Carsten Polanz

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Carsten Polanz (* 1982 in Mettmann ) is a German Islamic scholar and university professor.

Life

In 2003, Carsten Polanz began studying Islamic Studies , Modern History and Public Law at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn, which he completed in 2009 with a master's degree. In parallel, he studied Protestant theology at Martin Bucer Seminary in Bonn. In 2010 his doctoral studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität followed. In 2015 he received his doctorate from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität with a dissertation on the jihad concept of Yusuf al-Qaradawi .

In 2016, the Free Theological University of Gießen appointed Polanz to an endowed professorship for Islam issues. His main research interests are: the image of God and man in the Bible and the Koran; Christian-Muslim encounters and controversies in the past and present; Sharia law and contemporary Islamic human rights and democracy discourses; Muslim worlds in western societies; Classic and modern concepts of jihad; Salafism and radicalization.

He has been involved as a staff member since 2004 and as a research assistant at the Institute for Islamic Issues of the Evangelical Alliance since 2016 , where he has been editor-in-chief of the bilingual magazine “Islam and Christian Faith” and a member of the board. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Christian Value Education, freelance work for the Bonner General-Anzeiger and has been giving regular lectures and training courses in church and political education since 2009.

Publications

  • Yusuf al-Qaradawi's concept of the center in the distinction between jihad and terrorism after September 11, 2001 (series: Bonner Islamwissenschaftliche Hefte; issue 16), EB-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86893-013-9 .
  • Islam on the Internet (special edition No. 10), Institute for Islamic Issues, Bonn 2010.
  • Answers to the most important questions about Sharia law , Institute for Islamic Issues , Bonn 2012.
    • Part 1: Sharia law and its points of conflict with human rights, democracy and the rule of law .
    • Part 2: Sharia as a challenge for the state and society in Germany .
  • All life as a Gihad. Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the multidimensional mission on the path of Allah (series: Bonner Islamstudien ; Volume 38), EB-Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86893-216-4 .
  • Islam as a historical, political and theological challenge (ed. Christine Schirrmacher and Thomas Schirrmacher ), Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Bonn 2013, ISBN 978-3-86269-067-1 .
as co-editor
  • with Markus Laundry: Murat finds Jesus , CV-Verlag, Dillenburg 2006, 7th edition 2018, ISBN 978-3-86353-366-3 .
  • with Christof Sauer and Heiko Wenzel: Encounters and challenges. Christian Witness in the Context of Islam , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2020, ISBN 978-3-374-05879-2 .
Essays
  • Ducal joy - a castle that has never been used. In: Bonner General-Anzeiger from 10./11. April 2004.
  • The search for purity by ritual ablutions (The Search for purity through ritual abolution). In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , Edition 2/2006, pp. 18–24.
  • The Islamic Awakening in a Time of Decay - a Portrait of Yusuf al-Qaradawi. In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , edition 2/2008, pp. 19–36.
  • Muhammad's relationship with the Jews from Quranic perspective (The Quran's Perspective on Muhammad's relationship with the Jews). In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , Edition 2/2010, pp. 5–19.
  • Abdulkarim Soroush and Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid: Historical-critical interpretation of the Koran for more democracy and human rights (Abdulkarim Soroush and Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid: More Democracy and Human Rights through historical-critical Quran Exegesis). In: Islam and Christian Faith / Islam and Christianity ; Issue 2/2011, pp. 30–37.
  • Islamic minority law and the dream of the Islamic conquest of the West (The Legal Theory for Muslim Minorities and the Islamic Dream of Conquering the West). In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , edition 2/2012, pp. 5–28.
  • Wahhabism and Salafism - the Search for the Genuine and Original Islam of the "Golden Age". In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , issue 2/2013, pp. 5–25.
  • The ideological seed of terror - Key Questions in the Islamic Jihad Debate. In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , edition 1/2015, pp. 25–46.
  • Does Islam need a Reformation and / or an Enlightenment? Answers of German Muslims to the Islamic Identity Crisis (Does Islam need Reformation and / or Enlightenment? The response of two German Muslims to Islam's identity crisis). In: Islam und christlicher Glaube / Islam and Christianity , edition 1/2017, pp. 5–35.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carsten Polanz: Kurzvita , bucer.de, accessed on August 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ FTH appoints Islamic scholar Carsten Polanz , ead.de, notification from August 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Foundation for Christian Value Education : Foundation Council , Wertestarter.de, accessed on August 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ Carsten Polanz: Vita , fthgiessen.de, accessed on August 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Polanz, Carsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scholar of Islam and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Mettmann