Recent and Upcoming Publications:
“‘Die Schrift mit der Kirche lesen’: Joseph Ratzinger, die Tradition der Geheimnisse des Lebens Jesu und ‘theologische Exegese’ in Amerika,” in: Der Jesus des Papstes: Passion, Tod und Auferstehung im Disput, Hermann Häring (Hg.), Berlin: Litt Verlag, 2011, S. 37-54.
“Learned Ignorance and Faithful Interpretation of the Qur`an in Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464)” in Learned Ignorance: Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians, and Muslims (Oxford University Press, 2011)
“Sifting the Qur’ an: Two Forms of Interreligious Hermeneutics in Nicholas of Cusa” in: Interreligious Hermeneutics in Pluralistic Europe, ed. by David Cheetham Ulrich Winkler, Oddbjorn Leirvik and Judith Gruber (Amsterdam – New York: Editions Rodopi, 2011).
Books Authored and Books Edited
- (ed., with Gürkan Çelik), Fethullah Gülen & de Vrijwilligersbeweging, Budel: Damon, 2010, 256 pp. (ISBN 978-90-5573-983-7)
- (member of the editorial board of) Peaceful Coexistence: Fethullah Gülen’s Initiatives in the Contemporary World, ed. Ihsan Yilmaz et al., Leeds: Metropolitan University Press, 2007 (ISBN 978-0-955017-7-7)
- Sharing Lights on the Way to God: Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Theology in the Context of Abrahamic Partnership (Currents of Encounter, 26), Amsterdam – New York NY: Editions Rodopi, 2006, xviii-387 pp. (ISBN 90-420-1799-6)
- (ed., with Erik Borgman) Islam and Enlightenment: New Issues (Concilium 2005/5), London: SCM Press, 2005, 138 pp. (ISBN 0-334-03086-2)
- (ed., with Gurkan Celik, Paul Cobben, Joannemie van Dijk), Voorlopers in de vrede, Budel: Uitgeverij DAMON, 2005, 96pp. (ISBN 90-5573-648-1)
- (ed., with Barbara Roggema and Marcel Poorthuis) The Three Rings: Textual Studies in the Historical Trialogue of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Publications of the Thomas Instituut Utrecht, New Series vol. 11), Leuven – Dudley MA: Peeters, 2005, xxii-297 pp. (ISBN 90-429-1563-3)
- (ed., with Ertürk Alasag, Greco Idema, Janneke Teunissen, Carla Robertson), In de voetsporen van Abraham, Budel: Uitgeverij DAMON, 2004, 159pp. (ISBN 90-5573-574-4)
- (ed.) God en geweld, Budel: Uitgeverij DAMON, 2002, 141 pp. (ISBN 90-5573-384-9)
- Words of the Living God: Place and Function of Holy Scripture in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Publications of the Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, New Series, vol. 6), Leuven: Peeters, 2000, viii-253 pp. (ISBN 90-429-0818-1)
- (ed.) Begaanbare wegen: Christologie en dialoog, Kampen: uitgeverij Kok, 1998, 136 pp. (ISBN 90-242-9289-1)
- (ed., with Frans Wijsen) The Polemical Dialogue: Research into Dialogue, Truth, and Truthfulness (Nijmegen Studies in Development and Cultural Change, 24), Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik, 1997, viii-179 pp. (ISBN 3-88156-695-3)
- Leeswijzer bij ‘Mensen als verhaal van God’ van Edward Schillebeeckx, Baarn: Uitgeverij H. Nelissen – Nijmegen: Stichting Edward Schillebeeckx, 1991, 32 pp. (ISBN 90-244-1535-7)
- Did Not Our Heart Burn? Place and Function of Holy Scripture in the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (dissertation Cath. Theol. Univ. Utrecht), Utrecht 1990, x-440 pp. (ISBN 90-9003-235-5)
Articles in English (some recent articles in Dutch or German):
- “Abraham: Conflicting Interpretations and Symbol of Peaceful Cooperation”, in: Encounters of the Children of Abraham from Ancient to Modern Times, eds. Antti Laato, Pekka Lindqvist, Leiden: Brill, 2010, pp. 313-326.
