Reflections on the Cross
Series Lecturer: Professor Jürgen Moltmann
Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the University of Tübingen in Germany
"The Passion of Christ – Compassion of God"
Tuesday, March 16
"The Passion of Christ – God’s Solidarity with Victims"
Wednesday, March 17
"What does Christ’s passion mean for God?"
Thursday, March 18
Professor Jürgen Moltmann is one of the most widely read theologians of the second half of the twentieth century.
He was appointed Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Tübingen in 1967 and remained there until his retirement in 1994. From 1963 to 1983, Moltmann was a member of the Faith and Order Committee of the World Council of Churches. From 1983 to 1993, Moltmann was the Robert W. Woodruff Distinguished Visiting Professor of Systematic Theology at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh in 1984–1985. Moltmann won the 2000 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion for his book The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology.
Moltmann married feminist theologian Elisabeth Wendel in 1952; they have four daughters.
Moltmann has contributed many books to the field of theology, including The Crucified God (1972), The Trinity and the Kingdom of God (1980), God for a Secular Society (1998), Theology of Hope: On the Ground and the Implications of a Christian Eschatology (1993), and In the End—The Beginning: The Life of Hope (2004). Books coauthored with his wife, Dr. Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel, include Humanity in God (1983), God-His and Hers (1991), and Passion for God: Theology in Two Voices
Location: The American Church in Paris
65 quai d’Orsay 75007
www.acparis.org
01.40.62.05.00
Series is open to the public, no entrance fee.
All lectures will be in English, with French language transcripts available on the night. (2003).