Dr. Mark P. Hertenstein
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Ökumenisches Institut, Plankengasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg
E-Mail: mark.hertenstein@oek.uni-heidelberg.de
Office: Kisselgasse 1, Raum 013, 69117 Heidelberg
Office Hours: By Appointment
Areas of Research and Teaching Interest
- Systematic theology, especially the doctrine of God (Trinity, attributes, action)
- Revelation, Religion, and Tradition
- Modern German theology
- British theology since Lux Mundi
- Modern Roman Catholic theology
Academic Career
2026–present, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ökumenisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Host: Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel)
2024, Research Administrator, St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
2022–2023, Postgraduate Tutor, School of Divinity, St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews
2021–2024, PhD, School of Divinity, St Mary’s College, University of St Andrews (Prof. Dr. Christoph Schwöbel†; Very Rev. Prof. David Fergusson and Prof. Oliver Crisp); Fulbright Grant
2015–2017, Research Assistant (Prof. Adonis Vidu)
2014–2017, MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
2013, Undergraduate Research Assistant (Prof. Boyd Taylor Coolman)
2010-2014, BA, Classical Studies and Theology, Boston College
Recent Publications
(Forthcoming) with M. Ruf/C.Y. Wen (ed.), Pannenberg and Divine Action.
(Forthcoming) “Perfection and Self-Actualizaiton”, in M. Hertenstein/M. Ruf/C.Y. Wen, Pannenberg and Divine Action.
“Absolute Triune Omnipresence: The Contributions of Barth and Pannenberg”, in A. Marmodoro/D. Migliorini/B. Page (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Omnipresence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025) 343–360.
“Tradition as Conversation: Christoph Schwöbel’s Contribution to a Theology of Tradition”, J. Wolfe/M. McKerron (ed.), Christoph Schwöbel: Theology in Conversation (Theologische Bibliothek Toepelmann; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025) 105–118.
“The Immanent and Economic Trinity” in B. Wolfe et al (ed.), The St. Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology (2025). The Immanent and Economic Trinity
“God of Nature and Grace: A Reading of Pannenberg’s Doctrine of God”, Kerygma und Dogma 70, no. 3 (2024) 218-235.
Professional Memberships
- Organizing Committee, International Wolfhart Pannenberg Symposium
- Society for the Study of Theology
- Karl Barth Society of North America