John Webster

PhD (Cambridge, 1982) "Distinguishing Between God and Man: Aspects of the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel."

Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford (1996-2003)
Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen (2003-)

Scottish Journal of Theology Lectures, 2001; Day-Higginbotham Lectures, 2002; Kantzer Lectures, 2007

Publications

'Christology, Imitability and Ethics', Scottish Journal of Theology 39 (1986) pp. 309-26

'The Christian in Revolt: Barth on the Christian Life' in N. Biggar, ed., Reckoning with Barth. Essays in Commemoration of the Centenary of Karl Barth's Birth (Mowbray, 1988), pp. 119-44

'Eberhard Jüngel' in D.F. Ford, ed., The Modern Theologians. An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century, vol. 1 (Blackwell, 1989), pp. 90-106

Eberhard Jüngel. An Introduction to his Theology (Cambridge, 1986; 2nd Ed., 1991)

'Locality and Catholicity: Reflections on Theology and the Church', Scottish Journal of Theology 45 (1992), pp. 1-17

'Justification, Analogy and Action. Passivity and Activity in Jüngel's Anthropology' in J. Webster, ed., The Possibilities of Theology. Essays on the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel in his Sixtieth Year (T & T Clark, 1994), pp. 106-42

Barth's Ethics of Reconciliation (Cambridge, 1995)

Barth's Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth's Thought (T & T Clark, 1998)

'Hermeneutics in Modern Theology: Some Doctrinal Reflections', Scottish Journal of Theology 51 (1998), pp. 307-41.

'Eschatology, Anthropology and Postmodernity', International Journal of Systematic Theology 2.1 (March 2000), pp. 13-28.

(ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth (Cambridge, 2000)

(ed.) with G. P. Schner, Theology after Liberalism: A Reader (Blackwell, 2000)

Barth (T & T Clark, 2000, 2004)

'The dogmatic location of the canon', Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie 43 (2001), pp. 17-43.

'Article Review: David F. Ford: Self and Salvation', Scottish Journal of Theology 54 (2001), pp. 548-59.

'Confession and Confessions' in C. Seitz, ed., Nicene Christianity. The Future for a new Ecumenism (Brazos, 2001), pp. 119-31

'The Self-Organizing Power of the Gospel of Christ: Episcopacy and Community Formation' in International Journal of Systematic Theology 3.2 (July 2001)

Word and Church: Essays in Christian Dogmatics (T & T Clark, 2001)

'What's Evangelical about Evangelical Soteriology?' in J.G. Stackhouse, ed., What Does it Mean to be Saved? Expanding Evangelical Horizons of Salvation (Baker, 2002), pp. 179-84

'Discovering Dogmatics' in D.C. Marks, ed., Shaping a Theological Mind. Theological Context and Methodology (Ashgate, 2002), pp. 129-136.

'The Ethics of Reconciliation' in C. Gunton, ed., The Theology of Reconciliation (T&T Clark, 2003), pp. 109-124.

'Reading Eschatologically (1)' in D. Ford, G. Stanton, ed., Reading Texts, Seeking Wisdom. Scripture and Theology (SCM, 2003), pp. 245-56.

'The human person' in K. Vanhoozer, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology (Cambridge, 2003), pp. 219-34.

'The Church as Witnessing Community', Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 21.1 (2003)

Holiness (SCM, 2003)

Holy Scripture. A Dogmatic Sketch (Cambridge, 2003)

'Incarnation' in Gareth Jones (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology (Blackwell, 2004), pp. 204-226.

'Balthasar and Karl Barth', in D. Moss, E. Oakes, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar ( Cambridge, 2004), pp. 241-55.

'The Holiness and Love of God', Scottish Journal of Theology 57 (2004), pp. 249-68.

'On Evangelical Ecclesiology', Ecclesiology 1.1 (2004), pp. 9-35.

'Biblical Theology and the Clarity of Scripture' in Craig Bartholomew et al (eds.), Out of Egypt. Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation (Paternoster Press, 2004), pp. 352-84.

'"There is no past in the Church, so there is no past in theology": Barth and the History of Modern Protestant Theology', in J.C. McDowell, M Higton, ed., Conversing with Barth (Ashgate, 2004), pp. 14-39.

Barth's Early Theology (T & T Clark, 2004)

'The Church and the Perfection of God' and '"The Visible Attests the Invisible"', in M. Husbands, D. Treier, ed., The Community of the Word. Toward an Evangelical Ecclesiology (InterVarsity Press, 2005), pp. 75-95, 96-113.

'Systematic Theology after Barth: Jüngel, Jenson and Gunton', in D. Ford, ed., The Modern Theologians. An Introduction to Christian Theology since 1918 (3rd ed; Blackwell, 2005), pp. 249-64.

'Hope', in G. Meilaender, W. Werpehowski, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics (Oxford, 2005), pp. 291-306.

'Purity and Plenitude: Evangelical Reflections on Congar's Tradition and Traditions ', International Journal of Systematic Theology 7.4 (October, 2005), pp. 399-413.

'Prolegomena to Christology', in S. Holmes, M. Rae, eds., The Person of Christ (T&TClark, 2005), pp. 19-36.

'Discipleship and Calling', Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 23 (2005), pp. 133-47.

Confessing God. Essays in Christian Dogmatics II (T & T Clark, 2005)

'God and Conscience' in A. J. Torrance and M. Banner (eds.), The Doctrine of God and Theological Ethics (T & T Clark, 2006)

'God's Perfect Life' in Miroslav Volf and Michael Welker (eds.), God's Life in Trinity (Fortress, 2006)

'The Dignity of Creatures' in Paul Middleton (ed.), The God of Love and Human Dignity: Festschrift for George Newlands (T & T Clark, 2007)

'Introduction: Systematic Theology' in J. Webster, K. Tanner and I. Torrance (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology (Oxford, 2007)

'God's Aseity' in Andrew Moore and Michael Scott (eds.), Realism and religion: philosophical and theological perspectives (Ashgate, 2007)

'Life in and of Himself: Reflections on God's Aseity' in Bruce McCormack (ed.), Engaging the Doctrine of God: Contemporary Protestant Perspectives (Baker, 2008)

'Principles of Systematic Theology', International Journal of Systematic Theology 11.1 (January 2009)

'Rector et iudex super omnia genera doctrinarum? The Place of the Doctrine of Justification' in M. Weinrich and J. P. Burgess (eds.), What is Justification About?: Reformed Contributions to an Ecumenical Theme (Eerdmans, 2009)

'Article Review: Webster's Response to Alyssa Lyra Pitstick, Light in Darkness', Scottish Journal of Theology 62.2 (March 2009)

'One Who is Son: Theological Reflections on the Exordium to the Epistle to the Hebrews' in Richard Bauckham et al (eds.), The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology (Eerdmans, 2009)

'On the Theology of Providence' in Francesca Aran Murphy and Philip G. Ziegler (eds.), Providence of God (T & T Clark, 2009)

'Trinity and Creation', International Journal of Systematic Theology 12.1 (January 2010)

'Gunton and Barth' in The Theology of Colin Gunton (T & T Clark, 2010)

' "Where Christ is": Christology and Ethics' in F. LeRon Shults and Brent Waters (eds.), Christology and Ethics (Eerdmans, 2010)

'It was the will of the Lord to bruise him': soteriology and the doctrine of God' in Ivor Davidson and Murray Rae (eds.), God of Salvation (Ashgate, 2011)