Martin Laubscher

University of the Stellenbosch

Martin Laubscher studied theology at the University of the Stellenbosch and the Free University Amsterdam. He was for six years a minister in a congregation, and since 2012 he teaches full time homiletics and liturgy at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. He is currently busy with a PhD on the prophetic office in Barth’s theology, entitled “Public Theology as Prophetic Theology? A Critical Examination of the Socio-ecclesiological Implications of the Threefold Office in the Theology of Karl Barth.” His other areas of interest includes theologians as preachers; South African theology; prophetic preaching; public theology; and liturgy and life.