George Lindbeck

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George Arthur Lindbeck (born March 10, 1923 in Luoyang , China - † January 8, 2018 ) was an American Lutheran theologian and professor at Yale University .

Live and act

In 1955, Lindbeck received his doctorate from Yale University, based on a study on the medieval theologian John Duns Scotus . He taught at Yale Divinity School until he retired in 1993.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000).

Ecumenical activities

Lindbeck took part in the Second Vatican Council as the official observer of the Lutheran World Federation . Later he was chairman of the Joint Roman Catholic / Evangelical Lutheran Commission. As such, he signed the statements and reports of this commission, the German version of which is printed in the anthology Documents of Growing Agreement.

Scientific importance

His book The Nature of Doctrine from 1984 (German: Christian teaching as grammar of faith , 1994) is particularly important for scientific theology , in which he develops a cultural-language approach in the reception of the language game theory of the late Ludwig Wittgenstein and the understanding of religion by Clifford Geertz who understands Christian teaching as a system of rules.

Reception in German-speaking countries

Around 2000 three German-language monographs on Lindbeck's work were published, a diploma thesis in Catholic theology at the University of Münster (Deeken), a dissertation in Catholic theology at the University of Salzburg (Eckerstorfer) and a dissertation in Catholic theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Georgen (Tambour).

Works

  • Dialogue on the go. An evangelical inventory for the council. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1965
  • The Nature of Doctrine. Religion and Theology in a Post-Liberal Age. Philadelphia 1984
    • The Nature of Doctrine, 25th Anniversary Edition: Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age , Westminster Press 2009.
    • Christian teaching as the grammar of faith. Religion and Theology in the Post-Liberal Age. Gütersloh 1994 (German translation of "The Nature of Doctrine")

literature

  • Andreas Deeken: Belief without justification? On the concept of rationality in George Lindbeck's draft of a post-liberal theology. LIT Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8258-3878-1
  • Andreas Eckerstorfer: Church in the postmodern world. George Lindbeck's contribution to a new definition of relationships. Innsbruck / Vienna 2001.
  • Hans-Joachim Tambour: Theological Pragmatism. Semiotic reflections on George A. Lindbeck's cultural-linguistic approach. LIT Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6522-3
  • Klaus von Stosch : Faith comes from hearing . The modification of open exclusivism by George A. Lindbeck, in: ders .: Comparative theology as a guide in the world of religions. Paderborn 2012. pp. 76-85.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kris Lindbeck: My father passed away yesterday afternoon, slipping so quietly from sleep to death that I, preparing for the semester on my laptop, did not realize it, and the hospice nurse needed to check with her stethoscope. As good as death can be. ( en ) January 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Book of Members. Retrieved July 23, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Harding Meyer , Hans Jörg Urban, Lukas Vischer (ed.): Documents growing agreement. All reports and consensus texts of interdenominational discussions at world level. 1931-1982. Paderborn / Frankfurt a. M. 1983, 248-357.
personal data
SURNAME Lindbeck, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindbeck, George Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Lutheran theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Luoyang , China
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2018