Jürgen Moltmann Reading Room

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 (also excerpt, 86-93).
• 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 Passion for God's Reign. Ed. N. Wolterstorff and E. Charry. Eerdmans, 1998 (essays by Moltmann with responses).
• 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).
• Sun of Righteousness, Arise! God's Future for Humanity and Earth. Fortress, 2010.

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).
• Progress and Abyss: Remembering the Future of the Modern World. In: 2000 Years and Beyond: Faith, Identity and the Common Era. Ed. P. Gifford. Routledge, 2003. Pp. 16-34.
• 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.
• From the Beginning of Time in God's Presence. In: The End of time? The Provocation of Talking About God. Ed. T. R. Peters and C. Urban. RSM Press, 2004. Pp. 54-64.
• 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.
• Religious Dialogue or Social Justice? In The Quest for Liberation and Reconciliation, ed. M. Battle. Westminster John Knox, 2005. Pp. 3-9.
• 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.
• Will All Be Saved, or Only a Few? A Dialogue between Faith Grace. In Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary Theology. Ed. B. McCormick and K. Bender. Eerdmans, 2009. Pp. 235-240.
• A Common Earth Religion: World Religions from an Ecological Perspective, in Ecumenical Review 63, no. 1 (Mar 2011): 16-24.
• See also the Moltmann Yahoo Group's collection of Primary Sources and its Moltmann auf deutsch page.

Online Videos / Podcasts with Jürgen Moltmann

• Biography and Interview [Two videos]. 37th Trinity Institute National Theological Conference, 2007;
• "God's Unfinished Future: Why it Matters Now, Part One"; Part Two; Interview; Biography; Lecture given at Trinity Wall Street, January 23-24, 2007.
• "The Vital Power of Hope." Lecture, Seattle Pacific University, 2007 (Podcast, 50:40; lecture begins at 6:40)
• The Parchman Endowed Lectures, Baylor University, March 21-23, 2000. Session 1 (54:22); Session 2 (54:32); Session 3 (23:40) (podcasts)

Secondary Sources

Introductory Articles & Essays on Jürgen Moltmann

• Bauckham, Richard. "Jürgen Moltmann." In The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology Since 1918, 3rd ed., edited by David Ford, 147-162. Blackwell, 2005 (and copy; 1997 edition; see also Bauckham below).
• Grenz, Stanley and Roger Olsen. "Jürgen Moltmann: The Transcendence and Immanence of the Future." In 20th Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age, ed. by Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson, 172-185. InterVarsity, 1997.

