Hans G. Kippenberg

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Hans G. Kippenberg

Hans Gerhard Kippenberg (born February 5, 1939 ) is a German religious scholar .

biography

Kippenberg is the son of Ernst August Kippenberg (born February 3, 1901, † January 29, 1996) and Anna Elise Kippenberg, b. Brodmann (born November 13, 1902, † September 15, 1996); He attended elementary school and grammar school in Bremen and studied Protestant theology , religious history, Semitic and Iranian languages at the University of Marburg , the University of Tübingen , the University of Göttingen , the University of Leeds and the Free University of Berlin .

His sister, Sabine Goepfert-Kippenberg, was President of the Catholic Women's Association from 1976 to 1988.

From 1964 to 1967 he was a repetitionist for general religious history at the Bremen study house of the theological faculty in Göttingen. Kippenberg received his doctorate in 1969 from the Theological Faculty of the University of Göttingen . From 1969 to 1977 he was assistant professor for general religious history at the Free University of Berlin. In 1975 he qualified as a professor for general religious history in the philosophy and social sciences department of the Free University of Berlin. In 1977 he was appointed to the chair for religious studies with a focus on general religious history and comparative religious studies at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. From 1989 to 2004 he taught religious studies with a focus on the history and theory of religions at the University of Bremen , and he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Groningen. After retiring from the University of Bremen, he was appointed professor of wisdom for comparative religious studies at Jacobs University Bremen .

From 1984 to 1986 he was dean of the theological faculty at the University of Groningen and from 1995 to 1998 dean of the cultural studies department at the University of Bremen.

Kippenberg was co-editor of the journal NVMEN - International Review for the History of Religions . He is currently co-editor of the Journal of Religion in Europe and of Religious History Studies and Preparatory Work .

In 1987 Kippenberg was a fellow at the Netherland's Institute for Advanced Study in Wassenaar , 1991/92 at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin , 1994 at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, 1995 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at Bielefeld University . From 1998 to 2009 he was a fellow at the Max Weber College in Erfurt. He was visiting professor at the University of Heidelberg (Weber Chair), at the University of Chicago and the Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv .

From 1993 to 2000 he was first first and then second chairman of the German Association for Religious Studies .

Research areas

His work focuses on ancient religions, Judaism , Christianity , Islam , the sociology of religion , the history of religious studies and Max Weber's sociology of religion.

With the increasing presence of religions in modern culture, Kippenberg's areas of work shifted from theology to religious studies and then to modern social forms of religion. He edited the religion section in Max Weber's Economy and Society and was co-editor of the September 11, 2001 spiritual guidance to the assassins. A presentation on this document at a conference in Bangladesh sparked controversy. In 2008 his book Violence as Worship followed. Wars of Religion in the Age of Globalization ; Based on eight spectacular cases, it explains why religious communities (Jewish, Christian, Islamic) became violent in the course of conflicts. The book received widespread public attention and is also distributed by the Federal Agency for Political Education .

Fonts (selection)

  • as editor: Seminar: The emergence of the ancient class society (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft. 130). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-518-07730-9 .
  • Religion and Class Formation in Ancient Judea. A study of the sociology of religion on the relationship between tradition and social development (= studies on the environment of the New Testament. 14). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 1978, ISBN 3-525-53366-7 (2nd, extended edition, ibid. 1982; translations into Japanese and Portuguese; also: Berlin, Freie Universität, dissertation, 1975).
  • as editor with Brigitte Luchesi: Magic. The Social Science Controversy About Understanding Other Thoughts. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-518-06107-0 .
  • as editor with the participation of Karola Kippenberg-Schwarz: Johann Jakob Bachofen : Mother Law and Original Religion. Using the selection made by Rudolf Marx (= Kröner's pocket edition . 52). 6th, expanded edition. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-520-05206-7 .
  • The Near Eastern religions of redemption in their connection with the ancient city rule. Heidelberg Max Weber Lectures 1988 (= Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft. 917). Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-518-28517-3 .
  • The discovery of the history of religion. Religious Studies and Modernity. CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42882-7 (translations into French, English, Italian and Japanese).
  • with Kocku von Stuckrad : Introduction to Religious Studies. Objects and concepts. CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50207-5 .
  • as editor with Tilman Seidensticker : The 9/11 Handbook. Annotated Translation and Interpretation of the Attackers' Spiritual Manual. Equinox, London et al. 2006, ISBN 1-84553-129-9 .
  • Violence as a service. Wars of religion in the age of globalization. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 3-406-49466-8 .
  • as editor: Max Weber : Religious Communities (= Max Weber: Complete Edition. Dept. 1: Writings and Speeches. Vol. 22: Economy and Society. Part. 2). Mohr (Siebeck), Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-16-147562-3 .

student

Astrid Reuter and Kocku von Stuckrad are among Hans G. Kippenberg's important students .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.frauenbund-basel: President KFB 1912–2012 In: Calendar of Catholic Women's Association, Chronicle .
personal data
SURNAME Kippenberg, Hans G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kippenberg, Hans Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious scholar
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1939