- “Das Konzept der Offenbarung im Islam aus der Perspektive Komparativer Theologie”, in: Reinhold Bernhardt, Klaus von Stosch (Hg.), Komparative Theologie: Interreligiöse Vergleiche als Weg der Religionstheologie (Beiträge zu einer Theologie der Religionen, 7), Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 2009, pp. 123-145.
- Pim Valkenberg, “Fethullah Gülen’s Contribution to Muslim-Christian Dialogue in the Context of Abrahamic Cooperation”, in: Islam in the Contemporary World 1: the Fethullah Gülen Movement in Thought and Practice. Conference Proceedings November 12-13, 2005, Rice University, Houston, Texas. Somerset N.J.: Tughra Books, 2009, pp. 1-10.
- “De Dialoog tussen moslims en christenen – een theologisch perspectief”, in: Marianne Moyaert en Paul Kevers (red.), Wanneer alteriteit realiteit wordt: Christendom en islam, Bijbel en Koran, Leuven – Voorburg: Acco, 2008, 213-230.
- (with Harm Goris) “‘In Hem is Gods volheid lijfelijk aanwezig’: Jezus en de religies”, Tijdschrift voor Theologie 48 (2008) 403-421
- “Towards ‘Abrahamic Learning Communities’: How to Learn from Violence and Prejudices in Interreligious Polemics on Abraham and his Family”, in: Your Heritage and Mine: Teaching in a Multi-Religious Classroom, eds. Lena Roos & Jenny Berglund (Studies on Inter-Religious Relations, 43) Uppsala: Swedish Science Press, 2008, pp. 154-162
- Review of: Kenneth Cragg, The Qur’an and the West, Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006, in: Modern Theology 23/4 (Oct. 2007), 648-50
- “Nicholas of Cusa and the Relation between Learned Ignorance and a Faithful Christian Interpretation of the Qur’?n”, in: Jaarboek 2006 Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, Henk J.M. Schoot (ed.), Utrecht 2007, pp. 35-61
- (with Gürkan Celik), “Gülen’s Approach to Dialogue and Peace: Its Theoretical Background and Some Practical Perspectives”, The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations 7/1 (2007) 29-38
- Review of: David Burrell, Faith and Freedom: An Interfaith Perspective, Malden MA / Oxford 2004 in: Modern Theology 2007/1, 137-139
- “Being Found while Seeking: In Search of a Basic Structure of Root Metaphors in Muslim Spirituality”, Studies in Spirituality 16 (2006): 39-58.
- “Does the Concept of ‘Abrahamic Religions’ have a Future?”, in: Islam and Enlightenment: New Issues (Concilium 2005/5), eds. Erik Borgman, Pim Valkenberg, London: SCM Press, 2005, pp. 103-11
- “Aquinas and Christ’s Resurrection: the Influence of the Lectura super Ioannem 20-21 on the Summa theologiae”, in: Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas: Theological Exegesis and Speculative Theology, eds. Michael Dauphinais, Matthew Levering, Washington D.C.:Catholic University of America Press, 2005, pp. 277-89.
- (with Marcel Poorthuis, Barbara Roggema) “Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Three Related but Discordant Voices”, in: The Three Rings: Textual Studies in the Historical Trialogue of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, eds. Barbara Roggema, Marcel Poorthuis, Pim Valkenberg, Leuven: Peeters, 2005, pp. ix-xxii.
- (with Adelbert Davids) “John of Damascus: the Heresy of the Ishmaelites”, in: The Three Rings: Textual Studies in the Historical Trialogue of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, eds. Barbara Roggema, Marcel Poorthuis, Pim Valkenberg, Leuven: Peeters, 2005, pp. 71-90.
