Vitor Westhelle

Vítor Westhelle is what one could call a vivacious mélange in the theological world. Professor of Systematic Theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, over the years his voice has shaped the works of many a theologian. He is a gifted teacher with the soul of a poet adept at playing different keys of the theological ivories. Westhelle advocates the inclusion of all peoples challenging the church to be a communicative reality that embraces oneness and difference. While immersed in the traditions of the church his theologizing is one that allows the cries of the poor to interrupt traditioned listening so that God’s voice might be heard again.
Westhelle is an internationally sought-out speaker and a well known writer with over 150 scholarly publications. He has served on various committees and consultations of the Lutheran World Federation and currently serves on the editorial board of eight different journals spanning three continents. In a vocational journey spanning four continents and serving in several faculties of theology for the last quarter of a century, he is trying, in his words, “to learn not to be everywhere, but bring to where I am every place there is in me.”
Westhelle’s classrooms are interactive forums where students begin to understand crucial issues and learn ways of addressing them. They say, “He instills in us the longing to live and let live the immensity of God’s creation; he teaches us how to conduct the practice of theology with an energy that is permeated with both mind and heart as embodied humans!”

Books
- » The Scandalous God
» Word in words – Musings of the Gospel
» The Church Event – Call and Challenge of a church protestant
» O Deus Escandaloso
» After Heresy
»Voces de Protesta en America Latina
Sermons
Predigt Wittenberg
Predigt- 21. Oktober 2012 Schlosskirche Wittenberg Wittenberg Text: 1. Korintherbrief 7:29-31 Übersetzung: Walter O. Schlupp Liebe Brüder und Schwestern, Liebe … [Read More...]

When Jesus was Sick
Luke 4:1-13 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, … [Read More...]
Unlearning Boundaries
II Kings 5:1-14 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, … [Read More...]

There is no such thing as a twelfth of the love of God, a pondion of the love of God
Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent … [Read More...]