Günter Meckenstock

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Günter Albert Meckenstock (born January 22, 1948 in Wuppertal ; † July 10, 2020 ) was a Protestant theologian and professor of systematic theology as well as director of the Schleiermacher Research Center of the Theological Faculty at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .

Life

Günter Meckenstock studied Protestant theology , philosophy and history in Frankfurt am Main , Münster , Bonn , Göttingen , Munich and Kiel . In 1973 he passed the first theological exam in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover , and a year later he received his doctorate in theology from the Georg-August University in Göttingen . From 1974 to 1976 he worked as vicar in Rotenburg (Wümme) , from 1976 to 1978 as pastor in Osnabrück . From 1979 to 1981 he held a teaching position at the University of Education in Kiel, and in 1983 he received his doctorate in philosophy from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1986 he completed his habilitation in the field of systematic theology in Kiel.

From 1986 to 1990 he taught as a private lecturer and from 1990 to 1994 as an associate professor at the theological faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. From 1994 Günter Meckenstock was Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Schleiermacher Research Center at the Theological Faculty in Kiel.

From 2004 he was a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . He was co-editor of the Critical Complete Edition of Friedrich Schleiermacher's works.

He last lived in Naumburg (Saale) .

Works

  • The five-fold scheme in JG Fichte's writings from 1804–1806 . Göttingen, 1974.
  • Sensible Unit: An Inquiry into Fichte's Doctrine of Science . Frankfurt am Main, 1983 ISBN 3-8204-5264-8 .
  • Deterministic Ethics and Critical Theology . Berlin, 1988 ISBN 3-11-011155-1 .
  • Business ethics . Berlin, 1997 ISBN 3-11-015559-1 .
  • Christianity. Be in conflict. Self-perception for the discussion of religions , Berlin, 2008 ISBN 978-3-11-019123-3 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death , in: Central German newspaper Naumburg / Nebta of 14 July 2020th
personal data
SURNAME Meckenstock, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meckenstock, Günter Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2020