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Niels Henrik Gregersen

Professor

Department of Systematic Theology
Købmagergade 44-46, 3.
1150 København K

Location: 357
Phone: +45 353-23681
Phone (Reception desk): +45 353-23676
Mobile: +45 20891158
E-mail: nhg@teol.ku.dk

Primary research areas

Niels Henrik Gregersen's work focuses on two reasearch areas:

(1) How to develop a contemporary Christian theology in the context of secularized and multi-religious Western societies. Within systematic theology, he specializes in the theology of creation, but has written on most areas of Christian ideas and doctrine. 

(2) How to bring about a mutual interaction between science and religion that also allows religious reflection to be an active player. Within the field of science & religion, he specializes in the philosophy of evolutionary biology and the sciences of complexity.

Selected publications

• A Primer on Complexity: Definitions, Theories, and Theological Perspectives.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Creation and Complexity. Interdisciplinary Issues in Science and Religion. Adelaide : ATF Press, 2004. p. 3-16
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• A World Made to Flourish: Divine Design and the Idea of Natural Self-organisation.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Creation and Complexity. Interdisciplinary Issues in Science and Religion. Adelaide : ATF Press, 2004. p. 82-116
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Can Science Dispense With Religion?

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Can Science Dispense With Religion? Third Edition (1st Edition 1998). Teheran : Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2004. p. 129-135
  Research: Contribution to scientific report

• Complexity: What is at Stake for Religious Reflection.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: The Significance of Complexity. Approaching a Complex World Through Science, Theology and the Humanities. Aldershot : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2004. p. 135-165
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Critical Realism and Other Realisms.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Fifty Years in Science and Religion. Ian G. Barbour and his Legacy. Aldershot, England : Ashgate, 2004. p. 77-95
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Dogmatikkens opgave.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: TEOL-information. 2004 ; No. 29, febr. 2004, København. p. 6-9
  Communication: Contribution to providing journal/magazine

• Guds frie nåde, troens frie gensvar: Frelsens betingelser hos N. F. S. Grundtvig og John Wesley.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Grundtvig-studier 2004. København : Grundtvig-selskabet, 2004. p. 103-133 + 302-303
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Guilt, Shame, and the Face of God.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Loving God with our Minds. The Pastor as Theologian. Essays in Honor of Wallace M. Alston. Grand Rapids, USA : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. p. 146-163
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Om Påskelørdags evangelium: Om de andre og os selv.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Den Nye Dialog. 2004 ; No. Nr. 96, juni 2004, Århus. p. 16-17
  Communication: Contribution to providing journal/magazine

• Preparing for the Future: The Role of Theology in the Science-Religion Dialogue. Proceedings of the Danish Science-Theology Forum vol. 3.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik (Editor) ; Nielsen, Marie Vejrup (Editor). Århus : University of Aarhus, 2004.
  Research: Scientific book, not peer reviewed

• Skabelsestro og kaosbevidsthed.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Bibliana. 2004 ; No. 2004:1, København. p. 48-53
  Communication: Contribution to providing journal/magazine

• Theologie in Skandinavien: Dänemark.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2004. p. 37-40
  Research: Article for encyclopedia

• Three Varieties of Panentheism.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being. Panentheistic Reflections on God's Presence in a Scientific World. Grand Rapids, USA : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004. p. 19-35 + 290-293
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Tro som livsbekræftelse eller selvbekræftelse? I anledning af Tor Nørretranders: At tro på at tro. Menneskesyn med mere, Anis 2003.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Praesteforeningens Blad. 2004 ; No. 20.08.2004, København. p. 714-718
  Research: Review

• Troens mystik: Om at tro på Gud - "i Gud".

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Tro i Tiden. Dansk kirkeliv 2004. Århus : Landsforeningen af Menighedsrådsmedlemmer, 2004. p. 29-33
  Communication: Contribution to research providing book/anthology

• Veje for det økumeniske arbejde - Ti optimistiske teser.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Økumenisk Tid. 2004 ; No. Årgang 3, nr. 3 & 4, Århus. p. 7-11 (nr. 3), 7-11 (nr. 4)
  Communication: Contribution to providing journal/magazine

• Zur Theologie der evangelischen Zeichen. Erwägungen zum evangelisch-lutherischen Bischofsamt.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: unitas Visibilis. Studia oecumenica in honorem Eero Huovinen episcopi Helsingiensis. Helsinki : Luther-Agricola-Gesellschaft, 2004. p. 101-114
  Research: Contribution to scientific book/anthology

• Au-delà de l'équilibre: la théologie dans un monde auto-organisant.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: PhiloScience: Pour une exploration philosophique de la science contemporaine, translated by Helmut Reich. 2005 ; No. Numéro 2, Automne 2005, Paris. p. 15-38
  Research: Article, not peer-reviewed

• Debatten om Gud anno 2003-2004.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift. 2005 ; Vol. 68, No. 1, København. p. 21-45
  Research: Peer-reviewed article

• En haiku til Forum Teologi Naturvidenskab. Af en Københavner-teologs bekendelser.

  Gregersen, Niels Henrik. In: Forum Teologi Naturvidenskab 1980-2005. Beretning om en dialog. Århus : University of Aarhus, 2005. p. 58-67
  Communication: Contribution to research providing book/anthology