Reinhart Staats

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Reinhart Staats (born February 8, 1937 in Braunschweig ) is a German Protestant church historian . He was a professor of church history at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .

Life

After attending school in Braunschweig , Königslutter and Ölmevalla (Sweden), he passed the Abitur at the Braunschweig Wilhelm Gymnasium in 1957 . He completed his theology studies (1957–1962) at the University of Tübingen , the ecclesiastical university Berlin-Zehlendorf and the University of Göttingen in 1962 with the first theological examination at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig . From 1962 to 1965 he was a repetitionist at the theological faculty in Göttingen . He completed the vicariate in Walkenried in 1965 with the second theological exam from the Evangelical Lutheran regional church in Braunschweig. In 1965 he became "De Instituto Christiano" with Hermann Dörries with the work The Tract of Gregory of Nyssa. Proof of its dependence on the Great Letter of Symeon of Mesopotamia doctorate . From 1965 to 1969 he was parish priest in Wieda , then until 1974 research assistant at the theological faculty of Heidelberg University with Alfred Schindler , where he worked in 1973 with the work Theology of the Imperial Crown. Ottonian “Renovatio imperii” in the Spiegel e. Insignie for the subject of church history was habilitated . In 1974 he became a university lecturer there and in 1976 a professor. In the summer semester of 1977 he was visiting professor at Saarbrücken University . In 1984 he was appointed professor of church history and institute director at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel. From 1987 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1994 he was dean of the theological faculty. In 1991 he was awarded an honorary theological doctorate from Lund University . In the summer semester of 1992 he was visiting professor at the University of Leipzig . Since 1994 he has been a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences . In 2002 he retired .

Publications (selection)

  • Gregory of Nyssa and the Messalians. ( Patristic texts and studies ; Volume 8). de Gruyter, Berlin 1968. (= dissertation)
  • Theology of the Imperial Crown . Ottonian "Renovatio imperii" in the mirror e. Insignia. ( Monographs on the history of the Middle Ages ; Volume 13). Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-7772-7611-1 . (= Habilitation thesis)
  • Makarios-Symeon. Epistola magna. Gregory of Nyssa "De instituto christiano". A Messalian monk rule and its inscription. ( Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. Philological-Historical Class ; Volume 3. Number 134). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984, ISBN 3-525-82415-7 .
  • with Hans Christoph von Hase , Holger Roggelin , Matthias Wünsche (eds.): Barcelona, ​​Berlin, Amerika. 1928 - 1931. ( Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Works ; Volume 10). Kaiser, Gütersloh 1991, ISBN 3-459-01899-2 .
    • with Hans Christoph von Hase, Holger Roggelin , Matthias Wünsche, Clifford J. Green (eds.): Barcelona, ​​Berlin, Amerika. 1928-1931. Translated by Douglas W. Stott. ( Dietrich Bonhoeffer works ; Volume 10). Fortress Press, Minneapolis 2008, ISBN 978-0-8006-8330-6 .
  • The imperial crown. History and meaning of a European symbol. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1991, ISBN 3-525-36226-9 (2nd edition 2008).
  • (Ed.): Biography and autobiography - theological and historical criteria. ( Annunciation and Research ; Volume 39, Issue 1). Kaiser, Gütersloh 1994, ISSN  0342-2410 .
  • (Ed.): Harmonium sounds over the parade ground. Kiel culture before 1900. Based on the memories of Johannes Möller. ( Writings of the Association for Schleswig-Holstein Church History. Series 1 ; Volume 39). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1995, ISBN 3-529-02842-8 .
  • Henry the Lion and Byzantium. The ecumenical and art-historical significance of the religious conversation in Constantinople 1172. ( Sources and contributions to the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig ; Issue 5). Regional Church Office Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel 1998.
  • with Siret Rutiku (ed.): Estonia, Latvia and Western Christianity. Estonian-German contributions to the Baltic church history. Eestimaa, Liivimaa yes lääne kristlus. Wittig, Kiel 1998, ISBN 3-8048-4451-0 .
  • The Brunswick lion in biblical lighting. Observations on the history of impact and theology. ( Sources and contributions to the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Braunschweig ; Issue 10). State Church Office Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel 2002, ISBN 3-9807756-4-X .
  • Protestants in German history. Historical theological considerations. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-374-02175-1 .
  • (together with Günter Weitling): Ansgar in Haithabu . Beginnings of Christianity in Northern Europe , Ludwig, Kiel 2016, ISBN 978-3-86935-286-2 .

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SURNAME Staats, Reinhart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig