Miroslav Volf

Miroslav Volf
Born	September 25, 1956 Osijek, SR Croatia
Occupation	Theologian
Notable work	Allah: A Christian Response After Our Likeness Exclusion and Embrace The End of Memory Free of Charge
Theological work
Tradition or movement	Anglicanism Social Trinitarianism
Main interests	Systematic Theology Political Theology Community Organizing Ecclesiology Interfaith dialogue Globalization

Miroslav Volf (born September 25, 1956) is a Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual who has been touted as "one of the most celebrated theologians of our day." Volf currently serves as the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University. Volf 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 forged a theology that has earned him the designation "a theologian of the bridge." 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 different groups in the world—such as between denominations, faiths, and ethnic groups.

Volf has served as an advisor for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and for several years co-taught a course at Yale with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on globalization. He is a frequent commentator on religious and cultural issues in popular media outlets such as CNN, NPR, and Al Jazeera. Volf won the 2002 University of Louisville and the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Grawemeyer Award in Religion and his 1996 book Exclusion and Embrace was named by Christianity Today as one of the 100 Most Influential Books of the Twentieth Century.

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