Talking about God in Africa and Asia. Darstellung und Interpretation afrikanischer Theologie im Vergleich mit der koreanischen Minjung-Theologie (Forschungen zur systematischen und ökumenischen Theologie 60), Göttingen 1991.

(published with a printing subsidy from the DFG)

Incarnation or Inspiration? Christologische Grundfragen in der Diskussion mit britischer anglikanischer Theologie (Forschungen zur systematischen und ökumenischen Theologie 84), Göttingen 1998.

Ecumenism in the 21st century (2016)

The Church: Towards a common vision (2013)

As part of the work in the editorial team of the journal "Ökumenische Rundschau" edition of the following issues:

Home and Identity (3/2019)

Family (1/18); Religion, Church and Civil Society in East Central Europe Today (2/17); The Cross with the Cross: The Theology of the Cross in Ecumenical Discourse (2/15); The Churches and their Guilt (2/14, with Fernando Enns); How Bound is Freedom? (1/2013); Not letting up in dialogue: Communion / Eucharist (4/2012); Gift and Justification (2011/2);Theology of Participation? (2008/2); Dogmatic Variations (2008/1); Dying and Rising (2007/2); The Churches and Human Rights (2007/1); Sin as a Theme in Ecumenism (2005); Baptism (2004); Guilt and Reconciliation (2003); Mysticism and Spirituality in Ecumenism (2002); Dialogue of Religions (2001).

Guilty towards whom? Reflections on the logic of soteriology, in: Georg Pfleiderer (ed.), Sünde, Scham und Schuld. Publication of the Scientific Society for Theology, Leipzig 2021

On receiving fullness. Introduction to the project "Lebensfülle" by Ralf Miggelbrink, in: Astrid Heidemann (ed.), Lebensfülle - experimentelle Erprobungen eines theologischen Leitbegriffs, Freiburg 2021

"Consensus is not the highest goal". Reflections on a broader understanding of ecumenism, in: Martin Hailer, Friederike Nüssel (eds.), Gedenk-Symposium Dietrich Ritschl, 2021.

Vom Sinn der Ökumene in der theologischen Ausbildung (with Johanna Rahner), in: U.L.-W. et al. (eds.) Die Zukunft der theologischen Ausbildung ist ökumenisch, Leipzig 2020, 25-48.

We need a new hereafter. Ecumenical reflection on bodily resurrection, purgatory and the Last Judgement in conversation with the "Toten Hosen" and Astrid Lindgren, in: Carsten Claußen, Ralf Dziewas, Dirk Sager (eds.), Dogmatik im Dialog. FS for Uwe Swarat, Leipzig 2020, 401-423.

Nationalism and Migration as Challenges for Ecumenical Theology. A Starter in a German Protestant View, in: Jelle Creemers / U.L.-W. (eds.), On Nations, Leipzig 2020, 21-39.

Homeland and reconciliation. On the theological debate in the temporal context of the EKD's 1965 East German memorandum, in: ÖR 68, 3/2019, 296-308.

Reconciliation by Symbolic Compensation. A Reinterpretation of the Satisfaction theory of Anselm of Canterbury, in: Julia Enxing, Dominik Gautier (eds.), Satisfactio. Über (Un)Möglichkeiten von Wiedergutmachung, Leipzig and Paderborn, 2019, 89-107.

Not only among friends. A brief phenomenology of hospitality. Introductory reflections, in: UL-W (ed.), Gastlichkeit, Leipzig 2018, 7-28.

A breath of fresh air? On the renewal potential of female pastors in the Protestant church, in: Margit Eckholt, U.L.-W., Dorothea Sattler, Andrea Strübind (eds.), Frauen in kirchlichen Ämtern. Freiburg and Göttingen 2018, 428-440.

Die Gestalt der Konfessionen in interkultureller Vielfalt, in: Michael Kappes, U. L.-W., Sabine Pemsel-Maier, Oliver Schuegraf (eds.), Basiswissen Ökumene, Vol. 1: Ökumenische Entwicklungen - Brennpunkte - Praxis, Leipzig and Paderborn 2017, 87-105 (Ch. 4).

