Friedrich Schweitzer

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Friedrich Schweitzer (* 1954 ) is a German Protestant theologian and religious educator .

Life

Friedrich Schweitzer studied Protestant theology and pedagogy in Tübingen until 1979 and in 1980 he obtained a Master of Theology from Harvard University . In 1983 he was in Tübingen with the social science dissertation Identity and Education. What can the concept of identity do for education? did his doctorate and habilitation in 1992 in Protestant theology with the thesis The Religion of the Child. On the history of the problem of a fundamental question in religious education . In 1992 he was appointed to the chair for practical theology / religious education at the University of Mainz . Since 1995 he has held the chair for practical theology / religious education at the University of Tübingen . Schweitzer has held guest lectureships and lectureships in Princeton , Budapest , Riga , Thessaloniki and Vienna . Many of his works have been published in Danish, English, Japanese, Dutch, Korean or Hungarian.

Until 2014, Schweitzer was chairman of the Chamber of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) for education and upbringing, children and youth and heads the Evangelical Institute for Vocational Religious Education (EIBOR), which includes a team from the departments of theology, psychology, pedagogy and educational sciences engaged in researching, developing and supporting religious education at vocational schools .

Awards

On June 9, 2017, Friedrich Schweitzer was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki in Finland .

Works (selection)

  • Identity and upbringing. What can the concept of identity do for education? Weinheim / Basel 1985 (reprinted 1987)
  • Life story and religion. Religious development and upbringing in children and adolescents . Munich 1987 (4th extended edition 1999, 7th edition 2010)
  • The child's religion. On the history of the problem of a fundamental question in religious education . Gütersloh 1992
  • Religious Education and Developmental Psychology. Elementarization in practice . Gütersloh 1995 (2nd edition 1997)
  • The search for your own faith. Introduction to religious education for adolescents. Gütersloh 1996 (2nd edition 1998) (together with Karl Ernst Nipkow / G. Faust-Siehl / B. Krupka)
  • The child's right to religion. Encouragement for parents and educators. Gütersloh 2000 (extended new edition 2013)
  • Religious Education (= Textbook Practical Theology 1). Gütersloh 2006
  • Dialogic religious instruction. Analysis and practice of denominational-cooperative religious education in adolescence. Freiburg 2006 (together with Albert Biesinger , Jörg Conrad, Matthias Gronover)
  • Elementization and competence. How pupils benefit from “good religious education”. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2008 (3rd edition 2913) (together with Ulrike Baumann and others)
  • Religious education in Protestant-Catholic families. Freiburg 2009. (together with Albert Biesinger)
  • Confirmation work in Germany. Empirical insights, challenges, perspectives. With contributions from the regional churches. Gütersloh 2009. (together with Wolfgang Ilg, Volker Elsenbast )
  • Child theology and elementarization. How religious learning can succeed with children. Gütersloh 2011
  • Belief in creation - only for children? On the dispute between belief in creation, evolution theory and creationism. Neukirchen - Vluyn 2012
  • Religious pedagogical skills. Ten entrances for educational professionals in daycare centers. Freiburg 2013 (together with A. Biesinger)
  • Interfaith Education. Religious diversity as a challenge and opportunity in religious education. Gütersloh 2014
  • The educational heritage of the Reformation. Permanent salary, challenges, future prospects. Gütersloh 2016

Editing / collaboration with magazines

  • Der Evangelische Erzieher / Journal for Education and Theology (as co-editor, since 1990)
  • Yearbook of Religious Education (as co-editor, since 1992)
  • International Journal of Practical Theology (as co-founder)
  • RGG 4th edition (as a specialist advisor for practical theology 1992–1998)
  • Friedrich Annual Booklet IV: Learning - Event and Routine. 1986 (as co-editor)
  • Lutheran monthly issues / signs of the times (as a permanent member of the editorial staff; 1990 until the magazine ran out)
  • Religion and education. Topic part of Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 38 (1992), issue 2 (together with Jürgen Oelkers)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Short biography of Friedrich Schweitzer ( Memento from December 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , accessed on May 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ List of publications by Friedrich Schweitzer (PDF), accessed on May 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ EIBOR website , accessed on May 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ Short biography and short bibliography of Friedrich Schweitzer , Eberhard Karls University Tübingen , accessed on May 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ Awarding of an honorary doctorate to Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Friedrich Schweitzer. ( Memento from December 7, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen , accessed on May 1, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Schweitzer, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and religious educator
DATE OF BIRTH 1954