Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm was professor of Systematic Theology and director of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Research Centre for Public Theology at the University of Bamberg until 2011. He is currenty bishop of the Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Germany). He continues to be extraordinary professor at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Stellenbosch and honorary professor at the University of Bamberg. Florian Höhne is a research associate and lecturer for the Systematic Theology Chair and the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Research Centre for Public Theology in Bamberg. Tobias Reitmeier is working as a research associate at the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Research Centre for Public Theology in Bamberg.