Jacob Lett, B.A. (MidAmerica Nazarene University), M.A. (NTC), Ph.D. (NTC), Senior Lecturer in Theology, Dean of Faculty, and Vice Principal (Academics), Nazarene Theological College

‘Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Dramatic Soteriology: A Theology of Representation’ (NTC), 2019. 

Jacob and his wife, Whitney, reside in Manchester. He is the Senior Lecturer in Theology and Vice Principal (Academics) at Nazarene Theological College. Prior to moving to the UK, he was Associate Professor of Theology at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. His previous experience includes pastoral and mission work. His research interests include systematic and historical theology, theological integration with the sciences, and contextual theology.

Select Publications

Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of Representation: God, Drama, and Salvation. University of Notre Dame Press, 2023.

Edited with Jonathan Platter. Sanctifying Theology: At the Intersections of Wesleyan Theology, Dogmatics, and Practice. Pickwick 2023.

“A Christology of History and Contextualization: Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Mission Christology and Kosuke Koyama’s Contextualizing Christology" in Missiology: An International Review (Summer 2022).

Co-written with Jonathan Platter. "Christ Who is Our Peace: Ephesians 2 and a Theological Ontology of Place” in Journal of Theological Integration (Spring 2022).

"Emplaced Theosis: The Incarnational Metaphysis of Hans Urs von Balthasar and the ‘Place’ of God” in Wesleyan Theological Journal (Fall 2020).  

“Divine Roominess: Spatial and Musical Analogies in Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert Jenson” in Pro Ecclesia (August 2019).

“Jurgen Moltmann’s Doctrine of Divine Action: Towards a More Integrative Approach to His Doctrine of Creation,” in Wesleyan Theological Journal (Fall 2014).

Current supervision: Xiaosheng Chen, James Hunter

Past supervision: Scott Savage (co-supervisor)

Email: jlett@nazarene.ac.uk