Detlef Hiller

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Detlef Hiller (* 1964 ) is a German theologian , political scientist , educator , professor for international social work at the International University of Liebenzell and head of the LIMRIS institute there.

Life

Detlef Hiller completed a master’s degree in political science from 1985 to 1991 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . After that he was head of division for Asia and Eastern Europe at Kindernothilfe eV in Duisburg until 2005 , where he was able to gain experience in international development cooperation through intensive contacts with partners in Pakistan. From 1996 onwards he studied educational science at the University of Hagen , which he completed in 2001 with a master’s degree. From 2005 to 2010 he studied Protestant theology at the Church University in Wuppertal . There he went on to do a doctorate, which he completed in 2014 with his dissertation on The New Pakistani Christianity. The "charismatization" of the understanding and practice of faith of Pakistani Christians based on the meaning of "healing and deliverance" to the Dr. theol. completed.

At the International University of Liebenzell he has been Professor of International Social Work with a focus on intercultural pedagogy and development cooperation since 2015, since 2016 course director for BA Theology / Social Work in an Intercultural Context and since 2018 director of the LIMRIS Institute of the IHL.

His main research interests are Pentecostal theology; Healing and deliverance; Participatory approaches in development cooperation; Vocational pedagogical approaches in an intercultural setting.

Memberships
  • CVJM-Blickwechsel eV Essen-Frohnhausen (Chairman)
  • New Paths Foundation (founder and chairman)
  • New ways gGmbH (shareholder)
  • Interdisciplinary working group Pentecostal movement
  • Friends of the Church University of Wuppertal / Bethel
  • German Society for Mission Studies eV (Board of Directors)

From 1997 Hiller worked marginally and since 2005 part-time as a pedagogical supervisor in child and youth welfare in Essen. Since 2005 he has been working as a freelance coach and consultant for organizational consulting, humanitarian aid and development cooperation.

Together with his wife Regina (psychologist), he set up the therapeutic and educational center "Villa Löwenherz" in 2013/2014, a fully inpatient facility for child and youth welfare in Dortmund and, since 2018, in Schwerte, where severely traumatized children are treated therapeutically and be supported pedagogically. The couple have eight foster children and live in Essen.

Publications

  • Healing of sick people and exorcism in “charismatic movements” in the so-called “Third World” using the example of the South Indian organization “Jesus Calls” (Master's thesis for obtaining the academic degree “Master of Theology” at the Church University of Wuppertal / Bethel, 2009, online ).
  • The new Pakistani Christianity. The "charismatization" of the understanding of faith and the practice of faith of Pakistani Christians, examined on the basis of the meaning of "healing and deliverance" ( additional dissertation, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal 2014), Erlanger Verlag für Mission und Ökumene, Neuendettelsau 2015, ISBN 978-3-87214- 361-7 .
Essays
  • Spiritual healing and exorcisms as hallmarks of the 'charismatization' of the new Pakistani Christianity. A research report . In: Jürgen Schuster and Volker Gäckle (eds.): The gospel and the religions. Religious issues - religious theological conclusions (Interculturality and Religion. Intercultural and Religious Studies 2), Münster 2015.
  • with Thomas Eisinger : experiential education and migrants. Some preliminary considerations . In: experience and learn, 24th year Augsburg 3 & 4/2016.
  • Pakistani Christians: Dhimmi or Citizens? A historical and social analysis of the development of an idea of ​​state and society . In: Jürgen Schuster and Volker Gäckle (eds.): Freedom of religion, freedom of expression and Christian belief , Berlin 2017.
  • The challenge of migration and integration - what does that mean for Christian communities in Germany? A critical look at some facts from a political, socio-economic and educational point of view . In: Meiken Buchholz, Markus Dubach, Friedemann Knödler (Eds.): Integration, Multiculturalism and Christian Congregation , presentations at the 2017 annual conference of missiotop , edition missiotop - mission reports 25, Nuremberg 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Joppig: Child mortality: The avoidable death , spiegel.de, article from July 11, 2003.
  2. ↑ Hiller: Kurzvita , erlanger-verlag.de, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ IHL lecturers , ihl.eu, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  4. ↑ CVJM-Blickwechsel: About Us , cvjm-blickwechsel.de, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ New Paths Foundation: About Us , neue-wege-stiftung.de, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  6. ^ German Society for Missiology : Administrative Council , dgmw.org, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ New professorships at IHL , ihl.eu, notification from February 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ Villa Löwenherz: About us , tpz-villa-löwenherz.de, accessed on November 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ At a loss, but not discouraged. In: Mission worldwide March / April 2017, p. 17 , liebezell.org
personal data
SURNAME Hiller, Detlef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, political scientist, pedagogue and professor for international social work
DATE OF BIRTH 1964