• Research Foci

    • Philosophie und Theologie der 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
    • Der Glaubensbegriff
    • Hermeneutik
    • Modern Philosophy of Religion

  • Postdoctoral AbstractThesis

    [working title] Religious Language, Metaphor, and Narrative: The Pursuit of (Self-)Discovery

    Supervisor
    Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans
    Awarded by
    Department 01 – Protestant Theology

  • CV

    Academic Education

    Promotion (Dr. theol.) mit der Annahme der Dissertation „The Being of Faith is in the Becoming of God: Karl Barth’s Trinitarian Ontology of Faith“ durch die Theologische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg
    Masterstudium (M.Div. & M.A.) der Theologie und Pädagogik am Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ USA
    Bachelorstudium (B.A.) der Geisteswissenschaften am Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX USA

    Positions

    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Seminar für Systematische Theologie, Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Ökumenischen Institut, Universität Heidelberg
    Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Systematische Theologie, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal (Prof. Dr. Markus Mühling)
    Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Ökumenischen Institut, Universität Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel)
    Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) bei Penn Medicine, Princeton, NJ
    Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Princeton Theological Seminary bei Dr. Shawn Oliver (Lehrplan- und Planungsverwaltung); Dr. Nancy Duff (Theologische Ethik); Dr. Dirkie Smit (Öffentliche Theologie); Dr. James Kay (Dogmatik)
    Gemeindepraktikum an der Pennington Presbyterian Church
    Gemeindepraktikum an der Nassau Presbyterien Church, Princeton, NJ USA

    External Functions

    Scripture and Theology (Vorsitzende)
    Karl Heim Gesellschaft (Mitglied)
    European Academy of Religion (EuARe) (Mitglied)
    Presbyterian Church (USA) (Ordinationskanditat)
    Karl Barth Society of North America (Mitglied)

  • Teaching

    • Hauptseminar: Advanced seminar: The Theology of Eberhard Jüngel [010309]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans)
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Di | ETH 302 | Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans]
    • Tutorial: Theological Existence Between Worlds – The Life and Thought of Paul Tillich [010310]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Di | ETH 302 | Dr. Brandon Watson]
    • Proseminar: Introduction to Systematic Theology (Dogmatics): The Art of Hermeneutics: An Introduction [018171]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Di | ETH 302 | Dr. Brandon Watson]
    • Tutorial: Ad hoc Theology: An Introduction to American Theology [018173]
      [ - | | wöchentlich | Di | ETH 302 | Dr. Brandon Watson]
    • Proseminar: Introduction to Systematic Theology (Dogmatics): Faith, Hope, and Love – theologically and philosophically considered [016112]
    • Hauptseminar: Theological Realism – The Concept of Reality in Theology [016116]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans)
    • Proseminar: Introduction into Systematic Theology (Dogmatics): Narrative Theological Hermeneutics. The theological and philosophical approaches of Eberhard Jüngel and Robert Jenson [014272]
    • Tutorial: Propaedeutic. Preparatory instruction to the study of theology [014271]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans, Sarah Justus)
    • Repetitorium: Repetition of Systematic Theology [012180]
      (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Großhans)
    • Robert Jenson. The (self)narrated God [012188]

  • Publications

    Selection

    • . . Post-Systematic Theology II. TheTrinitarian Adventure of Love – Ecological Ways of Creation, Humaning and its Displacement, Paderborn / München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. doi: 10.30965/9783846766279.
    • , and . Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann, Vol. 206, Karl Barth on Faith. A Systematic Exploration, Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783111272863.
    • Watson, Brandon, Duff, Nancy, and Siggelkow, Ry, eds. . The Revolutionary Gospel: Paul Lehmann and the Direction of Theology Today, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