- “Polemics, Apologetics, and Dialogue as Forms of Interreligious Communication between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle Ages”, in: Religious Polemics in Context, eds. T.L. Hettema, A. van der Kooij (Studies in Theology And Religion, vol. 11), Assen: Van Gorcum, 2004, pp. 376-83.
- “Interreligious Dialogue as Polemical Conversation”, in: Theology and Conversatiom: Towards a Relational Theology, eds. Jacques Hears, Peter De Mey (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, 172), Leuven: Unversity Press / Uitgeverij Peeters, 2004, pp. 475-85.
- “The Future of Religion: From Interreligious Dialogue to Multiple Religious Identity?”, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 14 (2004) 95-107.
- (with H.J.M. Schoot) “Thomas Aquinas and Judaism”, Modern Theology 20 (2004) /1, 51-70. Also in: Aquinas in Dialogue: Thomas for the twenty-first century, eds. Jim Fodor, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, Malden MA / Oxford: Blackwell Publishing 2004, pp. 47-66.
- “Christian Identity and Theology of the Trinity”, in: Identity and Religion: A Multi-disciplinary Approach, eds. Ad Borsboom, Frans Jespers (Nijmegen Studies in Development and Cultural Change, 42), Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik, 2003, pp. 267-90.
- “Jacques Dupuis as a Theologian with a Reversed Mission: some remarks on his controversial theology of religious pluralism”, in: Mission is a Must: Intercultural Theology an the Mission of the Church, eds. Frans Wijsen, Peter Nissen (Church and Theology in Context, vol. 40), Amsterdam – New York: Editions Rodopi, 2002, pp. 147-58 .
- “John of Damascus and the Theological Construction of Christian Identity vis-à-vis Early Islam”, in: Jaarboek 2000 Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, Utrecht 2001, pp. 8-30
- “Confessing One God amongst Muslims and Jews: an ecumenical-theological conversation”, International Review of Mission 89 (2000) nr. 352, 105-14.
- “Christ and the Spirit: Towards a Bifocal Theology of Religions”, in: The Myriad Christ: Plurality and the Quest for Unity in Contemporary Christology, eds. Terrence Merrigan, Jacq ues Haers (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, 152), Leuven: University Press / Uitgeverij Peeters, 2000, pp. 121-29.
- (with Geert Driessen) “Islamic Schools in the Netherlands: Compromising between Identity and Quality?”, British Journal of Religious Education, 23/1, 2000, 15-26.
- “How to Talk to Strangers: Aquinas and Interreligious Dialogue in the Middle Ages”, in: Jaarboek 1997 Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, Utrecht 1998, pp. 9-47.
- “The Myth of a Dialogue between Equals: Who Needs Interreligious Dialogue in Western Europe?”, in: The Polemical Dialogue: Research into Dialogue, Truth, and Truthfulness, eds. Pim Valkenberg, Frans Wijsen, Saarbrücken: Verlag für Entwicklungspolitik, 1997, pp. 85-104.
- “Christ and the Other Ways”, in: Die widerspenstige Religion: Orientierung für eine Kultur der Autonomie? (FS H.Häring), Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1997, pp. 377-96.
- “‘By the Power of the Passion of Christ’: The Place of Christ in Aquinas’ Theology of Penance”, in: Tibi soli peccavi: Thomas Aquinas on Guilt and Forgiveness, ed. Henk J.M. Schoot (Publications of the Thomas Instituut te Utrecht, New Series, vol. 3), Leuven: Peeters, 1996, pp. 151-74.
- “The Functions of Holy Scripture in Aquinas’ Theology on the Resurrection of Christ”, in: Atti del IX Congresso Tomistico Internazionale, vol. VI: Storia del Tomismo, Fonti e Riflessi (Studi Tomistici 45), Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1992, 13-22.
- “Readers of Scripture and Hearers of the Word in the Mediaeval Church”, Concilium 1991/1, London: SCM Press, 47-57.
