Miroslav Volf (born 1956) is an influential Christian theologian and currently the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale University Divinity School and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, which focuses in part on Workplace spirituality . He has been a member in both the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Church in Croatia. He is widely known for his works on systematic theology, ethics, conflict resolution, and peace-making. Recently he contributed the essay, "Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Justice" to a new text on the atonement, Stricken by God? Nonviolent Identification and the Victory of Christ.
Volf was born in Osijek, Croatia, and studied at Evangelical-Theological Faculty, Zagreb (B.A), Fuller Theological Seminary (M.A) in Pasadena, California, and University of Tübingen (Dr. Theol., Dr. Theol. habil.), where he studied under Jürgen Moltmann.
His book Exclusion and Embrace, was selected as among the 100 best religious books of the 20th Century by Christianity Today.
Volf was formerly a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Against the Tide: Love in a Time of Petty Dreams and Persisting Enmities Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2009
The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2006
Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace New York: Zondervan, 2005
After Our Likeness: The Church As The Image Of The Trinity Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998
I znam da sunce ne boji se tame. Teoloske meditacije o Santicevu vjerskom pjesnistvu ("The Sun Is Not Afraid of the Darkness." Theological Meditations on the Poetry of Aleksa Santic) Osijek: Izvori, 1986
Zukunft der Arbeit -- Arbeit der Zukunft. Der Arbeitsbegriff bei Karl Marx und seine theologische Wertung München/Mainz: Christian Kaiser, 1988
Translation into Croatian: Buducnost rada -- rad buducnosti. Pojam rada u Karla Marxa i njegovo teolosko vrednovanje (Biblioteka Filozofska istrazivanja 46) Zagreb: Hrvatsko filozofsko drustvo, 1991
Work in the Spirit. Toward a Theology of Work New York: Oxford University Press, 1991
Gerechtigkeit, Geist und Schöpfung. Die Oxford-Erklärung zur Frage von Glaube und Wirtschaft (ed. with Hermann Sautter) Wuppertal: Brockhaus, 1992
The Future of Theology. Essays in Honor of Jürgen Moltmann (ed. with T. Kucharz and C. Krieg) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996
German edition: Theologie auf dem Weg in das dritte Jahrtausend Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser, 1996
Exclusion and Embrace. A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation Nashville: Abingdon, 1996
Translation into Croatian: Iskljucenje i zagrljaj. Teolosko promisljanje identiteta, drugosti i pomirenja Zagreb: Step Press, 1998
Trinität und Gemeinschaft. Eine ökumenische Ekklesiologie Mainz/Neukirchen-Vlyn: Grünewald/Neukirchener, 1996
Translation into English: After Our Likeness. The Church as the Image of the Trinity Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998
A Spacious Heart. Essays on Identity and Belonging (with Judith M. Gundry-Volf) Harrisburg: Trinity Press, 1997
A Passion for God's Reign. Theology, Christian Learning, and the Christian Self (ed.) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998