Friedrich Beisser

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Friedrich Beißer (born January 8, 1934 in Ansbach ; † March 12, 2019 in Mainz ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Friedrich Beißer grew up in Franconia . From 1953 to 1959 he studied Protestant theology at the ecclesiastical Augustana University in Neuendettelsau and at the universities of Erlangen and Heidelberg . From 1962 he was research assistant to Peter Brunner in Heidelberg for eight years . In the meantime, he received his doctorate on the claritas scripturae on November 6, 1964 in Erlangen and completed his habilitation on December 21, 1968 in Heidelberg with Peter Brunner with a thesis on the ideas of God with Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher . He was ordained in 1965 . From 1970 to 1976 he worked in Heidelberg, first as a university lecturer, then as an associate professor. In 1976 he was offered the chair for systematic theology in the theology department at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . For 24 years, until his retirement in 1999 , he shaped the students with a view to a solid knowledge of the Bible, knowledge of confessions and the perception of dogmatic responsibility in church practice. In addition to Lutheran theologians and subjects, he devoted himself in particular to Karl Barth's theology and questions of the sacraments .

Services

Friedrich Beißer stands for a theologically reflective look at current church challenges, which he was able to find enough in the church catchment area of ​​his faculty, especially with regard to socio-political, foreign policy and church topics. His commitment was characterized by a clear line that could and has been interpreted by others as stubbornness. His research focused on biblical hermeneutics , eschatology and Martin Luther .

Friedrich Beißer lived pastoral care in the field of thought and did not shy away from contact with constructive-conservative theological training institutions such as the Philipp-Jakob-Spener-Haus in Mainz , the preparatory theological studies in the Krelingen Spiritual Armory and the Lutheran Theological University Oberursel .

Works

  • Claritas scripturae from Martin Luther. (Research on the history of the church and dogma 18). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1966.
  • Schleiermacher's teaching about God. Depicted according to his speeches and his doctrine of faith . (Research on the history of the church and dogma 22). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1970.
  • The kingdom of God. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976, ISBN 3-525-58108-4 .
  • Hope and consummation. (Handbook Systematic Theology 15). Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 1993, ISBN 3-579-04944-5 .
  • The Christian faith. Dogmatics in 5 volumes. Freimund-Verlag, Neuendettelsau 2008, ISBN 978-3-86540-048-2 .
As (co-) editor
  • Lima and the Reformation Proprium . Contributions by Gottfried Voigt, Albrecht Peters and Friedrich Beisser. Lutherisches Verlagshaus, Hanover 1984, ISBN 3-7859-0505-X .
  • Eckehart Lorenz, Friedrich Beißer (ed.): Resistance, law and peace. Studies from the Lutheran World Federation. Ethical criteria for the legitimate use of force. An interdenominational and ideology-critical study. Martin Luther Verlag, Erlangen 1984, ISBN 3-87513-040-5 .
  • Friedrich Beißer, Karl Lehmann (Ed.): Doctrinal Condemnations - Church Separation? Part 2: Materials on Doctrinal Condemnations and theology of Justification. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1988, ISBN 3-525-56926-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.spener-haus.de/
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Ansbach
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2019
Place of death Mainz