Books
Mapping the Differentiated Consensus of the Joint Declaration. Pathways for Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue, Gerard Mannion and Mark D. Chapman, editors. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
Winner of the 2020 Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism
Reviewed:
•Theodor Dieter in Anglican Theological Review 101.4 (2019): 755–56.
•Istina 62, no 2(2017): 266–7.
•Paul Avis in Ecclesiology, 14 (2018): 94–7.
•Pablo Blanco in Scripta Theologica, 51 (2019): 856–7.
Erin S. Kidd and Jakob K. Rinderknecht, eds. Putting God on the Map: Theology and Conceptual Mapping. Fortress Academic / Lexington Books, 2018.
Reviewed:
• Joseph A. Bracken in Theological Studies 80, no. 2(2019): 468–9.
• Jamin A. Hübner for Reading Religion
•Eugene Schlesinger in Anglican Theological Review, 102 no 2 (2020): 336–7.
Karl Rahner. An Ecumenical Priesthood: The Spirit of God and the Structure of the Church. Translation and Critical Introduction by Jakob Karl Rinderknecht. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022.
Reviewed:
• Michael Plekon for PrayTell
• Bruce Myers for Covenant
Books Under Development
With Susan K. Wood, SCL, Receiving Ministry: Recognition of Orders, Under Contract with Fortress Press.
This shorter work examines how Roman Catholics judge whether a particular ordination is “valid” and seeks a new way forward in ecumenical settings where this has been a stumbling block to further progress
True and False Unity in the Church. This monograph will examine how conceptions of ‘unity’ in Christian communities have been weaponized against minoritized populations, by first redefining community members as moral problems and then focusing entirely on what they might owe to the community rather thanthe comunity owes to them for the sake of unity.
Articles & Chapters
“The Baptismal and Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian,” CTSA Proceedings 79(2025). In Press
“Vatican II’s Sense of the World Church from Colonial Models to ‘Todos, Todos, Todos.'” Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology XIV, edited by Peter De Mey and Dries Bosschaert. Leuven: Peeters Press. In Press
“Hans Küng: Transitional Ecumenist.” In Hans Küng: A Reevaluation, Paul Lakeland, ed. Mahway, NY: Paulist Press, In Press.
Reconceiving the Quest for Unity: Ecumenism Today,” Ecumenical Trends 52 no. 3 (May/June 2023), 1–7.
“Re-discerning the Body: Ecumenism in an Apocalyptic Age,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 57 no. 3 (Summer 2022), 363–82
“Female Deacons and the Unity of the Sacrament of Order: Responding to the German Skeptics,” Theological Studies, 82, no 2 (June, 2021): 351–70.
“Receiving the Joint Declaration: A Test-Case in Biateral and Mulitlateral Engagement,” Ecumenical Trends 49 no 3. (May/June 2020) 11–15, 26
“Another World is Present: Karl Rahner’s Theology of the Church after Failure,” Philosophy and Theology. 31, no.1 & 2 (2019): 175–197.
“The Church: A Body Under Law and Gospel.” In Church as Fullness in All Things: Recasting Lutheran Ecclesiology in an Ecumenical Context, Jonathan Mumme, Richard Serina, and Mark Burkholz eds. Lexington Books, 2019.
Erin S. Kidd and Jakob K. Rinderknecht, “Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics.” In Putting God on the Map: Theology and Conceptual Mapping. Lexington Books, 2018.
“Conceptual Mapping and Reception in Ecumenical Theology.” In Putting God on the Map: Theology and Conceptual Mapping. Lexington Books, 2018.
“Church, Categories, and Speciation,” Open Theology, 4 no. 1 (2018): 46–59.
Syndicate Symposium: Eucharist as Meaning by Joseph C. Mudd. July 10–Aug 1, 2017.
“Order, Out of Order: Rahner’s Tectonic Proposal for an Ecumenical Difficulty.” Horizons, 42 no. 2 (Dec, 2015): 341-67.
“Introduction to Mirae Caritatis.” In The Liturgy Documents: Foundational Documents on the Origins and Implementation of Sacrosanctum concilium, III: 2–5. Chicago: Liturgical Training Publications, 2013.
“Discovering a Common Life: The Liturgy of the Hours in Lutheran Religious Communities.” American Benedictine Review, 62 no.3 (Sept, 2011): 242-264.
“Beyond Settling Down: A Theology of Stability for Young Adults.” Obsculta, 3. (29 Apr, 2010): 25–31.
Peter Funk, osb; Vicki Ix, osb; Peregrine Rinderknecht, osb; Beth Wegscheid, osb. “Panel of Newcomers to Traditional Communities” and “Dialogue of Newcomers to Monasteries with Christine Pohl.” In One Heart, One Soul: Many Communities: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Monastic Institute, edited by Mary Forman, osb, 94–106. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2009.
Jakob Karl Rinderknecht 