Heinrich Balz

Heinrich Balz (born September 11, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German Protestant theologian .

Life

From 1957 to 1971 Balz studied in Freiburg im Breisgau , Basel , Tübingen and Paris (April 24, 1970 Dr. phil. ( Romance studies ) in Tübingen). From 1970 to 1972 he was an assistant at Peter Beyerhaus in Tübingen. After receiving his doctorate in systematic theology and hermeneutics in Tübingen in 1974 ( Einkehr in das Wort? Ernst Fuchs - a chapter on communication and hermeneutics ), he was a lecturer at the Theological College Nyasoso of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon from 1973 to 1983 . From 1983 to 1985 he was parish priest in Heilbronn - Böckingen . After his habilitation in 1985 for the history of religion and missiology, he became professor in 1985 for religious studies, missiology and ecumenics at the Church University of Berlin , and from 1993 at the Humboldt University in Berlin . Since 1998 he has been Professor of Systematic Theology at the Theological Faculty of Makumira University College , Tumaini University of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. He was visiting professor at the theological faculty of the Kimbanguist Church in Lutendele- Kinshasa .

Fonts (selection)

• Aragon, Malraux, Camus. Correction to literary engagement (= language and literature . Volume 56). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1970, OCLC 898842991 (also dissertation, Tübingen 1970).
• Theological models of communication. Bastian, Kraemer, Nida (= missiological research . Volume 12). Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1978, ISBN 3-579-04398-6 .
• Where the faith has to live. Studies in Bakossi society and religion . Reimer, Berlin 1995 (also habilitation thesis, Heidelberg 1985).
  • Part 1. Living together . ISBN 3-496-02563-8 .
  • Part 2. The living, the dead and god. Chapters 1 and 2 . ISBN 3-496-02564-6 .
  • Part 2. The living, the dead and god. Chapters 3 and 4 . ISBN 3-496-02564-6 .
• Enjoyed in the bush. Narrative and theological letters from Cameroon . Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-87214-276-3 .
• New faith and traditional religion. Three sermons preached in Bakossi in July 1995 in the 99th year after the opening of Nyasoso station . Selignow, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-933889-12-X .
• Enjoyed on the river and on the mountain. From Kimbanguists and Lutherans in Africa . Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2005, ISBN 3-87214-612-2 .
• Mission, theology, hermeneutics. Lectures and essays (= missiological research. New series . Volume 25). Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2008, ISBN 978-3-87214-355-6 .
• The beginning of faith. Theology of Mission and the Young Churches . Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2010, ISBN 978-3-87214-620-5 .
• Morgenhügel and Luther in the Congo. Letters from Kimbeimbe . Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2012, ISBN 978-3-87214-534-5 .
• Ngoe - Osiris - Aeneas. Three studies on founders and ancestors (= religious studies. Research and science . Volume 11). LIT, Berlin / Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-643-12471-5 .
• Mission theology and intercultural theology. A postscript on The Beginning of Faith, Theology of Mission, and the Young Churches . Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2014, ISBN 9783872146267 .
• "Mission object" and independent church. A re-reading by G. Warneck, J. Schmidlin and M. Kähler (= Missionswissenschaftliche Forschungen. New series . Volume 33). Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2016, ISBN 9783872143631 .
• Why Robinson Didn't Stay Home. European expansion, world exploration and mission (= contributions to missiology and intercultural theology . Volume 39). LIT, Berlin / Münster 2017, ISBN 978-3-643-13836-1 .

literature

• Jürgen Thiesbonenkamp, ​​Helgard Cochois (Ed.): Detours and companions. Festschrift for Heinrich Balz's 65th birthday . Erlanger Verlag for Mission and Ecumenism, Neuendettelsau 2003, ISBN 3-87214-605-X .

Web links

• Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. theol. Heinrich Balz