Fulbert Steffensky

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Fulbert Steffensky (2009)

Fulbert Steffensky (born July 7, 1933 in Rehlingen in the Saar area ) is a German theologian .

Life

Steffensky studied Catholic and Protestant theology. At the age of 21 he entered the Benedictine monastery Maria Laach , which he left after thirteen years without church permission.

In 1969 Steffensky converted to the Lutheran creed , married the evangelical theologian Dorothee Sölle and in the same year became a research assistant at the Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr. Steffensky received his doctorate in 1972 from the Ruhr University in Bochum . In 1968 he and Dorothee Sölle co-founded the Political Night Prayer , a liturgy that was regularly celebrated in the Antoniterkirche in Cologne from 1968 to 1972 .

Fulbert Steffensky held his first professorship for educational science from 1972 to 1975 at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences , before moving to the University of Hamburg in 1975 as professor for religious education in the educational science department , where he worked until 1998.

At the 32nd Evangelical Church Congress in Bremen in 2009 , Steffensky called for a communion between Catholic and Protestant Christians during the 2nd Ecumenical Church Congress in Munich 2010. Today Fulbert Steffensky lives with his second wife, the Roman Catholic. Theologian Li Hangartner in Central Switzerland, in Lucerne.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Thoughts on the relationship between Church and Judaism. In: Erbe und Einsatz , Vol. 43 (1967), pp. 59–63.
  • God and man - master and servant? Authoritarian religion and human liberation in the religion book. Furche, Hamburg 1973, ISBN 3-7730-0152-5 .
  • Celebration of life. Kreuz, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7831-0733-4 .
  • Where faith can dwell. Kreuz, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-7831-0957-4 .
  • The house that manages the dreams. Echter, Würzburg 1998, ISBN 3-429-01997-4 .
  • The everyday charm of faith. Echter, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-429-02435-8 .
  • The Ten Commandments. Instructions for the land of freedom. Echter, Würzburg 2003 ISBN 3-429-02512-5 .
  • together with Dorothee Sölle : Loosen the fetters of injustice. Sermons. Kreuz, Freiburg im Breisgau 2004, ISBN 3-7831-2522-7 .
  • Black bread spirituality. Radius, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-87173-325-3 .
  • For Protestant and Catholic sermons. In: Imprimatur, Trier 6/2006.
  • Courage to be finite. To die in a society of victors. Radius, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-87173-369-7 .
  • Celebration of Life: Spirituality in Everyday Life. Kreuz, Freiburg im Breisgau 2009, ISBN 978-3-7831-3401-8 .
  • Memory - Hope: the siblings of the moment. Romero house Lucerne, 2010
  • The treasure in the field: Conversations with the Bible. Radius, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-87173-916-3 .
  • A strange happy month: 24 Advent poems, 24 Advent stories. Radius, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-87173-924-8 .
  • Daring belief. Radius, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-87173-940-8 .
  • Home cave religion. A hospitality for conflicting thoughts. Radius, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-87173-982-8 .
  • Places of faith. The seven works of mercy. Radius, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-87173-177-8 .
  • Home cave religion. A hospitality for conflicting thoughts. Radius, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 3-87173-651-1 .
  • Fragments of hope. Radius, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-87173-600-1 .

literature

  • Matthias Mettner (ed.): Against the luxury of hopelessness. Dorothee Sölle - Fulbert Steffensky. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-451-04257-6 .

Web links

Commons : Fulbert Steffensky  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WDR 5 from June 23, 2011 (see web link).
personal data
SURNAME Steffensky, Fulbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Rehlingen , Saar area