Department
Historical and Constructive Theology
Historical and Constructive Theology
A Full CV is available upon request or see online research profile here.
Research Interests:
Continental Philosophy of Religion, Political and Public Theology, Radical Theology, Phenomenology of Embodiment, Affect Theory.
Dr Ullrich invites candidates for doctoral supervision on themes of political/public theology in South Africa, radical theologies, theologies and philosophies of embodiment.
Short Bio:
Calvin D. Ullrich (PhD, Stellenbosch) is a systematic theologian with interests in continental philosophy. He has written a monograph entitled, Sovereignty and Event (2021) published with Mohr Siebeck, for which he was awarded the Manfred Lautenschläger Award (2022) and for which he was shortlisted for the ASSAf Humanities Book Award (Emerging Scholar Category). He has published articles and book chapters in the fields of political, public, and radical theology and is currently working on a second monograph on the phenomenology of embodiment in conversation with affect theory and contemporary systematics. A co-edited volume with Rebekka Klein (Goethe University Frankfurt), was recently published with Mohr Siebeck (2024), with the title: The Unthinkable Body: Challenges of Embodiment in Religion, Politics and Ethics. Dr. Ullrich also holds a Y1 rating (2024–2029) from South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF).
Recent Articles and Book Chapters:
“Beyond the Totality of Religion: Memories of violence, finitude, and the organic” in Experiencing God in Everything and Nothing: Negativity, Embodiment, and Spirituality—South African Perspectives. Edited by Annette Potgieter and Khegan Delport. Wipf & Stock, 2024. |
“The Eclipse of the Body? Flesh and Matter in French Phenomenology” inThe Unthinkable Body: Challenges of Embodiment in Religion, Politics, and Ethics.Edited by Rebekka Klein and Calvin Ullrich. Mohr Siebeck, 2024. |
“The Singularity of AI? Toward a new philosophical-theological intelligence,” Stellenbosch Theological Journal 9 no. 1 (2023): 1–17 |
“The Spread Body and the Affective Body: A Discussion with Emmanuel Falque,”Religions Journal15 no. 30. (2023):1–20,https://doi.org/ 10.3390/rel15010030. “The Singularity of AI?Toward a new philosophical-theological intelligence,”Stellenbosch Theological Journal9 no. 1 (2023): 1–17. |
Current Projects
The Force of Affect: Investigations into the Philosophy of Religion. Co-organised with Rebekka Klein (Goethe University Frankfurt), Workshop and Publication. 2024–2025 |
Affective Communities: Life, Faith, and the Church. Principle Investigator. Three-year, Interdisciplinary Project. NRF-Funded (outcome pending). 2025–2027. |