignatius, 1998. Pp. 168-181; 227ff.
Wood, Laurence W. Moltmann`s Concept of the Trinitarian History of God, in: Theology as History and Hermeneutics: A Post-critical Conversation Theology. Emeth, 2005. Ch. 10, pp. 197-224 (also copy).
Wrogeman, Henning. Dialog als "Qualitative Mission" -Jürgen Moltmann. In: Mission und Religion in der systematischen Theologie der Gegenwart: Das Missionsverständnis deutschsprachiger protestantischer Dogmatiker im 20. Jahrhundert. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1997.

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