While much of the world was focused on soccer last week, at least a few people were staging the World Cup of Modern Systematic Theologians 2006. The winner was Jurgen Moltmann. "Moltmann's relevance for his age, as well as his impact on church and academia was considered to be more significant" than other theologians, noted Finnish theologian Patrik Hagman.The field of contenders (this is just the champion bracket!) was rich with big thinkers, Protestant and Catholic alike. Outside the field of academic theology, many of names will be unfamiliar. But Moltmann fans can take pride in their defeat of one Benedict (née Ratzinger) in the quaterfinals. Other celebrities included Gustavo Gutierrez and Reinhold Niebuhr.
I'm a big fan of anything that gets people to think about theology and read a little. Next year, if they stage this again, I'm definitely hosting a World Cup ("...of theology", which will be in small print) party!
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