Christoph Raedel

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Christoph Raedel (born December 3, 1971 ) is an Evangelical Methodist theologian and professor of systematic theology at the Free Theological University of Giessen (FTH) .

Life

Raedel studied Protestant theology in Rostock, Halle, Cambridge and Reutlingen from 1991 to 1999 . From 1999 to 2002 he did his doctorate at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the subject of Methodist Theology in the 19th Century . During his studies and doctoral studies, Raedel was supported by grants from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and is now the foundation's liaison lecturer himself. From 2002 to 2005 he worked at the University of Halle-Wittenberg on a - as yet unfinished - habilitation thesis on an ecclesiological topic.

From 2005 he was a lecturer at the YMCA college , from 2009 a lecturer and from 2011 to 2014 professor for ecumenical theology at the YMCA University in Kassel. On April 1, 2014 Raedel was appointed professor for systematic theology and the history of theology at the Free Theological University of Giessen. At the beginning of 2016 he became director of the local Institute for Ethics and Values.

His teaching and research focus are ecumenics, ecclesiology , ethics and denominational studies .

Raedel is married and has four children.

Memberships

Fonts (selection)

  • (Ed.): Yearbook Free Church Research (on behalf of the Association for Free Church Research)
  • Educational work in English methodism of the 18th century. In: Free Church Research. Vol. 7, 1997, pp. 9-42.
  • with Achim Härtner, Michael Nausner (eds.): Reutlinger Theologische Studien
  • The examination of the essence and workings of Spiritism in German-speaking Methodism of the 19th century. In: Michael Bergunder (ed.): Religious pluralism and Christianity. Festgabe for Helmut Obst on his 60th birthday. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-56547-X , pp. 55-73.
  • Let your spirit work. Contributions to the renewal of the church from a Wesleyan perspective. (= emk studies 6 ). Medienwerk, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-89725-062-4 .
  • "A Heart Strangely Warmed". Awakening of the heart as a methodist leitmotif of an evangelical theology. In: Free Church Research. Vol. 14, 2004, pp. 49-80.
  • Methodist theology in the 19th century. The German-speaking branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church. (= Church-Denomination-Religion 47 ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-56952-1 .
  • "Secret Things belong to God". On the history and reception of the mysterious events in the Wesley rectory (1716/17). In: Michael Bergunder , Daniel Cyranka (Ed.): Esotericism and Christianity. Religious historical and theological perspectives. Helmut Obst on his 65th birthday. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02376-2 , pp. 30–57.
  • From the wisdom of faith. Jéan Frédéric Bettex as a Christian apologist. VRUnipress, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-89971-250-1 .
  • Experience of God in conflict? Between Methodist Identity and Charismatic Renewal. In: Christoph Raedel (ed.): Methodism and charismatic movement. Historical, theological and hymnological contributions. Ed. Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7675-7090-0 , pp. 163-192.
  • Forty Years of Methodist / Roman Catholic Dialogue - Impressions, Analyzes, Expectations. In: Free Church Research. Vol. 16, 2007, pp. 104-134.
  • (He) worth living. What Paul's churches have to say today. ekm-Bücherstube, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-9811568-5-0 .
  • Fascination of the end. Theology and Fiction in the "Left Behind" book series. (= EZW texts 212 ). Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauung questions, Berlin 2010.
  • Forty years of Methodist-Catholic dialogue at the world level. Impressions - analyzes - expectations. In: Christoph Raedel (Hrsg.): Traveling together as a recipient. Methodist-Catholic Relations at the World Level. Edition Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8469-0006-2 , pp. 18–51.
  • Incitement to peace. Approaches to Christian peace ethics. In: Christian Herrmann (Ed.): Life for the honor of God. Theme book on Christian ethics. Volume 2: Concretions. SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2012, ISBN 978-3-417-29109-4 , pp. 376-427.
  • (Ed.): “Co-workers of Truth” - Testimony to Christ and criticism of relativism in Benedict XVI. Evangelical Perspectives. Edition Ruprecht / Brunnen, Göttingen / Gießen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8469-0169-4 .
  • Gender mainstreaming: dissolution of the sexes? . SCM Hänssler , Neuhausen-Stuttgart 2014, ISBN 978-3-775155229 .
  • The gender agenda: attack on the family . Logos Editions, Ansbach 2016, ISBN 978-3-945818-02-2 .
  • Gender. From gender mainstreaming to acceptance of sexual diversity . Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2017, ISBN 978-3-7655-2080-8 .
  • Tolerance and acceptance. The new intolerance under the sign of equality . Logos Editions, Ansbach 2018, ISBN 978-3-945818-12-1 .
  • Live by God's grace and shape the world. Contributions to Methodist Theology . Edition Ruprecht , Göttingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-8469-0304-9 .
  • Organ donation. Christian-ethical decision-making aids , Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen 2019, ISBN 978-3-7655-4345-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Promoting talented students and culture. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Christoph Raedel. Free Theological University of Giessen, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  3. ^ Eckart Graumann: Free Theological University of Giessen - appointment to professors. In: Giessen newspaper . December 19, 2013, accessed January 31, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The team. Institute for Ethics and Values, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Personalia, in: Evangelical Theology - Mitteilungen , Edition 02/2016.
  6. ↑ Personalia, in: Evangelical Theology - Mitteilungen , Edition 19/2 (2013).
personal data
SURNAME Raedel, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1971