    Complete List

    • . . “Karl Barth and Liberation Theology.” Theologische Literaturzeitung, № 149 (6): 563–565.
    • . . Post-Systematic Theology II. TheTrinitarian Adventure of Love – Ecological Ways of Creation, Humaning and its Displacement, Paderborn / München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. doi: 10.30965/9783846766279.
    • , and . Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann, Vol. 206, Karl Barth on Faith. A Systematic Exploration, Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783111272863.
    • , and . “The Defeat of Satan: Karl Barth’s Three-Agent Account of Salvation.” Irish Theological Quarterly, № 88 (4): 387–390. doi: 10.1177/00211400231199546h.
    • , and . “Karl Barth’s Ontology of Grace.” Theologische Literaturzeitung, № 148 (5): 485–488.
    • , and . . “Vanity and Virtue: What do you see in the fire? The Explicit and Implicit Ethics of the Avett Brothers.” in Theology and the Avett Brothers, edited by Alex Solser. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
    • . . “The Divine Forwards: Barth’s Early Exegesis of the Pauline Epistles.” in Scripture and Theology: Historical and Systematic Perspectives, Vol. 201 of Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann, edited by Tomas Bokedal, Ludger Jansen and Michael Borowski. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110768411-012.
    • Watson, Brandon, Göcke, Benedikt, and Borowski, Michael, eds. .“Religion and Change.” Special Issue Religions. doi: 10.3390/books978-3-7258-2382-6.
    • Watson, Brandon, Duff, Nancy, and Siggelkow, Ry, eds. . The Revolutionary Gospel: Paul Lehmann and the Direction of Theology Today, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
    • . . “Faith as Imperceptible Reality: Barth’s Development During the Römerbrief Period.” in Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans. Retrospect and Prospect, Vol. 196 of Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann, edited by Christophe Chalamet, Andreas Dettwiler and Sarah Stewart-Kroeker. Berlin: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110752908.
    • . . “Weiter Raum – Jahrestagung der Karl Heim Gesellschaft vom 22. bis 24. Oktober 2021 in Wuppertal.” Evangelium und Wissenschaft. Beiträge zum interdisziplinären Gespräch, № 43 (1): 54–57.
    • . . “Faith, Hope, and Love as Objective Realities: Interpreting Karl Barth’s Commentaries on Romans.” Zeitschrift für dialektische Theologie, № 37 (1): 111–121.
    • . . “Luther, Barth and Movements of Theological Renewal (1918-1933).” Theologische Literaturzeitung, № 12: 1231–1233.
    • . . “Book Review.” Center for Barth Studies
    • . . “Glaube in Karl Barths Kirchliche Dogmatik.” Center for Barth Studies
    • . . “Kirche: Geschöpf … von welchem „Wort“? Überlegungen zum Sinn des Gedenkens an 500 Jahre Reformation in Lateinamerika.” Dialog, № 58 (2): 109–114. doi: 10.1111/dial.12468.
    • . . “Karl Barth and the Making of Evangelical Theology.” Center for Barth Studies
    • . . “The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology.” Princeton Theological Review

  • Scientific Talks

    • Watson, Brandon : “Metaphorical Speech and Divine Self-Discovery”. Eberhard Jüngel Panel: The Meaning of Temporality, St. Andrews, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “The Contribution of a Narrative Hermeneutical Framework: Eberhard Jüngel and Metaphorical Narration”. Philosophy of Religion, St. Andrews, .
    • Watson, Brandon : „The Faith of God and the Recognition of Jesus“. Systematische-theologische Sozietät, Wuppertal, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “Metaphor, Advent, and Valueless Truth: Eberhard Jüngel and the Nature of Theology”. Scripture and Theology Panel, Münster, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “Recognition, Knowledge, and Faith: Assessing Divine Subjectivity”. Philosophy of Religion Panel, Münster, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “The Self-Giving God: Reading Paul's Epistles with Barth”. Scripture and Theology, Online, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “Karl Barth's Theological Exegesis: Reframing Faith, Hope, and Love”. 38th International Karl Barth Tagung. Karl Barth's Theological Exegesis, De Glind, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “A Theology of Love from the Depths: Learning from Barth’s Dialectical Pneumatology in Romans 8”. Barth Graduate Student Colloquium, Princeton, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “Faith as (Im)Perceptible Reality: The Development of Barth’s Understanding of Faith from 1919-1922.” Karl Barth’s Römerbrief 100 years later: Retrospect and Prospect, Genf, .
    • Watson, Brandon : “The (Be)Coming of God in Faith: Eberhard Jüngel’s Ontology of Anticipation”. Philosophy of Religion Panel, Bologna, .