Areas of competence:
- Lutheran dogmatics
- Reformation history and theology
- History and theology of the Lutheran confessions
- Patristic theology
- Theology proper and Christology
- Properties of Holy Scripture
- Providence and theodicy
- Anthropology and hamartiology
- Atonement, justification and sanctification
Presentation
I’m employed 50% at FIUC as a førsteamanuensis (assistant professor) in systematic theology. However, I mainly teach Lutheran dogmatics. My teaching and my publication draw heavily on historical theology focusing mainly on Martin Luther and on confessions. I have also done scholarly work on contemporary understandings of divine providence and theodicy. My current work compares aspects in the theologies of Martin Luther and John Wesley; especially law and gospel and the question of prevenient grace.
Besides my 50% employment at the FIUC, I teach and preach 50% in congregations and at Bible courses in the Danish Lutheran Mission (www.dlm.dk).
Reported production
Production reported to the Current Research Information System (CRISTIN) in Norway
Books
Books:
- 2015 Bibelens syn på sig selv, Copenhagen: Dansk Bibel-Institut og Luthersk Mission i
Sønderjylland-Fyn og Vestjylland (2nd impression 2016). Swedish translation: Bibelns syn på sig själv, Helsingborg: BV-förlag 2018. (English: The Bible’s View of itself). - 2009 Open Theism on Providence and Theodicy. An Arminianized Evangelicalism, København: Det Teologiske Fakultet. Københavns Universitet.
Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark – peer reviewed - 2007 Jesus & Apokryferne. Historisk eller Gnostisk Kristendom?, Hillerød: LogosMedia and Credo Forlag. (English: Jesus & the Apocrypha. Historic or Gnostic Christianity?)
- 1998 Martin Luthers Trosbegreb, Copenhagen: Arken Tryk. (English: Martin Luther’s Concept of Faith)
Books, co-author:
- 2018 Verbalpræsens. Guds nærvær i Ordet som Lov og Evangelium, in: Jakob V. Olsen ed.: Den Kristne Forkyndelse. Teori og Praksis fra Bibelen, i Historien, til Verden, Fredericia: Kolon – fagfællebedømt forskning. (English: Verbal Presence. God’s Presence in the Word as Law and Gospel – peer reviewed)
- 2017 Frelse af nåde alene ved tro på Kristus, in: Asger Chr. Højlund et al.: Luther stærke sager. 10 Luther-tekster udvalgt og kommenteret, Fredericia: Credo Forlag. (English: Salvation by Grace Alone through Faith in Christ)
- 2017 Inspirasjonens måter – Gud talte til fedrene på mange måter, in: Konrad Fjell ed.: Guds Ord det er vårt arvegods. Artikkelsamling om skriftsynet og reformasjonen, Oslo: Lunde Forlag. (English: The Modes of Inspiration. God spoke to our forefathers in various ways).
Danish translation, in: Konrad Fjell ed.: Guds Ord – fundamentet for evangelisk-luthersk tro, Dronninglund: Nyt Livs Forlag 2017. - 2011 Claritas Scripturae i en Postmoderne Tid, in: Lars Borgström ed.: Nordisk Evangelisk-Luthersk Konferens. Föredrag från konferensen i Vasa, Finland, 7-9 maj 2010, Vasa, Finland: NELK. (English: The Clarity of Scripture in a Postmodern Time).
- 2011 Missionæruddannelse, in: Jens Ole Christensen, Ditte Olsen & Peter Olsen: Fra Tropehat til Ipad. Glimt fra hundrede års missionshistorie, Hillerød: LogosMedia. (English: Missionary Training)
- 2001 Tridentinerkoncilets canones om retfærdiggørelseslæren. Oversættelse, indledning og noter, in: Lars Jensen, Peter Olsen & Jens Jørgen Rasmussen eds.: Teologi med hjertet. Festskrift til Niels Ove Vigilius, Copenhagen: Dansk Bibel-Institut. (English: The Canons on Justification by the Tridentine Council. Translation, Preface, and Notes).
- 1997 Åbenbaring i historien, in: Henrik Bartholdy et al.: Skrift og Åbenbaring, Copenhagen: Credo Forlag. (English: Revelation in History).
- 1993 Er du der Gud?, in: Bjarne Thams ed.: Svar på tiltale bd.2. Håndbog i apologetik, Copenhagen: Credo Forlag. (English: God – are you there? Apologetics).
- 1991 Sammenfattende konklusion efter besøg på Livets Ord i Uppsala august 1990, in: Martin Boje Christensen ed.: Tro på Succes?, Århus: Dialogcentrets Forlag. (English: A Report about the Health and Wealth Gospel in Scandinavia).
Book editor:
- 2001 Lars Jensen, Peter Olsen & Jens Jørgen Rasmussen eds.: Teologi med hjertet. Festskrift til Niels Ove Vigilius, Copenhagen: Dansk Bibel-Institut. (English: Theology with the Heart. Festschrift for Niels Ove Vigilius).
- 1997 Luthers lille katekismus. Oversættelse, indledning og noter, Copenhagen: Credo Forlag. (2nd impression 2002). (English: Martin Luther’s Small Catechism. Translation, Preface, and Notes).
Select articles and reviews in theological and other periodicals
- 2018 Viljens frihed og ufrihed i ældre luthersk tradition, i: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift nr.4, 2017 – fagfællebedømt forskning (English: Freedom and Captivation of the Will in Early Lutheran Tradition – peer reviewed). http://www.danskteologisktidsskrift.dk/
- 2017 Objektiv Forsoning – hvad var Luthers problem for 500 år siden og er problemet der stadig?, i: eMissio vol.2, nr.1, 2017, p.8-18. (English: Objective Atonement – Luther’s Problem then and now). https://www.emissio.net/index.php/emissio/article/view/22/24
- 2014 Alting sker med absolut nødvendighed. Om kontingens, concursus og kompatibilisme, i: Theofilos. Supplement Vol.6, Nr.2 2014 – fagfællebedømt forskning. (English: Everything Happens with Absolute Necessity. On Contingency, Concursus, and Compatibilism – peer reviewed). http://theofilos.nu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Theofilos-Supplement-vol-6-nr-2-2014-Omslag.pdf
- 2014 Guds almagt og det onde, in: Nyt Liv no.3, 2014. (English: Divine Omnipotence and Evil). http://www.nytliv.dk/resource/guds-almagt-og-det-onde/
- 2011 Liberalteologien vender tilbage, i: Nyt Liv nr.2, 2011. (English: The Return of Liberal Theology) http://www.nytliv.dk/resource/liberalteologien-vender-tilbage/
- 2009 Open Theism. Den Evangelikale Verden i Opbrud, i: Budskap 2009. Fjellhaug Misjonshøgskoles Årsskrift 2009. (English: Open Theism. Evangelicalism in Upheaval). https://fih.fjellhaug.no/wp-content/uploads/Budskap-2009-201109-endelig.pdf
- 2007 Evangelikalismens historie 1-2, i: Budskabet nr.3, maj 2007. (English: The History of Evangelicalism part 1-2). http://dlm.dk/bladportal/budskabet/budskabet-32007
- 2007 Godt og ondt i politik og teologi, i: Kulturo – Tidsskrift for moderne kultur nr.25, sept.2007. (English: Good and Evil in Politics and in Theology). http://kulturo.dk/kulturo-25-ondskab/
Employments
- 1996-1997 Mission School teacher in the Danish Lutheran Mission (DLM) www.dlm.dk
- 1998-2003 Mission School principal in DLM
- 2004-2005 Mission School teacher in DLM
- 2005-2006 Adviser/Consultant for DLM in Denmark (Bornholm)
- 2006-2009 Ph.D. student at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2010- Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the Copenhagen Lutheran School of Theology and at the Fjellhaug International University College, Copenhagen (50%)
- 2010- Bible teacher in DLM (50%)
Personal
- Born 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1994 married to cand.mag. Ditte Olsen
- Father of Markus (1998) and Josva (2001)
- Living in Hillerød, 40 km. north of Copenhagen
Education
- 1996 Cand.theol. – Master of Theology, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2009 Ph.D., the University of Copenhagen, Denmark