Staff profile

Authored book

• Kilby, K. (2020). God, Evil and the Limits of Theology. Bloomsbury
• Kilby, K. (2012). Balthasar: A (Very)Critical Introduction. Eerdmans
• Kilby, K. (2007). The SPCK Introduction to Karl Rahner. SPCK
• Kilby, K. (2004). Karl Rahner: Theology and Philosophy. Routledge

Book review

• Kilby, K. (online). Too many trinities? Kendall Soulen's Trinitarian Trinitarianism

Chapter in book

• Kilby, K. (2023). Belief, Unbelief and Mystery. In H. A. Harris, & V. S. Harrison (Eds.), Atheisms: The Philosophy of Non-Belief. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315142395
• Kilby, K. (2022). Suffering and Sin Revisited: A Conceptual Exploration. In J. Coblentz, & D. P. Horan (Eds.), The Human in a Dehumanizing World: Re-Examining Theological Anthropology and Its Implications. Orbis Books
• Kilby, K. (2022). Letter to a Young Theologian. In H. van der Westhuizen (Ed.), Letters to a Young Theologian. Fortress Press
• Ashley, M., & Kilby, K. (2020). What difference does grace make? An exploration of the concept of grace in the theological anthropology of Karl Rahner. In C. Deane-Drummond, & A. Fuentes (Eds.), Theology and Evolutionary Anthropology: Dialogues in Wisdom, Humility, and Grace. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429273650
• Kilby, K. (2019). The seductions of kenosis. In K. Kilby, & R. Davies (Eds.), Suffering and the Christian Life (163-174). T&T Clark. https://doi.org/10.5040/9780567687265.0018
• Kilby, K. (2017). Eschatology, Suffering and the Limits of Theology. In C. Chalame, A. ‎Dettwiler, ‎. Mazzocco, & G. ‎Waterlot (Eds.), Game Over? Reconsidering Eschatology (279-292). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110521412-018
• Kilby, K. (2016). Philosophy. In P. McCosker, & D. Turner (Eds.), The Cambridge Companion to TheSumma Theologiae. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cco9781139034159.006
• Kilby, K. (2015). Responsible, Critical Assent. In A. Carroll, M. Kerkwijk, M. Kirwan, & J. Sweeney (Eds.), Towards a Kenotic Vision of Authority in the Catholic Church. Council for Research and Values in Philosophy
• Kilby, K. (2014). Christian Theology, Anti-Liberalism, and Modern Jewish Thought. In A. Bielik-Robson, & A. Lipszyc (Eds.), Judaism in contemporary thought : traces and influence (155-164). Routledge
• Kilby, K. (2014). Trinity, Tradition and Politics. In C. Chalamet, & M. Vial (Eds.), iRecent Developments in Trinitarian Theology: an International Symposium (73-86). Fortress Press
• Kilby, K. (2014). Seeking Clarity. In M. Higton, & J. Fodor (Eds.), the Routledge Companion to the Practice of Christian Theology. Routledge
• Kilby, K. (2014). Trinity and Politics: An Apophatic Approach. In O. Crisp, & F. Sanders (Eds.), Advancing Trinitarian Theology: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics. Zondervan

Edited book

• Kilby, K., & Davies, R. (Eds.). (2019). Suffering and the Christian Life. Bloomsbury, T&T Clark
• Oliver, S., Kilby, K., & O'Loughlin, T. (Eds.). (2012). Faithful Reading: New Essays in Theology in Honour of Fergus Kerr, OP. T&T Clark

Journal Article

• Kilby, K. (online). Response to the Reviewers in Book Symposium on Karen Kilby's "Balthasar: a (very) critical introduction'
• Kilby, K. (online). Divine contradiction: fascinating but unpersuasive. Religious Studies, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0034412524000271
• Kilby, K. (online). Rahner on Original Sin: A Response to The Symposium. The Heythrop Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/heyj.14355
• Kilby, K. (2021). Reply to Critics, a reply to six reviews of God, Evil and the Limits of Theology. Political Theology, 22(5), 423-432. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317x.2021.1955577
• Kilby, K. (2020). Paradox and Paul: Catholic and Protestant Theologies of Grace. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 22(1), 77-82. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12393
• Kilby, K. (2020). Negative Theology and Meaningless Suffering. Modern Theology, 36(1), 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12577
• Kilby, K. E. (2018). Julian of Norwich, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and the Status of Suffering in Christian Theology. New Blackfriars, 99(1081), 298-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12298
• Kilby, K. (2010). Is an Apophatic Trinitarianism Possible?. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 12(1), 65-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2400.2009.00494.x
• Kilby, K. (2009). Karl Rahner's Ecclesiology. New Blackfriars, 90(1026), 188-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2008.01266.x
• Kilby, K. (2005). Aquinas, the Trinity and the Limits of Understanding. International Journal of Systematic Theology, 7(4), 414-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2400.2005.00175.x
• Kilby, K. (2003). Evil and the limits of theology. New Blackfriars, 84(983), 13-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2003.tb06484.x
• Kilby, K. (2000). Perichoresis and Projection: Problems with Social Doctrines of the Trinity. New Blackfriars, 81(957), 432-445. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2000.tb06456.x