Wolfhart Pannenberg (b. 1928)

Major works

•          Revelation as History

•          Systematic Theology

Importance

•          Lutheran theologian

•          Part of the theology of hope movement

•          Believed faith is dependent on a historical basis

•          Countered existential thinking

•          Viewed apocalyptic as the key theological category

•          Believed in a literal resurrection of Jesus

•          Viewed the triune God as the center of theology

•          Studied theology under Barth