Thomas Söding

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Thomas Söding (born January 10, 1956 in Hanover ) is a German Catholic theologian and professor of New Testament exegesis at the Ruhr University in Bochum .

Life

Education

After graduating from high school in Bad Harzburg in 1974 , Thomas Söding studied Catholic theology , German language and literature and history at the Wilhelms University in Münster and received a diploma in Catholic theology in 1979 . In 1980 he completed his first state examination for teaching at grammar schools in German and became an assistant at the New Testament seminar of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Münster. In 1985 he received his doctorate, the subject of his dissertation was Markus' understanding of faith . In 1991 he completed his habilitation (The commandment of love with Paul ) , which Karl Kertelge looked after, from.

Teaching

From 1989 to 1993 Thomas Söding was a lecturer in exegesis at the Hildesheim seminary and from 1991 to 1993 private lecturer at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Münster. In 1993 he became professor of biblical theology at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .

From 1995 to 1999 he was Dean of the Department of History - Philosophy - Theology at the University of Wuppertal and from 1996 to 2004, together with John Reumann, headed the "Biblical Theology" seminar at the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas , an association of New Testament scholars.

In 2008 he was offered professorships for New Testament exegesis at the Universities of Freiburg and Bochum. In the 2008/2009 winter semester he moved to the Ruhr University Bochum, where he succeeded Peter Dschulnigg (1943–2011). He held his inaugural lecture on January 15, 2009 with the topic: “New thinking. Original Christianity as an educational religion ”. Together with the social ethicist Joachim Wiemeyer, he developed the concept of an interdisciplinary and international summer school "Bible - Economy - Ethics" from a collaboration with the KU Leuven.

From 2013 to 2015 he designed and developed the “Youth Bible of the Catholic Church” with Georg Fischer SJ, Dominik Markl SJ and Michael Langer, which appeared in 2015 with a foreword by Pope Francis and has been translated into numerous languages.

Since 2017 he has been the dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum .

research

Thomas Söding deals with topics of New Testament exegesis and theology. He is specifically dedicated to questions of an ecumenically sensitive history of reception. His main research areas lie with Markus, Paulus and Johannes. He develops the methods of historical-critical and literary exegesis further by including the canon from an aesthetic reception and hermeneutic point of view. His main focus is on questions of Christology and Ecclesiology. An integrative project relates to educational research.

Together with Reinhard von Bendemann , Peter Wick and Markus Tiwald , Söding founded the research association “New Testament an der Ruhr”, which regularly holds conferences on publications on topics such as “City” and “Work”.

family

Thomas Söding has been married since 1982 and has three children.

Activities, memberships

  • since 1993: Ecumenical working group of Protestant and Catholic theologians
  • 1997 to 2008: Ecumenical Commission of the Archdiocese of Cologne
  • 1999 to 2007: Senate of the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  • since 1999: Colloquio Ecumenico Paolino (Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome)
  • 2000 to 2003: Editorial Board New Testament Studies
  • 2001 to 2008: Ombudsman of the Bergische Universität for good research
  • 2001: Adviser to the Faith Commission of the German Bishops' Conference
  • since 2001: German Ecumenical Study Committee (DÖSTA) of the Working Group of Christian Churches (ACK), since 2006 Deputy Chairman
  • since 2002: Diocesan director of the Catholic Biblical Works in the Diocese of Münster
  • since 2002: International Lutheran / Roman Catholic Commission for Unity
  • since 2003: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • since 2003: Advisory board of the Görres Society for the Maintenance of Science
  • 2003–2008: Liaison professor of the Catholic Academic Exchange Service at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  • since 2003: Académie Internationale des Sciences Religieuses
  • 2004–2014: International Theological Commission
  • since 2004: Scientific Society for Theology
  • 2006–2008 collaboration in the revision of the standard translation of the Bible
  • since 2007 co-editor of the international catholic magazine "Communio"
  • since 2008: Advisory Board of Estudios Biblicos , Madrid
  • since 2008: Scientific Advisory Board for the Reformation anniversary in 2017
  • since 2008: Bilateral Commission of the German Bishops' Conference and the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches
  • since 2011: Consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization
  • since 2014 member of the scientific advisory board of the journal Teologia, Milano
  • Since 2016 permanent (Catholic) guest at the Chamber for Theology of the Evangelical Church in Germany
  • since 2016 member of the Central Committee of German Catholics

Participation in Synods of Bishops

In 2005 Söding acted as an expert at XI. World Bishops Synod on “The Eucharist - Source and culmination of the life and mission of the Church”, 2008 at the XII. World Bishops Synod on “The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church”. In October 2012 Söding took part as an expert in a Synod of Bishops on the subject of “ New Evangelization ”.

Works

Thomas Söding's research focuses on the hermeneutics and christology of the New Testament, the Gospel of Mark , the Letter to the Galatians , as well as the Bible and narrative research.

  • 1985: Faith with Markus. (Diss.)
  • 1992: Faith, hope, love with Paul.
  • 1995: Paul's commandment to love. (Habil.)
  • 1996: More than a book. Understand the Bible.
  • 1997: The Word of the Cross.
  • 1997: Looking back ahead. Images of living churches in the New Testament.
  • 1998: Ways of Scripture Interpretation.
  • 2001: The Gospel of Matthew.
  • 2002: The Gospel of Mark.
  • 2003: The Gospel of Luke.
  • 2005: Unity of Scripture? E-book 2009.
  • 2005: New Testament methodology. E-book 2008.
  • 2006: The Son of God from Nazareth. 2nd edition 2008.
  • 2007: Jesus and the Church. Italian translation 2008.
  • 2007: Experiencing suffering - seeking meaning. The problem of theodicy.
  • 2007: event and memory. The story of Jesus in the mirror of the Gospels.
  • 2008: Death is dead, life is alive.
  • 2008: Understanding the Bible. Scripture understanding and interpretation.
  • 2009: “Come to me!” The message of the Gospel of Matthew.
  • 2011: The Annunciation of Jesus - Event and Remembrance.
  • 2012 (Ed.) King and Priest. Facets of New Testament Christology. FS Claus-Peter March.
  • 2013 (Ed.) Born in Bethlehem? The Jesus book of Benedict XVI. and science. (Controversial theology).
  • 2014: Repentance of the Church. New Testament signpost.
  • 2015: charity. God's command as a promise and a claim.
  • 2015: (Ed.) The role of theology in the church. A debate on the theological commission's document.
  • 2016 Christianity as an educational religion. The impulse of the New Testament.
  • 2016 The refugee child in God's hands. The Christmas stories of the Gospels. Ostfildern 2016 (with Robert Vorholt).
  • 2016 (Ed.) The Sensibility of God's People. A discussion with the International Theological Commission.
  • 2016: (Ed.) Exegesis - ecumenically committed. (with Ulrich Luz and Samiuel Vollenweider).
  • 2017: The Bible for Everyone. Brief introduction to the new standardized translation.
  • 2018: Praying to God together. A Judeo-Christian interpretation of the Our Father (with Moshe Navon).
  • 2018: (Ed.) Do not lead us into temptation. The Lord's Prayer in discussion.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ From the Ruhr area to Rome ; ( Memento from September 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) kna message on kathisch.de from September 22, 2012; Retrieved September 23, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Söding, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover