Eilert Herms

Eilert Herms (born December 11, 1940 in Oldenburg (Oldenburg) ) is a Protestant theologian and most recently taught as a professor of systematic theology at the Protestant theological faculty of the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen .

Herms studied Protestant theology , philosophy and German in Berlin , Mainz , Tübingen and theology at the University of Göttingen . In 1971 he received his doctorate and in 1975 he completed his habilitation. In 1979 Herms was appointed full professor for systematic theology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , in 1985 he moved to the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz in the same position .

From 1995 until his retirement in 2009 he was full professor for systematic theology in Tübingen , at the same time director of the institute for ethics and from 2000 to 2006 dean of the Protestant theological faculty.

Among the numerous honorary positions of Herms, the chairmanship of the Scientific Society for Theology (1996–2002) and membership in the Theological Committee of the VELKD and in the Theological Chamber of the EKD (1996–2008) should be emphasized.

Fonts (selection)

• Theology - an empirical science. (= Theological existence today. No. 199.) Chr. Kaiser Verlag, Munich 1978.
• Justification. The understanding of reality of the Christian faith. A work book. 1980 (together with Wilfried Härle ). ISBN 3-525-03254-4
• Luther's Interpretation of the Third Article. 1987. ISBN 3-16-145256-9
• Experienced Church. Contributions to ecclesiology. 1990. ISBN 3-16-145628-9
• Shaping society. Contributions to Protestant social ethics. 1991. ISBN 3-16-145719-6
• Church for the world. Situation and task of the Protestant churches in united Germany. 1995. - ISBN 3-16-146330-7
• Eilert Herms. In: Christian Henning , Karsten Lehmkühler (Hrsg.): Systematic theology of the present in self-portrayals. Tübingen 1998, pp. 316-350. ISBN 3-16-146990-9
• Human being in becoming. Studies on Schleiermacher. 2003. ISBN 3-16-148024-4
• The economy of man. Contributions to business ethics. 2004. ISBN 3-16-148451-7
• Live in truth. Sermons. 2006. ISBN 3-374-02368-1
• Phenomena of belief. Contributions to fundamental theology. 2006. ISBN 3-16-148654-4
• Coexistence in the conflict of world views. Contributions to social ethics. 2007. ISBN 3-16-149355-9
• Politics and law in pluralism. 2008. ISBN 3-16-149429-6
• Church - creature and instrument of the gospel. 2010. ISBN 978-3-16-150249-1
• Church in society. 2011. ISBN 3-16-150587-5
• God's presence. Sermons. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2015. ISBN 978-3-374-04235-7 .
• Systematic theology . 2017. ISBN 978-3-16-153914-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Eilert Herms in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Eilert Herms  in the German Digital Library
• Herms on the website of the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen