Gerhard Liedke

Gerhard Liedke (2010)

Gerhard Liedke (born December 18, 1937 in Karlsruhe ) is a Protestant theologian .

Career

Gerhard Liedke studied theology from 1956 to 1962 in Bethel , Hamburg , Tübingen and Heidelberg . After the first theological exam he was vicar in Schopfheim / Wiesental , after the second theological exam in 1964 he was director of studies at the Theological Study House in Heidelberg and from 1966 to 1969 university assistant at the chair for the philosophy of religion ( Georg Picht ) in Heidelberg. Liedke received his doctorate in theology from Claus Westermann in 1968 at Heidelberg University in the field of Old Testament and was a research assistant at the research facility of the Evangelical Study Group (FEST) in Heidelberg in the fields of "Natural Science-Theology" and "Peace Research" from 1968 to 1978 . In 1969/1970 he was seconded to the nuclear research center in Karlsruhe . From 1972 he co-founded a new, ecologically oriented theology of creation .

From 1978 to 1982 Gerhard Liedke was pastor of the evangelical Wicherngemeinde in Heidelberg, 1982 to 1989 first full-time environmental officer of the Evangelical Church of Baden ; his main project was “Ecological balance in the parish”. At the German Evangelical Church Congress from 1983 to 1991 he led Bible studies. From 1989 to 1995 he was pastor in the Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim Peace Community . His last professional position until his retirement in 2000 was the management and teaching of homiletics at the Petersstift in Heidelberg, the preacher's seminary of the Baden regional church.

Gerhard Liedke has been married to Marion Liedke, b. Master. The couple has two daughters and lives in Heidelberg-Kirchheim .

Publications

• Form and designation of Old Testament legal clauses. A formal and terminological study. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1971 (WMANT 39).
• Report on Peace Research. Karlsruhe 1971 (Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe IAR-2 / 71-1, 388 pages)
• From exploitation to cooperation. Theological-philosophical reflections on the problem of environmental protection. In: E. von Weizsäcker (Ed.): Human ecology and environmental protection. Stuttgart / Munich 1972 (Studies on Peace Research 8), pp. 36–45.
• Nuclear energy and the order of creation. in: W. Lienemann, U.Ratsch, A.Schuke, F.Solms (eds.): Alternative possibilities for energy policy Volume I. Heidelberg 1977, pp. 34–54.
• In the belly of the fish. Ecological theology. Stuttgart 1979.
• Animal Ethics - Biblical Perspectives. In: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik, 29th year, issue 2, 1985, pp. 160-173.
• No tower in Basel. The conciliar process for justice, peace and the integrity of creation in 1989. Karlsruhe 1989.
• Numerous sermon studies in: Neue Calwer Predigthilfen (NCP) and: Sermon Studies (PrSt) from 1981 to 1999.

editor

• Peace Bible Church. Stuttgart / Munich 1972 (Studies on Peace Research 9).
• Science and theology, texts and commentaries. Neukirchen 1974 (1st edition), 1981 (4th edition) ( border talks 6, with Helmut Aichelin).
• Christianity and Militarism. Stuttgart / Munich 1974 (Studies on Peace Research 13, with Wolfgang Huber ).
• Eschatology and peace. Volume I-III, Heidelberg 1978 (texts and materials of the FEST, series A No. 5-8).
• Construction site worship. The religious meal in the scientific and technical world. Heidelberg 1978 (C. Buddeberg, D. Langmaack, E. Leinert and E. Reccius).
• Manifesto for Reconciliation with Nature. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1984 (with G. Altner, K.-M.Meyer-Abich, AMK Müller, UE Simonis).
• "Concerns creation". Ecology in the parish. Inventory and opportunities for change. Karlsruhe 1986 (observation guide, ecological advice: building-energy-water-waste / garbage-administration-cleaning-kitchen / catering-outdoor facilities-traffic / transport-kindergarten)
• “Shalom - The Liberation of Creation, Justice for Men, Peace for the Nations.” A biblical working aid for the conciliar process. Stuttgart 1987 (with Ulrich Duchrow ; translation into English: Geneva 1989, translation into Dutch: s'Gravenhage 1989).

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Liedke in the catalog of the German National Library