DION A. FORSTER is professor of public theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a research associate in the faculty of theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He holds a PhD in systematic theology and a second in New Testament studies. He serves as the chair of the editorial board of the International Journal for Public Theology, and as an editor for The Methodist Review. He is an ordained minister in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.