John Webster

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

Professor of Systematic Theology, Toronto (1986-1996)
Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford (1996-2003)
Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen (2003-2013)
Professor of Systematic Theology, University of St. Andrews (2013-2016)

Scottish Journal of Theology Lectures, 2001; Day-Higginbotham Lectures, 2002; Kantzer Lectures, 2007; Hayward Lectures, 2009

Publications

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

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

'Eberhard Jüngel' in David 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 John 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 Christopher 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 John G. Stackhouse (ed.), What Does it Mean to be Saved? Expanding Evangelical Horizons of Salvation (Baker, 2002), pp. 179-84

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

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

'Reading Eschatologically (1)' in David Ford & Graham Stanton (eds.), Reading Texts, Seeking Wisdom. Scripture and Theology (SCM, 2003), pp. 245-56.

'The human person' in Kevin 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 John C. McDowell & Mike Higton (eds.), Conversing with Barth (Ashgate, 2004), pp. 14-39.

'The Church and the Perfection of God' and '"The Visible Attests the Invisible"', in Mark Husbands & Daniel Treier (eds.), 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 David 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 (eds.), 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 Stephen Holmes & Murray Rae (eds.), The Person of Christ (T&T Clark, 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)

Barth's Earlier Theology. Four Studies (T & T Clark, 2005)

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

'Principles of Christian Theology' in Robert Morgan (ed.), In Search of Humanity and Deity: A Celebration of John Macquarie's Theology (SCM, 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 John Webster, Kathryn Tanner and Iain Torrance (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology (Oxford, 2007)

'Jesus Christ' in Timothy Larsen and Daniel Treier (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Evangelical Theology (Cambridge, 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 Michael Weinrich and John 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)

'In the society of God: Some Principles of Ecclesiology' in Pete Ward (ed.), Perspectives on Ecclesiology and Ethnography (Eerdmans, 2011)

'Curiosity' in Mike Higton, Jeremy Law and Christopher Rowland (eds.), Theology and Human Flourishing: Essays in Honour of Timothy J. Gorringe (Cascade, 2011)

'Perfection and Participation' in Thomas White (ed.), The Analogy of Being (Eerdmans, 2011)

The Grace of Truth. Eds. Daniel Bush & Brannon Ellis (Oil Lamp, 2011) [Reprinted as Confronted by Grace: Meditations of a Theologian (Lexham, 2015)]

'Providence' in Kelly Kapic and Bruce McCormack (eds.), Mapping Modern Theology (Baker, 2012)

'Barth's Lectures on the Gospel of John' in George Hunsinger (ed.), Thy Word is Truth: Barth on Scripture (Eerdmans, 2012)

'Ressourcement Theology and Protestantism' in Gabriel Flynn and Paul D. Murray (eds.), Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth Century Catholic Theology (Oxford, 2012)  

The Domain of the Word of God: Scripture and Theological Reason (Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2012)

‘Courage’, in M. Barnes (ed.) A Man of the Church: Honoring the Theology, Life, and Witness of Ralph Del Colle (Wipf and Stock, 2012)

'On the Theology of the Intellectual Life' in Roger Lundin (ed.), Christ Across the Disciplines (Eerdmans, 2013)

'Communion with Christ: Mortification and Vivification' in Kent Eliers and Kyle Strobel (eds.), Sanctified by Grace: A Theology of the Christian Life (T & T Clark, 2014)

'Non ex aequo: God's relation to Creatures' in Anthony Clarke and Andrew Moore (eds.), Within the Love of God: Essays on the Doctrine of God in honour of Paul S. Fiddes (Oxford, 2014)

'God, Theology and Universities' in David Nelson (ed.), Indicative of Grace, Imperative of Freedom: Essays in Honour of Eberhart Jungle in his Eightieth Year (T & T Clark, 2014)

'The Place of Christology within Systematic Theology' in F. A. Murphy (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Christology (Oxford, 2015)

‘ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἁγίου φερόμενοι ἐλάλησαν ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἄνθρωποι. On the inspiration of Holy Scripture’, in J. G. McConville, L. K. Pietersen (ed.), Conception, Reception and the Spirit: Essays in Honor of Andrew T. Lincoln (Cascade, 2015)

'Dolent gaudentque: Sorrow in the Christian Life' in Robert Song and Brent Waters (eds.), The Authority of the Gospel: Explorations in Moral and Political Theology in Honour of Oliver O'Donovan (Eerdmans, 2015)

'What Makes Theology Theological?', Journal of Analytic Theology 3 (2015)

'Sins of Speech', Studies in Christian Ethics 28 (2015)

God without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology. Vol. 1: God and the Works of God (Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2016)

God without Measure: Working Papers in Christian Theology. Vol. 2: Virtue and Intellect (Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2016)

'Creation out of Nothing' and 'Providence' in Michael Allen and Scott R. Swain (eds.) Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic (Baker, 2016)

 

Doctoral Supervisor for: Mark Husbands, Darren Sumner, Jon Coutts, Donald Wood, Darren Sarisky, Robert Dale Dawson, R. David Nelson, Christopher Asprey, Brannon Ellis, Ethan Worthington, Christopher Green, David Gilland, Richard Topping, Robert Price, Scott Prather, Martin Westerholm, Jeremy Wynne, Justin Stratis, Alfred Yuen, Brian Asbill, Timothy Harvie, Darren Marks, Ben Rhodes