Confessionality from the perspective of ecumenical theology, in: Jan Woppowa / Tuba Isik / Katharina Kammeyer / Bergit Peters (eds.), Kooperativer Religionsunterricht. Question - Options - Paths, Stuttgart 2017, 45-58.

Co-operating denominationally in religious education. Ecumenical-theological foundations, in: Konstantin Lindner / Mirjam Schambeck / Henrik Simojoki / Elisabeth Naurath (eds.), Zukunftsfähiger Religionsunterricht. Confessional - cooperative - contextual, Freiburg et al. 2017, 123-138.

Sin and guilt, in: Christine Bücher / Gerrit Spallek (eds.), Auf den Punkt gebracht. Basic concepts of theology, Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Ostfildern 2017, 247-260.

Contritio Cordis. Repentance and shame in penitential theology, in: Julia Enxing / Katharina Peetz (eds.), Contritio. Approaches to Guilt, Shame and Repentance, (supplement to ÖR 114), Leipzig 2017, 48-72.

To whom do we speak? Thoughts on the understanding of prayer today, in: U.L.-W. / Swarat (eds.), Die Frage nach Gott heute, Leipzig 2017, 386-409.

A prototype of "inviting forgiveness"? On the theological concept of the exchange of letters between the Polish and German bishops in 1965 - not only from a Protestant perspective, in: Aleksandra Chylewska-Toelle (ed.), Perspektiven eines Dialogs. Studies on German-Polish transfer processes in the religious sphere, Berlin 2016, 65-81.

Can God Forgive Our Guilty? On the difficulties of forgiveness. In: Veronika Hoffmann/U. L.-W./Christof Mandry (eds.), Die Gabe. On the state of the interdisciplinary discussion, Freiburg/Munich 2016, 245-326.

Living with guilt and complicity: sin, guilt, shame and reconciliation, in: Ulrike Link-Wieczorek (ed.), Verstrickt in Schuld - gefangen in Scham? New perspectives on sin, redemption and reconciliation, Neukirchen 2015, 7-21.

Tasks of reconciliation for the churches today: Reflections following the EKD's 1965 Ostdenkschrift, in: Marcin Hintz/Ireneusz Lukas (eds.), Unterwegs zur Versöhnung. Commemorating the Eastern Memorandum of the Evangelical Church in Germany (bilingual), Warsaw 2015, 230-247 (German), 212-229 (Polish).

Reparation instead of punishment? On the Theological Topicality of the Theory of Satisfaction, in: Sandor Fazakas/Georg Plasner (eds.), Remembering History as a Mission of Reconciliation, Neukirchen 2015, 161-180.

Becoming God-sensitive in a shared interpretation of life: Reflections on a communicative ecumenical spirituality, in: Anja Goller/Andreas Krebs and Matthias Ring (eds.), Festschrift für Georg Eßer, Bonn 2015, 140-153.

Reconciliation instead of punishment? A commentary on the reception of Anselm, in ÖR 64,2/2015, 227-231.

In the crosshairs of guilt and shame. Preliminary reflections on the recovery of a Christian understanding of sin, in: Julia Enxing (ed.), Schuld. Theological explorations of an uncomfortable phenomenon, Ostfildern 2015, 186-210.

The church - saint or sinner? Reflections on the reality of guilt and sin in the midst of God's salvific efficacy, in: ÖR 63, 2/2014, 182-200 (with Julia Enxing).

Ecumenical challenges for religious education, in: Theo-Web 2014/2, 117-125.

Die Kirchen und die Konfession: Zum konfessionellen Verständnis des konfessionellen Religionsunterrichts, in: ÖR 63, 2014/1, pp. 7-26.

Church as a school of virtue for communicative freedom? A response to Fred Dallmayr's appreciation of Wolfgang Huber's theology - with ecumenical intentions, in: Heinrich Bedford-Strohm / Paul Nolte / Rüdiger Sachau (eds.), Kommunikative Freiheit. Interdisciplinary Discourses with Wolfgang Huber, Leipzig 2014, pp. 58-66.

On the struggle with the present relevance of hope, In: U. L.-W. (ed.), Reich Gottes und Weltgestaltung. Reflections for a theology in the 21st century, Neukirchen 2013, pp. 7-13.

Wiedergutmachung statt Strafe: Zur Versöhnungsethischen Aktualität der Satisfaktionstheorie, in: Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte 26, 2013/1: Identity after the conflict. On the role of memory and stereotypes in reconciliation processes, 139-155.

Shaping life in the network of practices. Reflections on a praxeological conception of Christian subjectivation, in. Thomas Alkemeyer / Gunilla Budde / Dagmar Freist (eds.), Selbst-Bildungen. Social and cultural practices of subjectivation, Bielefeld 2013, pp.291-309.

Common search movements:Notes from a Protestant perspective, in: Bernhard Fresacher / Nicole Henneke / Burkhard Neumann (eds.), "...und führe zusammen, was getrennt ist.": Ecumenism in Church and Society. International Ecumenical Forum Trier 2012, Leipzig 2013, 65-70.

Urgent now and permanently important: What is the church good for? Keynote speech at the Future Congress of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, in: Ökumenische Rundschau 61, 2012 Issue 3, pp. 329-336.

Ecumenism and religious education. Plea for an ecumenism of the third way, in: Katechetische Blätter 137, 2012/1, 52-59.

On the becoming of salvation. A peplik on the contribution by Jürgen Werbick, in: Thomas Söding / Uwe Swarat (eds.), Common Hope - Beyond Death. Eschatology in ecumenical dialogue, Freiburg et al. 2012 (Quaestiones Disputatae 257), 209-226.

Happiness as a purpose in life? Challenges for theology in the current philosophical-social-scientific discourse, in: Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (ed.), Glück-Seligkeit. Theological Discourse on Happiness in a Threatened World, Neukirchen 2011, 16-36.

Divine Reconciliation and Human Restitution in a Broken World: Re-Visiting Anselm's Satisfaction Theory, in: Andrea Bieler / Christian Bingel / Hans-Martin Gutmann (eds.), After Violence. Religion, Trauma and Reconciliation, Leipzig 2011, 219-238.

Space to receive: Preliminary reflections on an ecclesiology of the gift, in: ÖR 2/2011, 191-206.

Who is actually - God? A religious education approach, in: Religion 5-10, Issue 1/2011, 4-7.

Marrying for God's sake? Reflections on the theology of marriage from a Protestant perspective, in: Studia Oecumenica 10/2011, Opole 2010, 191-208.

Wider den "Gottprotz": Der "Neue Atheismus" als Herausforderung für eine ökumenische katechetische Theologie, in: ÖR 59, 2010 / Heft 4, 492-509.

Demystification of role models: From imitation to accompaniment? Reflections with theological intent, in: Helga Kuhlmann (ed.), Fehlbare Vorbilder in Bibel, Christentum und Kirchen. From angels, prophets and saints to popes and bishops, Münster 2010, 67-78.

The Doctrine of the Trinity - The Major Stumbling Block in Inter-Religious Dialogue? Reflections on the Methodological Function of Theological Concepts, in: Myk Habets / Phillip Tolliday (eds.), Trinitarian Theology after Barth. Princeton Theological Monograph Series 148, Pickwick Publications, Eugene, Oregon 2010, 287-310.

Relation instead of confession? Überlegungen zur Grundlage einer interkonfessionellen Hermeneutik, in: Johann Ev. Hafner / Martin Hailer (eds.), Binnendifferenzierung und Verbindlichkeit in den Konfessionen Veröffentlichungen des Interkonfessionellen Arbeitskreises, vol. 2, supplement to ÖR 87, Frankfurt a. M. 2010, 101-118.

Mediating Anglicanism: Maurice, Gore, and Temple, in: David Fergusson (ed.),The Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth-Century Theology, Oxford (Blackwell) 2010, 280-300.

Sinfulbefore God alone? Reflections on the Re-Interpretation of Anselm of Canterbury's Theory of Satisfaction from the Perspective of Creation Ethics, in: Rochus Leonhardt (ed.), Die Aktualität der Sünde. Ein umstrittenes Thema der Theologie in interkonfessioneller Perspektive (Supplement to Ökumenische Rundschau 86 - Texte des Interkonfessionellen Theologischen Arbeitskreises ITA), Frankfurt 2010.

Christians and Jews together for justice and peace, in: Siegfried von Kortzfleisch / Wolfgang Grünberg / Tim Schramm (eds.), Wende-Zeit im Verhältnis von Juden und Christen, Berlin 2009, 356-361.

Transconfessional dogmatics? On the ecumenism of the third way in the 21st century, in: Fernando Enns / Martin Hailer / U.L.-W. (eds.), Profilierte Ökumene. Bleibend Wichtiges und jetzt Dringliches, FS für Dietrich Ritschl zum 80. Geburtstag, Beiheft zur Ökumenischen Rundschau 84, Frankfurt 2009, 21-47.

Church as global player - religious pluralism and theology of ecumenism, in: Ralf K. Wüstenberg (ed.), "Nimm und lies!" Theological lateral entrances for the curious, Gütersloh 2008, 276-297.

Becoming a subject in the search community. Ökumene des dritten Weges als Basis christlicher Lebensorientierung zwischen Fundamentalismus und Relativismus, in: Bernd Jochen Hilberath / Ivana Noble / Peter De May (eds.), Ökumene des Lebens als Herausforderung der wissenschaftlichen Theologie, Beiheft zur Ökumenischen Rundschau 82, Frankfurt 2008, 257-274.

Vom kleinen Finger in Kopf und Herz: Zur Relevanz der Ökumene an den Universitäten, in: Stephen Lakkis/Stefan Höschele/Stefanie Schardien (eds.), Ökumene der Zukunft. Hermeneutische Perspektiven und die Suche nach Identität, Frankfurt a. M. 2008 (supplement to Ökumenische Rundschau 81), 15-28.

U. L.-W./Isolde Weiland, "Am dritten Tage aufersteanden von den Toten": Können Kinder Auferstehung denken? In: Gerhard Büttner / Martin Schreiner (eds.), "Some things I don't believe." Exploring the Creed with Children. Yearbook for Children's Theology, special volume, Stuttgart 2008, 86-98.

Can the will still be saved? Reflections on the connection between so-called free will and the question of theodicy, in: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Gemeinde (ZThG) 13/2008, 194-212.

Participatory observation? Systematic-theological reflections on religious education in times of de-traditionalisation, in: Jercy Bagrowicz, Jaroslaw Michalski, Jürgen Heumann (eds.), Zapznane Wymiary Edukacij / Verkannte Dimensionen der Bildung. Polish-German colloquium on religious education (bilingual), Torun 2008, 121-137 (German); 105-119 (Polish).

The Word of God as Metaphor, in: Insights, Research Magazine of the University of Oldenburg, 46, Autumn 2007, 4-6

Good theology as dialogue? Reflections on the self-understanding of the Christian search for truth in dialogue with Karl Barth's theology, in: Zeitschrift für Dialektische Theologie 23, 2007/1, 57-73.

Vom bewegenden Geben Gottes: Neuere Arbeiten zu einer ökumenischen Theologie der Gabe, in: ÖR 56, 2007/2, 229-247 (including a partial contribution by Ralf Miggelbrink on John Milbank, 235-241).

Irrevocable and black? Reflecting on the Word of God as Metaphor, in: Norbert Clemens Baumgart / Gerhard Ringshausen (eds.), Philosophisch-theologische Anstöße zur Urteilsbildung. FS for Werner Brändle, Berlin 2007, 175-185.

Believing or observing? Reflections on religious education from the perspective of a systematic theologian, in: Christoph Bizer, Roland Degen, Rudolf Englert, Helga Kohler-Spiegel, Norbert Mette, Folkert Rickers, Friedrich Schweitzer (eds.), Was ist guter Religionsunterricht? Yearbook of Religious Education 22, Neukirchen 2006, 124-135.

By no means a process of salvation?-Reflections on the critical Lutheran reception of the 'Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification' in Germany, in: Uwe Swarat, Johannes Oeldemann, Dagmar Heller (eds.), Von Gott angenommen - in Christus verwandelt. The doctrine of justification in multilateral ecumenical dialogue. Published on behalf of the German Ecumenical Study Committee (DÖSTA), Frankfurt a. M. 2006 (supplement to Ökumenische Rundschau 78), 66-94.

The Way of Life in the Effective Closeness of God: On the Sacramental Connection between Baptism and Holy Communion / Eucharist, in: Ignacy Bokwa / Piotr Jaskola / U. L.-W. (eds.) 2006 (see above), 179-192 (German), 193-206 (Polish).

Why speak of God in Trinitarian terms? On the rediscovery of the doctrine of the Trinity in contemporary theology, in: Rudolf Weth (ed.), Der lebendige Gott. On the Traces of Newer Trinitarian Thinking and Speaking in Our Time, Neukirchen 2005, 11-30.

Church as sacrament? Reflections from a Protestant point of view (co-operation article on Ralf Miggelbrink), in: rhs 2/2005, 88-92.

"... and is no other God". Reflections on the systematic-theological clarification of the discourse on the exclusivity of Christ, in: U. L.-W. (ed.), Häuser ohne Fenster. German-Polish ecumenical contributions to the understanding of Christian exclusivity statements. Supplement to ÖR 77/2005, 36-61.

Sacrament or blessing? On the ecumenical understanding of marriage. Together with Ralf Miggelbrink, in: Dorothea Sattler / Gunther Wenz (eds.), Sakramente ökumenisch feiern. Preliminary considerations for the fulfilment of a hope. Festschrift for Theodor Schneider, Mainz 2005, 376-431.

Despair in Suffering and the Struggle for Faith in God, in: U. L.-W., Ralf Miggelbrink, Dorothea Sattler, Michael Haspel, Uwe Swarat, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Nach Gott im Leben fragen. Ökumenische Einführung in das Christentum, Gütersloh / Freiburg u.a. 2004, 20-46.
Available as an e-book: www.ciando.com/ebook/bid-4053-nach-gott-im-leben-fragen/

Nature, technology and the perception of the world as creation, in: U. L.-W., Ralf Miggelbrink, Dorothea Sattler, Michael Haspel, Uwe Swarat, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Nach Gott im Leben fragen. Ökumenische Einführung in das Christentum, Gütersloh / Freiburg u.a. 2004, 47-70.
Available as an e-book: www.ciando.com/ebook/bid-4053-nach-gott-im-leben-fragen/

Truth in Fragile Vessels: Theology as Ecumenical Theology, in: U. L.-W., Ralf Miggelbrink, Dorothea Sattler, Michael Haspel, Uwe Swarat, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Nach Gott im Leben fragen. Ökumenische Einführung in das Christentum, Gütersloh / Freiburg u.a. 2004, 313-337.
Available as an e-book: www.ciando.com/ebook/bid-4053-nach-gott-im-leben-fragen/

The responsibility of those born after: Reflections on soteriology in dealing with historical guilt, in: Britta Konz / U. L.-W. (eds.), Vision und Verantwortung. Festschrift for Ilse Meseberg-Haubold, Münster 2004, 121-138.

