Miroslav Volf

Croatian-American theologian and academic Miroslav VolfBorn (1956-09-25) 25 September 1956 (age 69)Osijek, Croatia, YugoslaviaOccupationTheologianNotable workAllah: A Christian ResponseAfter Our LikenessExclusion and EmbraceThe End of MemoryFree of ChargeTheological workLanguageEnglish, German, CroatianTradition or movementAnglicanismSocial trinitarianismMain interestsSystematic theologyPolitical theologyCommunity organizingEcclesiologyInterfaith dialogueGlobalization Miroslav Volf (born September 25, 1956) is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University. He previously taught at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in his native Osijek, Croatia (1979–80, 1983–90) and Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California (1990–1998). Having received two advanced degrees under the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, Volf has been described as a "theological bridge builder." The main thrust of his theology is to bring Christian theology to bear on various realms of public life, such as culture, politics, and economics. He often explores dialogues between d