Domain name change

I have just now changed the site name to something a little less unwieldly. Unfortunately Google is still linking to the old site, which is dead. The posts and pages are all still here, but links referring people to them under the old domain, ofthemakingofmanybooksblog.wordpress.com, will no longer work. Yes, I'm a bit of a …

Hook and Kimel on God and pronouns #1: feminist proposals

Photo (of graffiti?) taken in 2011 at the East Side Gallery in Berlin In 1993, at the height of the debate over God's gender and pronouns in English, initiated by feminist theology in the seventies, linguist Donald Hook and theologian Alvin Kimel teamed up to write an article engaging feminist (and other) proposals. They concluded …

Some Thoughts on Being Colourblind

This afternoon I went downstairs for an afternoon break and was perusing the posters on the poster board. Sometimes people are doing research and they get funding so it's good to see if you qualify so that you can get a little extra dosh. Sometimes people can't offer any incentive but the good that is …

Theses and Dissertations Updated

Thanks to Prof. Dr. Klaus Dietz, from the University of Tübingen, I have added some 20 new items to the list of theses and dissertations. Klaus Dietz is a friend and neighbour of Moltmann’s and provided him with the updated list of theses and dissertations. He informs me that Moltmann knew of around 200, having been …

New Page Up (and Coming!): Moltmann’s Works in English

Check out the beginning of an open access, online bibliography of Moltmann's works here. I will slowly be adding content as time permits. At the moment you can get quick information on editions of the major works in English, as well as information on some of the German originals. I hope to tidy up the other …

Another New Page up!

I have just uploaded the beginnings of a glossary of untranslated terms in English translations of Moltmann's works. So far I only have three terms, with only two translated! I will add more as I continue reading so feel free to check it out.

New Page Up

I have just created a new page listing dissertations and theses relating to Moltmann's theology. There is still a lot of work to do so I am not taking suggestions at this stage. I do invite you, however, to offer corrections, and if you are aware of any of the works being open access I …

Kia Ora!

Kia ora! My name is Cameron Coombe and I have just commenced my PhD studies in theology at the University of Otago in New Zealand. My thesis is entitled, "The Role of Scripture in Jürgen Moltmann's Doctrine of God." I will be focussing at first on his major works, though drawing on smaller works, chapters, articles, …