God's self-presentation in the believers' witness to Christ: Zur Möglichkeit freikirchlicher Annäherung an das römisch-katholische Motiv der Sakramentalität der Kirche, in: Lena Lybaek / Konrad Raiser / Stefanie Schardien (eds.), Gemeinschaft der Kirchen und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung. Festschrift for Professor Dr Erich Geldbach, Münster 2004, 9-19.

Between "full" theology and theological throughput heater: On the potential of the teaching degree programme in theology, in: Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (ed.), Religion unterrichten, Neukirchen 2003, 130-142.

Redemption only for offenders? Christian hope for reconciliation from the perspective of victims of violence, in: U. L.-W. / Wolfgang Weiß (eds.), In dubio pro deo. Questions for Christianity, Münster 2003, 9-28.

Mystical experience as metaphor. Ecumenical suggestions from Eckhart research, in: ÖR 51, 2002/1, 66-77.

Trinity as a process? Suggestions from recent Roman Catholic theology for reflection on the function of the doctrine of the Trinity, in: ÖR 50, 2001/1, 55-73.

The nightmare of the rich. A preaching journey through the text of Luke 16, 19-31, in: Rudolf Weth (ed.), Bekenntnis zu dem einen Gott? Christians and Muslims between Mission and Dialogue, Neukirchen 2000, 169-175.

With the "solus Christus" alone among the religions? Reflections on Christological self-understanding in interreligious dialogue, in: ÖR 49, 2000/3, 302-317.

Salt of science or pearl of wisdom? On the role of theology at the university, in: U. L.-W. (ed.), Polnische Impressionen. Ökumenisch-theologische Fragen im Europa nach der Wende, Frankfurt 2000, 192-211.

Is God really omnipotent? Reflections in the context of the recent theodicy discussion, in: evangelische aspekte 1999/2, 9-15.

In search of the lost wholeness. Christian self-assurance between small and large ecumenism, in: Christoph Dahling-Sander / Thomas Kratzert (eds.), Leitfaden ökumenische Theologie, Wuppertal 1998, 44-54.

Discovering the same Christ together? Reflections on the study document of faith and church constitution "Gemeinsam den einen Glauben bekennen", in: Materialdienst des Konfessionskundlichen Instituts Bensheim 5/98, 88-93.

Christian identity in the break with tradition. Reflections on the future of ecumenism in Germany. Together with Fernando Enns and Christian Hohmann, in: H. Vorster (ed.), Ökumene lohnt sich. Thanks to the WCC on the occasion of its 50th anniversary; supplement to Ökumen. Rundschau 68, Frankfurt a. M. 1998, 336-49.

More Father Church than Mother Church? On the search of Protestant women for new "home structures" in their congregations, in: Ökumenische Rundschau 44, 1995/3, 352-364.

Verfremdung in der Bibel - oder: Der ästhetische Charme des Holzschnitts. Bert Brecht and the Bible, in: R. Bernhardt / M. Hailer / G. v. Kloeden / U. L.-W. (eds.), Theologische Samenkörner. Dem Lehrer Dietrich Ritschl zum 65. Geburtstag (Studien z. syst. Theol. und Ethik 1), Münster/Hamburg 1994, 136-147.

Rereading the Bible in the Context of African Theology, in: MD (Materialdienst des Konfessionskundlichen Instituts Bensheim) 45, 1994/6, 116-119.

Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon (EKL), 3rd ed., Göttingen 1985ff:

• Family, 2nd Theological (together with Dietrich Ritschl), vol. 1, 1258-1260.
• Leiden, vol. 3, 70-75.
• Trinity, 2nd Prot. Tradition and Ecumenical Discussion, vol. 4, 1995, 974-981.
• Time and Eternity, 2nd Systematic Theology, vol. 4, 1995, 1367-1370.

Taschenlexikon Ökumene, Frankfurt / Paderborn 2003:

• Glaube, 117-119.

RGG, 4th ed:

• Christologie IV: Formen nichtkirchlicher Christologie, 2nd Historical, vol. 2, 320-321.

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