Christian Link

Christian Link (born July 12, 1938 in Braunschweig ) is a German theologian.

Life

After studying (1958–1961) physics and mathematics ( Erlangen , Tübingen ) and studying (1962–1965) theology and philosophy ( Berlin , Heidelberg , Göttingen ) he was a research assistant at the seminar for religious philosophy in Heidelberg from 1969 to 1976 with Georg Picht . After receiving his doctorate in 1970 and his habilitation in 1976, he was a university lecturer in Heidelberg from 1976 to 1979. From 1979 to 1993 he taught as a professor for dogmatics and the history of philosophy at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Bern . From 1980 to 2006 he headed the international Karl Barth conferences. From 1993 to 2004 he was Professor of Systematic Theology at the Ruhr University in Bochum . Since 1994 he has been a member of the board of the Society for Evangelical Theology. Since 2001 he has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Karl Barth Society.

Fonts (selection)

• Predestination and election. Calvin studies . Neukirchen-Vluyn 2009, ISBN 978-3-7887-2351-4 .
• John Calvin . Humanist, reformer, teacher of the Church . Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-290-17510-8 .
• Creation. A theological draft in contrast to natural science and ecology . Neukirchen-Vluyn 2012, ISBN 3-7887-2585-0 .
• Theodicy. A theological challenge . Göttingen 2016, ISBN 3-7887-2906-6 .

literature

• Elisabeth Hartlieb: Nature as Creation. Studies on the relationship between the concept of nature and the understanding of creation with Günter Altner , Sigurd M. Daecke , Hermann Dembowski and Christian Link . Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-631-49957-4 .
• Lozano-Gotor Perona: Space and Time in Protestant Theology. Wolfhart Pannenberg , Jürgen Moltmann and Christian Link deal with and determine the relationship between both terms . Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8300-3321-9 .
• Lisanne Teuchert: God's transformative action. Eschatological perspectives on the doctrine of providence in Romano Guardini , Christian Link and the “Open theism” . Göttingen 2018, ISBN 3-525-56458-9 .

Web links

• theologie-naturwissenschaften.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Link, Christian. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online. degruyter.com, accessed on May 17, 2020 (founded by Joseph Kürschner , constantly updated, restricted online edition).