We are interested in hearing from students wishing to undertake postgraduate level work on Bonhoeffer at the doctoral level. We are also keen to support students to spend time in Germany as a part of their doctoral work for language study and research (i.e., through applications for DAAD fellowships, the Erasmus program, or independently). Please contact one of the supervisors below if you are thinking about applying for a PhD in their subject area.
Professor Brian Brock: Brian Brock has regularly drawn inspiration from Bonhoeffer for his constructive theological work, particularly his biblical hermeneutics, understanding of the Psalms, approach to the role of creation in Christian ethics, dialogues with Karl Barth, and role as a representative of a contemporary Lutheran theology. Engagements with Bonhoeffer figure centrally in Brock's main works: Christian Ethics in a Technological Age (Ch. 4) and Singing the Ethos of God (Ch. 5).
Professor Tom Greggs: Tom Greggs' interests in Bonhoeffer relate to his understanding of religion and religionless Christianity, to his political theology, and to the relationship between the theologies of Bonhoeffer and Barth. Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology has also been a significant influence, and will be a formative part of his own three volume project on the church. He has written widely on Bonhoeffer's thought directly. Prof. Greggs has been involved for a number of years with the International Bonhoeffer Colloquium, and has contributed a number of essays to the International Bonhoeffer Interpretations series.
Professor Phillip Ziegler: Philip Ziegler's work focuses on Bonhoeffer in the context of modern Protestant theology generally, and in particular with reference to the German Church Struggle of the 1930s. He is also interested also in the on-going significance of Bonhoeffer's theology and ethics. He continues to work on a book length study of the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer titled Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Theologian of the Word of God (which will be in the Great Theologians series from Ashgate), and together with Mike Mawson is editing the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He has lectured widely on Bonhoeffer, and also delivered papers at the International Bonhoeffer Congress, the International Bonhoeffer Colloquy, AAR/SBL and the Wheaton Theology Conference. Professor Ziegler is on the Steering Committee of the Bonhoeffer, Theology and Social Analysis Group of the AAR, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Bonhoeffer Society, and represented the English Language Section of the Society on the planning group for the International Bonhoeffer Congress which took place in Basel in July 2016.