Alf Christophersen
Alf Christophersen (born April 25, 1968 in Flensburg ) is a Protestant theologian .
Life
He studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Tübingen and Munich . After receiving his doctorate in 1997, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for New Testament Theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU) and as a research assistant at the chair for systematic theology and ethics, also in Munich. After completing his habilitation in systematic theology in 2002, he was ordained in the Meldorfer Cathedral by Hans Christian Knuth . After a research stay at Harvard University , he was senior research assistant at the chair for systematic theology and ethics at LMU from 2004 to 2012. Until May 2018 he was head of studies for theology, politics and culture at the Evangelical Academy of Saxony-Anhalt in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Since 2018 he has been teaching as a professor for systematic theology at the University of Wuppertal .
His main research interests are ethics and aesthetics, the history of theology, edition philology, peace and conflict research, religious theology, and political theology and ethics.
In 1998 he received the Hanns Lilje Prize .
Publications (selection)
- Friedrich Lücke 1791–1855 . Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-016278-4 .
- Human dignity. “Christian images of man” in ethical self-understanding debates . Munich 2006, ISBN 3-88795-306-1 .
- Kairos. Protestant time interpretation struggles in the Weimar Republic . Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-16-149567-0 .
- Great moments of theology. Key experiences of Christian thinkers from Paul to today . Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61377-7 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christophersen, Alf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg |