John Bainbridge WebsterFRSE (1955–2016) was anAnglican priest andtheologian writing in the area ofsystematic,historical, andmoral theology. Born inMansfield, England, on 20 June 1955, he was educated at the independentBradford Grammar School and at theUniversity of Cambridge. After a distinguished career, he died at his home in Scotland on 25 May 2016 at the age of 60.^[4] At the time of his death, he was the Chair of Divinity atSt. Mary's College,University of St Andrews,Scotland.^[5]

Webster began his career as a chaplain and tutor atSt John's College,Durham University (1982–86) and went on to teach systematic theology atWycliffe College at theUniversity of Toronto – one of the seven colleges that comprise theToronto School of Theology (1986–1996) – before becoming theLady Margaret Professor of Divinity at theUniversity of Oxford, a prestigious chair in which he was immediately preceded byRowan Williams who later becameArchbishop of Wales (1999–2002) and thenCanterbury (2002–2012). During Webster's seven-year tenure at Oxford (1996–2003), he also served as a canon ofChrist Church. In 2003, he was installed in the Chair of Systematic Theology at King's College,University of Aberdeen,Scotland. In Summer 2013, he became Chair of Divinity at the University of St Andrews. He was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh in 2005.^[6]

Together withColin Gunton (1940–2003), Webster co-founded theInternational Journal of Systematic Theology. He was also a member of the editorial boards of theInternational Journal for the Study of the Christian Church and of theScottish Journal of Theology Monographs. He was the series editor ofThe Great Theologians, Barth Studies for Ashgate, and co-editor for theOxford Handbook of Systematic Theology (2007).

His PhD thesis was on the German Lutheran systematic and philosophical theologianEberhard Jüngel:Distinguishing Between God and Man: Aspects of the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel (1982).^[7][8] Subsequently, Webster's translations and theological interaction with Jüngel are largely responsible for introducing him to the English speaking academy.^[9] Through study of Jüngel, Webster became well acquainted with the theology ofKarl Barth whom he has written on extensively and developed a unique account of, which stresses the significant role of biblical interpretation and the Reformed tradition in Barth's work.^[10] Jüngel and Barth present important influences on Webster's own constructive dogmatic work, which offers that the most reliable articulation of Christian truth is that made in shared attention with theReformation's renewal ofChalcedonian Christianity and guided by the perfect and free God who makes himself the proper object of extended paraphrase by his active self-presentation in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit.^[11]

In September 2007, Webster delivered the inaugural lectures of the Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology moderated byKevin Vanhoozer through theCarl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding atTrinity Evangelical Divinity School inDeerfield, Illinois.

• Webster, John B. (1982).Distinguishing Between God and Man: Aspects of the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel (PhD). University of Cambridge.

• Webster, John B. (1986).Eberhard Jüngel: An Introduction to His Theology (1st ed.). Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-30708-6.
• Jüngel, Eberhard (1989).Theological Essays I. Translated by Webster, John B. (2nd ed.). London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-09502-2.
• Jüngel, Eberhard (1995). Webster, John B. (ed.).Theological Essays II. Translated by Neufeldt-Fast, Arnold; Webster, John B. Edinburgh:T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-09706-4.
• Jüngel, Eberhard (2001).God's Being Is in Becoming: The Trinitarian Being of God in the Theology of Karl Barth. Translated by Webster, John B. London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-08706-5.
• ———, ed. (1994).Possibilities of Theology: Studies in the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel in his 60th Year. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-09720-0.

• ——— (1995).Barth's Ethics of Reconciliation. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-04411-0.
• ——— (1998).Barth's Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth's Thought. Edinburgh: T & T Clark.
• ———, ed. (2000).The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth. Cambridge companions to religion. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-58476-0.
• ——— (2004).Karl Barth. Outstanding Christian Thinkers (2nd ed.). London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-8264-5078-4.
• ——— (2004).Barth's Early Theology. London: T & T Clark.
• ——— (2005).Barth's Earlier Theology: Four Studies. London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-08352-4.
• ———; Yuen, Alfred H. (2014).Barth's theological ontology of Holy Scripture. Princeton theological monograph series. Vol. 211. Eugene, OR:Pickwick Publications.ISBN 978-1-620-32911-5.

• ——— (2001).Word and Church: Essays in Church Dogmatics. London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-03066-5.
• ——— (2003).Holiness. Grand Rapids, MI:Eerdmans.ISBN 978-0-802-82215-4.
• ——— (2003).Holy Scripture: A Dogmatic Sketch. Current issues in theology. Vol. 1. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.ISBN 978-0-521-83118-5.
• ——— (2005).Confessing God: Essays in Christian Dogmatics II. London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-08377-7.
• ——— (2010).Holiness (2nd ed.). London:SCM Press.ISBN 978-0-334-02895-6.
• ——— (2012).The Domain of the Word of God: Scripture and Theological Reason. T & T Clark theology. London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-567-212948.
• ——— (2015).God Without Measure: Essays in Christian Doctrine - Volume 1 (God and the Works of God). London: T & T Clark.ISBN 978-0-5671-6513-8.

• ——— (2011).The Grace of Truth. Farmington Hills, MI: Oil Lamp Books.

• ———; Schner, George P. (2000).Theology after Liberalism: a reader. Blackwell readings in modern theology. Oxford; Malden, MA:Blackwell Publishing.ISBN 978-0-6312-0563-0.
• ———, ed. (2007).The Oxford Handbook of Systematic Theology. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0-199-24576-5.

• ——— (2004). "The Holiness and Love of God".Scottish Journal of Theology.57 (3):249–68.doi:10.1017/S0036930604000250.S2CID 170521304.
• ——— (2004). "On Evangelical Ecclesiology".Ecclesiology.1:9–35.doi:10.1177/174413660400100101.
• ——— (2008). "Biblical Reasoning".Anglican Theological Review.90:733–51.
• ——— (2009). "Principles of Systematic Theology".International Journal of Systematic Theology.11:56–71.doi:10.1111/j.1468-2400.2008.00423.x.
• ——— (2010). "Trinity and Creation".International Journal of Systematic Theology.12:4–19.doi:10.1111/j.1468-2400.2009.00489.x.
• ——— (2015). "Sins of Speech".Studies in Christian Ethics.28:35–48.doi:10.1177/0953946814555323.S2CID 146919183.
• ——— (2015)."What Makes Theology Theological?"(PDF).Journal of Analytic Theology.3:17–28.doi:10.12978/jat.2015-3.091413220417.S2CID 170568964. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 February 2020.

• Webster's webpage at the University of Aberdeen
• Webster's webpage at the University of St. Andrews
• Kantzer LecturesArchived 28 May 2010 at theWayback Machine at the Henry Center
• Webster at Frost's Scottish Who's Who
• John Webster at Theopedia

• "Perfection and Presence: God With Us, According to the Christian Confession", Kantzer Lectures in Revealed Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• "On Mercy", 2007 Christianity and Ethics Conference at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary^{[permanent dead link]}

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