Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (born 1958) is a Finnish theologian. He is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is an ordained Lutheran minister (ELCA - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) and an expert on Pentecostal-Charismatic theologies.

Biography Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen was born into a Finnish Lutheran family. As a teenager, he would eventually become affiliated to a local Pentecostal church in his homeland.

Kärkkäinen joined the faculty of Fuller in 2000 as associate professor of systematic theology and became full professor in 2003.

Theology Kärkkäinen has written textbooks offering "global introductions" to pneumatology, ecclesiology, and christology.

In 2017 he completed the fifth of his projected five-volume systematic theology series called Constructive Christian Theology for the Church in the Pluralistic World, which engages questions of science and religion, global theology, and dialogue with other religions through comparative theology.

According to Amos Yong, he is "fast becoming one of the more important theologians to be reckoned with in our time."

Writings Main works:

A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World (Eerdmans; 5 Volumes):

Christ and Reconciliation (2013) Trinity and Revelation (2014) Creation and Humanity (2015) Spirit and Salvation (2016) Hope and Community (2017)