Christiaan Mostert
Major teaching areas:
- Groundwork in Theology;
- The Cosmos as Creation;
- Mission of God, People of God;
- Christology; The Triune God;
- Ministry and Sacraments;
- 19th & 20th Century Protestant Theology;
- The Theology of Jürgen Moltmann;
- The Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg.
Research Interests:
- Contemporary systematic theology, especially studies on Pannenberg;
- ecclesiology;
- ministry;
- eschatology.
- Current Research students' projects: Eschatology, Christology, Eberhard Jüngel, Eduard Schillebeeckx.
- Pannenberg's eschatological doctrine of God (Continuum, 2002)
- 'The
Importance of general concepts and common language for theology', in E
A J G van der Borght, D van Keulen and M E Brinkman (eds), Faith and ethnicity, volume 2. Zoetermeer, Meinema, 2002. 296-314.
- 'What does it mean to be nourished and regulated by scripture?' in W and K Abetz (eds), Swimming between the flags: reflections on the Basis of Union. Adelaide, Middle Earth Press, 2002. 73-78.
- God and the future: Wolfhart Pannenberg's eschatological doctrine of God. London and New York, T & T Clark, 2002.
- Born Anew to a Living Hope, Melbourne: Forum on Faith & Society, 1991.
- 'Christ in Context: Conciliar Definitions and Contemporary Christology', Phronema, Vol.7, 1992, 21-34.
- The Church of the Kingdom: the church as eschatological community, United Theological College, Aberystwyth, Wales, February 1995.
- 'From Eschatology to Trinity: Pannenberg's Doctrine of God', Pacifica, Vol.10, No.1, February 1997, 70-83.
Administration:
- Professor of Systematic Theology in the Theological Hall (Uniting Church) from 1996
- Minister of the Word in the Uniting Church in Australia.
- President, Melbourne College of Divinity 2006 -2007.
Community and professional service:
- Member of the Melbourne College of Divinity
- Co-chairperson of Joint Working Group (Anglican-Uniting)
- Member of International Advisory Board of International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI)
- Chairperson of NCCA Commission on Faith and Unity
- President of Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS).
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