Eric J. Trozzo
Eric Trozzo is a constructive theologian, working in the areas of theological poststructuralism and contextual Lutheran theology.
Eric Trozzo is an ordained pastor and missionary professor with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He currently serves as the Director of the Lutheran Study Centre at Sabah Theological Seminary in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. He is also an Honorary Research Associate at Australian Lutheran College, University of Divinity.
Eric’s research and writing interests include theological engagement with continental philosophy, technology, theopoetics, political theology, and contextual theologies. His thinking is shaped by an engagement with Martin Luther and Lutheran theologies.
[The empty tomb] is the possibility of the transformation of meaninglessness into meaningfulness. It is the hope that the kingdom may yet come in an unexpected and im-possible way ... It is the prayer that even death does not stop the reversals and inversions that Jesus not only preached but also personified in his ministry."
Eric J. Trozzo, Rupturing Eschatology, page 152.
Selected Writings
Books and Book Chapters:
Rupturing Eschatology; Fortress Press, 2014
Stand Boldly: Lutheran Theology Faces the Postmodern World; Three Trees Press, 2009.
Selected Articles:
"John the Possibilizer: The Promise of a Kearnian Baptismal Hermeneutic" Religious Theory, January 2018 Part 1 Part 2
"The Pastoral Luther as Guide to 'Experience-Near' Theology: Reflections from Sabah, Malaysia," Norwegian Journal of Missiology, 2016.
Pathways to Preaching - a guide to thinking about preaching on texts from a law/gospel perspective, written for the Lutheran churches in Malaysia and Singapore. In English and Bahasa Malaysia languages.