European Journal of Theology Issue 35.2 (October 2026)
This issue offers no fewer than eight articles. The theme of the October conference of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians (FEET) already rings in the contribution of Jeppe Bach Nikolajsen, who introduces the debate in Denmark over whether the country can be described as Christian and concludes that it is better not to see any country as Christian. The conference theme, ‘Faithful in Times of Turmoil: Responses to Conflicts, War, and Nationalism in Europe’, is also addressed in the editorial of Christoph Stenschke.
Roman Soloviy applies the concept of creative interaction between theology and fiction, developed by Paul Fiddes, to Ukrainian poetry from the period of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in which the themes of godforsakenness and hope are prominent. Wolfgang Köhler highlights the various ways in which the theme of hardening from the Book of Isaiah is received by the Gospels and Acts. Kevin Dickson argues that witness is a central theme in biblical theology and that for this reason witness is an essential element of what it is to be Church.
Four of the articles have a historical focus and between them cover much of Europe in time and space. William Press investigates the knowledge that the Irish St Patrick had of Gaul (France), giving insight into contemporary discussions about asceticism and the role of bishops in the Church. Former FEET secretary, Gerald Bray, shows how Thomas Aquinas criticised the Greek fathers of the church on the basis of defective source material. His application of the medieval discussion to today is stark. Johannes Reimer zooms in on the nineteenth-century Caucasian nobleman Katti Girey and his unsuccessful missionary work. Veit Claesberg introduces the sermons delivered by the Viennese Baptist preacher Arnold Köster after World War II, in which he continued to criticise National Socialism.
The book reviews were for the last time brought together by Hans Burger, who moves on and receives our warm thanks. His successor is Manuel Martínez in Barcelona.
