Frank Jehle

Frank Jehle

Frank Jehle (born September 9, 1939 in Zurich ) is a Swiss Protestant Reformed theologian , religion teacher, university pastor, lecturer, author and speaker.

Life

After studying theology in Zurich, Tübingen and at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California, Frank Jehle first went to the parish office in Grub AR. From 1970 he was a religion teacher at the canton school and teacher training college in Sargans . In 1981 he received his doctorate as Dr. theol. at the University of Zurich . From 1982 to 2004 he was university pastor and lecturer for Protestant theology at the University of St Gallen .

He is a lecturer and preacher. As a publicist , he works on questions of religious education , historical and systematic theology and questions of ethics . He also made himself available to his church as a member of the Synod and as Synod President, as well as a member of the examination board of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in German-speaking Switzerland and from 1990 first as a member and then for eleven years as co-president of the Evangelical / Roman Catholic Discussion Commission Switzerland. From 2001 to 2007 he was radio preacher for DRS2 . He is married to the historian Marianne Jehle-Wildberger and has two adult sons.

Fonts

Monographs and brochures

• Eyes for the invisible. Basic questions and goals of religious education. Benziger, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-545-26179-4 .
• The little book of legends. Benziger, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-545-28020-9 ; ISBN 3-7806-0815-4 (businessman).
• What do we really believe? An introduction to the common Christian faith. Benziger, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-545-24072-X .
• Look death in the face. Benziger, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-545-24112-2 .
• The ten commandments in brief. Self-published, St. Gallen 1995.
• "You mustn't be a huge mouth that greedily eats and devours everything." Freiburg lectures on the business ethics of the reformers Luther, Zwingli and Calvin. Gotthelf, Basel 1996, ISBN 3-85706-309-2 .
• How many times do we live Transmigration of souls or resurrection . Benziger, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-545-24122-X .
• Great women of Christianity. Paulus-Verlag, Freiburg i. Ü. 1998, ISBN 3-7228-0436-1 .
• Better to be uncomfortably loud than pleasantly quiet. The theologian Karl Barth and politics, 1906–1968. TVZ , Zurich 1999. Second edition: Zurich 2002. ISBN 3-290-17210-4 .
• Karl Barth - une éthique politique 1906–1968. Edition d'en bas, Lausanne 2002, ISBN 2-8290-0254-7
• Ever against the stream. The politics of Karl Barth, 1906–1968. Wipf & Stock, Eugene OR 2012, ISBN 978-1-62032-094-5 .
• Emil Brunner , theologian in the 20th century. TVZ, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-290-17392-5 .
• With open church windows. Sermons on the radio and at the university. With 10 drawings by Hans Thomann. TVZ, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-290-17499-6 .
• (Ed.): Dominik Zili : To praise and thank God. The St. Gallen church hymn book from 1533. VGS, St. Gallen / TVZ Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-290-17570-2 (TVZ), ISBN 978-3-7291-1120-2 (VGS).
• Ludwig Hätzer (1500–1529) - the "heretic" from Bischofszell. In: Thurgau Contributions to History. Vol. 147 (2010). Verlag des Historisches Verein des Kantons Thurgau, Frauenfeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-9522896-7-9 , pp. 7–125.
• Christmas with Caravaggio . Art and literature services from St. Gallen. Fromm Verlag, Saarbrücken 2013, ISBN 978-3-8416-0426-2 .
• Hans Wildberger (1910-1986). A theological biography. TVZ, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-290-17792-8 .
• From Johannes auf Patmos to Karl Barth. Two decades of theological work. Edited by Adrian Schenker and Marianne Jehle-Wildberger. TVZ, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-290-17832-1 .
• The Sacrifice of Abraham and Other Sermons. TVZ, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-290-17918-2 .
• (Ed.): "Ain Christian Underwisung der Jugend im Glouben." The St. Gallen Catechism of 1527. TVZ, Zurich / VGS, St. Gallen 2017, ISBN 978-3-290-17927-4 (TVZ), ISBN 978-3-7291-1164-6 (VGS).
• The Aarau Conference (1897–1939). Mirror of the evangelical history of theology. TVZ, Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-290-18298-4 (print) / ISBN 978-3-290-18299-1 (e-book: PDF)

Books and brochures along with other authors

• with Marianne Jehle: Brief St. Gallen Reformation History. Zollikofer Fachverlag, St. Gallen 1977. 3rd edition: TVZ, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17927-4 , ISBN 978-3-7291-1164-6 .
• with Regine Schindler : Newer Children's Bibles . Description - criticism - recommendations. 3rd expanded and heavily changed edition. Swiss Youth Book Institute, Zurich 1979.
• with Regine Schindler: The Bible for Children - then and now: Booklet to the exhibition of the Swiss Youth Book Institute. Swiss Youth Book Institute, Zurich 1982.
• with V. Dogoulu, O. Dogoulu, R. Hasler, A. Mirza, V. Mirza, A. Schwendener, E. Ulusoy: Children of Islamic Faith in Swiss Elementary Schools . Orientation aids and practical advice for teachers. Federal Commission for Foreigners, Bern 1994.
• with Rudolf Gamper, Urs Leo Gantenbein: Johannes Kessler . Chronicler of the Reformation. Sabon, St. Gallen 2003, ISBN 3-907928-39-3 .

Honors

• 2001: Mentor award from the student body at the University of St. Gallen

Web links

• Literature by and about Frank Jehle in the catalog of the German National Library
• Frank Jehle's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rev. Dr. theol. Jehle Frank. ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On the website of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of St.Gallen, accessed on October 26, 2016.