Introductory Books on the Theology of Jürgen Moltmann

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

Collections, Monographs and Dissertations on Moltmann's Work

• Althouse, Peter. Spirit of the Last Days: Pentecostal Eschatology in Conversation with Jürgen Moltmann. Continuum, 2003 (also original doctoral dissertation - pdf)
• Bauckham, Richard, ed. God Will Be All in All: The Eschatology of Jürgen Moltmann. Continuum, 2005 (mix of primary and secondary sources).
• Bentley, Wessel. The Kingdom of God in Moltmann’s Eschatology: A South African Perspective. MA thesis, University of Pretoria, 2003.
• Bouma-Prediger, Steven. The Greening of Theology: The Ecological Models of Rosemary Radford Ruether, Joseph Sittler, and Jürgen Moltmann. Oxford, 1995.
• Carter, Dee. The Redemption of Nature: Accounts of Atonement in Jürgen Moltmann's Theology. Ph.D. thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2005 (free download; registration with British Library required; EThOS persistent ID: uk.bl.ethos.413875).
• Gilbertson, Michael. God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann. Cambridge, 2003 (full-text to Tyndale community via EBSCO; also original dissertation: 'See, I am making all things new': God and Human History in the Book of Revelation and in Twentieth-Century Theology, with Particular Reference to Wolfhart Pannenberg and Jürgen Moltmann. Ph.D. thesis, University of Durham, 1997  (free download; registration with British Library required; EThOS persistent ID: uk.bl.ethos.363571).
• Kang, Tae-Young. Geist und Schöpfung: eine Untersuchung zu Jürgen Moltmanns pneumatologischer Schöpfungslehre (Spirit and Creation: A Study of Jürgen Moltmann's Pneumatological Doctrine of Creation). D.Th. dissertation, University of Heidelberg, 2003 (pdf).
• Kim, Nam Van. A Church of Hope in the Light of the Eschatological Ecclesiology of Jürgen Moltmann. Ph.D. thesis, Université catholique du Louvain, 2004.
• Lee, Hyo-Dung. Jürgen Moltmann as a biblical theologian : political hermeneutic of scripture as foundational for ecological theology. M.A. thesis, McGill University, 1995.
• Oh, Jea Eun. The Suffering God in the Theologies of Choan-Seng Song and Jürgen Moltmann: An Asian Perspective. Th.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 2000 (pdf).
• Paeth, Scott. Exodus Church and Civil Society: Public Theology and Social Theory in the Work of Jürgen Moltmann. Ashgate, 2008 (full-text. avail. to Tyndale community via EBSCO).
• Park, Mann. Jürgen Moltmann's Theology of the Trinity and its Significance for Contemporary Social Questions--A Dialogical Approach. Ph.D. Thesis, University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, 2000 (pdf).
• 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.
• Paeth, Scott. Exodus Church and Civil Society: Public Theology and Social Theory in the Work of Jürgen Moltmann. Ashgate, 2008 (pdf of ch. 1, pp. 1-14 here; aslo full-text avail. to Tyndale community via EBSCO).
• Sanders, Matthew. Subordinate but Equal: The Intra-Trinitarian Subordination of the Son to the Father in the Theologies of P. T. Forsyth and Jürgen Moltmann. Ph.D. thesis, University of St. Andrews, 2010.
• Scaringi, Paul A. Freedom and the 'Creative Act' in the Writings of Nikolai Berdiaev: An Evaluation in Light of Jürgen Moltmann's Theology of Freedom. Ph.D. thesis, University of St. Andrews, 2007.
• Sharbaugh,  Patricia A. Uncovering the Roots of the Crucified God: How Walter Brueggemann's Old Testament Theology Challenges and Contributes to Jürgen Moltmann's and Jon Sobrino's Interpretations of the Cross. Ph.D. thesis, Duquesne University, 2009.
• 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.
• Bryant, David. God's Body or Beloved Other? Sally McFague and Jürgen Moltmann on God and Creation. In Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary Theology. Ed. B. McCormick and K. Bender. Eerdmans, 2009. Pp. 179-193.
• 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.
• Korthaus, Michael. Kreuzestheologie. Mohrs-Siebeck, 2007.
• Langmead, Ross. Christ's Anticipatory Presence: Jürgen Moltmann. The Word Made Flesh: Towards an Incarnational Missiology. University Press of America, 2004. Pp. 143-160.
• 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.
• 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.
• Rigby, Cynthia. "Beautiful Playing." Moltmann, Barth and the Work of the Christian. In Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary Theology. Ed. B. McCormick and K. Bender. Eerdmans, 2009. Pp. 101-116.
• Slade, Peter. Jürgen Moltmann and Open Friendship. Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Mission Mississippi and a Theology of Friendship.  Oxford University, 2009. Pp. 9-24.
• Thompson, Thomas. Interpretatio in bonem partem. Jürgen Moltmann on the Immanent Trinity. In Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary Theology. Ed. B. McCormick and K. Bender. Eerdmans, 2009. Pp. 159-178.
• 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.

Online Videos on Jürgen Moltmann

• Bauckham, Richard. "On Jürgen Moltmann." (YouTube, 10:30)
• Hauerwas, Stanley. "On Jürgen Moltmann." (YouTube, 3:09) 

Other

• Theological Journals Search (theological journals for which full text is freely available on the Internet -- links to many very good articles on Moltmann).
• Cf. the Moltmann Yahoo Group's list of Secondary Sources.
• See Tyndale's eJournal Database --approx. 400 full-text articles on Moltmann-- for Tyndale students and faculty only. (Choose EBSCOhost database; log in; choose "EBSCOhost" and then "All" databases; over 170 full-text theological journals available to you from home; for a few additional journals, go back to Tyndale Journal Database and choose the ProQuest Religion or JSTOR databases); see list of Tyndale's academic ejournals with full-text articles for download.
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