Martin Honecker (theologian)

Martin Honecker (born May 2, 1934 in Ulm ) is a German Protestant theologian . From 1969 to 1999 he was professor of systematic theology and social ethics at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .

Life

Martin Honecker, son of the Protestant pastor Karl Honecker, grew up in Klingenstein and attended grammar school in Ulm. From 1953 to 1957 he studied Protestant theology in Tübingen , in the Tübinger Stift and in Basel . In 1957 he passed the first theological examination and in 1961 the second theological examination at the Württemberg regional church. After a year as vicar, Honecker was from 1958 to 1965 assistant at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Tübingen and repetent at the Evangelical Monastery.

In 1960 he received his doctorate with a thesis on “Church as a Shape and Event”, and in 1965 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on canon law with the old Protestant theologian Johann Gerhard , both in Tübingen. After lecturing in Tübingen, he became professor for systematic theology and social ethics at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn in 1969. In 1999 Honecker retired.

From 1970 to 1991 he was a member of the EKD Chamber for Public Responsibility, from 1986 to 1998 a member of the EKD Chamber for Church Development Service. From 1988 to 1991 he was President of Societas Ethica and from 1998 to 2004 a member of the Central Ethics Committee of the German Medical Association .

Honecker is a full member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1999 .

Act

Honecker's work focuses on the fundamentals of theological ethics , the foundations of Protestant church law , the relationship between church and state , political ethics and individual questions of bioethics .

Known employees and students

• Ulrich Eibach , research assistant for systematic theology and social ethics at the University of Bonn from 1974 to 1980.
• with Peter Manns , Luther's "Understanding of Justification, of Love and Hope, His Position on the Saints"
• Alma von Stockhausen student

Fonts (selection)

As an author

• The visible shape of the church as a dogmatic problem. Dissertation, University of Tübingen, 1960.
• Church as shape and event: the visible shape of the church as a dogmatic problem. Kaiser, Munich 1963.
• Cura religionis Magistratus Christiani: Studies on canon law in Lutheranism in the 17th century, especially with Johann Gerhard. Claudius, Munich 1968 (habilitation thesis, University of Tübingen, 1965).
• Concept of a social ethical theory: basic questions of Protestant social ethics. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1971.
• Social ethics between tradition and reason. Mohr, Tübingen 1977.
• The Right of Man: Introduction to Protestant Social Ethics. Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1978.
• Perspectives of Christian interpretation of society. Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1981.
• with Hans Waldenfels : Visiting the other: Evangelical-Catholic tourist guide. Styria, Graz 1983; New edition: Bonifatius, Paderborn, 1997
• Introduction to Theological Ethics: Fundamentals and Basic Concepts. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1990.
• Obituary for Heinz-Dietrich Wendland . In: Yearbook of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Künste 1992, pp. 63–66
• Outline of social ethics. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1997.
• Profiles - Crises - Perspectives: On the Situation of Protestantism. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1997.
• Evangelical Christianity in Politics, Society and State: Orientation Attempts. De Gruyter, Berlin 1998.
• Ways of Protestant Ethics: Positions and Contexts. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2002.
• Faith as the basis of Christian theology. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005.
• Right in the Church of the Gospel. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2008.
• Evangelical Church Law: An Introduction to the Theological Basics. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009.
• Protestant ethics as ethics of distinction: With a complete bibliography by Martin Honecker. Lit, Berlin 2010.

As editor

• Aspects and problems of organ transplantation. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1973.
• with Georges Enderle , Karl Homann , Walter Kerber , Horst Steinmann : Lexicon of Business Ethics. Freiburg, Basel, Vienna: Herder, 1993
• with Horst Dahlhaus , Jörg Hübner , Traugott Jähnichen , Heidrun Tempel : Evangelical Social Lexicon. New edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001.
• with Werner Heun , Martin Morlok , Joachim Wieland : Evangelisches Staatslexikon. New edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006.

Web links

• Literature by and about Martin Honecker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Martin Honecker at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts