Ingolf U. Dalferth (CHE)

has studied theology, philosophy, linguistics and English literature in Tübingen, Edinburgh, Vienna and Cambridge/GB. He got his doctorate and his habilitation in systematic theology from Tübingen in 1977 and 1982. He has received several honorary doctorates. He has held teaching positions in systematic theology and philosophy of religion in Tübingen, Durham, Cambridge and Frankfurt. Since 1995 he has held the chair of systematic theology, symbolics and philosophy of religion in Zurich. Since 1998 he has been Director of the Institute of Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion in Zurich. His major areas of research are systematic theology in the 19th and 20th century, philosophical and theological hermeneutics in the 20th century; ecumenical theology; analytical and phenomenological philosophy of religion in the 20th century; religion and emotion; and evil. Publications relevant to the topic of our research are: Gedeutete Gegenwart. Zur Wahrnehmung Gottes in den Erfahrungen der Zeit(Tübingen 1997); Becoming Present. An Inquiry into the Christian Sense of the Presence of God(Leuven/Paris/Dudley 2006), Leiden und Böses. Vom schwierigen Umgang mit Widersinnigem (Leipzig 2006); Das Böse. Essay über die kulturelle Denkform des Unbegreiflichen (Tübingen 2006); Christ Died For Us. Reflections on the Sacrificial Language of Salvation (Cambridge 1991);Die soteriologische Relevanz der Kategorie des Opfers. Dogmatische Erwägungen im Anschluß an die gegenwärtige exegetische Diskussion (Neukirchen-Vluyn 1991); Umsonst. Vom Schenken, Geben und Bekommen (Routledge 2005) and Trust and Responsibility (Freiburg 2006). Dalferth was co-editor (with A. Hunziker and A. Anker) from Mitleid. Konkretionen eines strittigen Konzepts(Tübingen 2007).A new publication is Malum. Theologische Hermeneutik des Bösen (Tübingen 2008).