Heinz-Werner Kubitza

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Heinz-Werner Kubitza (born June 20, 1961 in Hermeskeil near Trier ) is a German author and doctor of theology . He is the founder of Tectum Verlag .

Life

After attending secondary school and completing secondary school, Kubitza moved to the upper level of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Trier, where he graduated from high school in 1981. During his school days he was active as a group leader for church youth work . He then studied Protestant theology and philosophy at the Lutheran Theological University in Oberursel , as well as in Tübingen, Bonn and Marburg. Kubitza obtained his doctorate in Protestant theology under Erich Geldbach in 1991 . As a student he was a delegate and liaison student of the Marburg Evangelical Student Community.

After completing his studies, Kubitza founded the Tectum Verlag in Marburg , which primarily publishes scientific books, and was its owner from its foundation until the beginning of 2017. Since 2011 the publisher has also had a section entitled “Criticism of Religion and Humanism”, which Kubitza was in charge of directly.

In 2001, Kubitza left the church. Since 2011 he has been an author of non-fiction critical of religion and Christianity.

Kubitza is a member of the advisory boards of the Giordano Bruno Foundation , the Stefan George Society, the Society for Critical Philosophy Nuremberg and the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parasciences .

Positions

Kubitza represents a naturalistic humanism . For him the Bible is the most overrated book in world literature, and Jesus of Nazareth is the most overrated person in world history. Generally binding values, basic and human rights cannot and must not be derived from ancient religious writings, Lessing is more important than Paul .

In 2015 he published an article on his book Der Dogmenwahn: Scheinprobleme der Theologie in Tagesspiegel . Wrong ways of a presumptuous science , in which he criticized that theology was a curiosity at modern universities and that 280 million euros were spent annually on "mythology" and "believing science" in 31 departments at German state universities.

Publications (selection)

  • History of the Protestant student community in Marburg . Tectum, Marburg 1992 (= Dissertation 1992, 2nd edition 2016), ISBN 978-3-8288-3848-2 .
  • The Jesus madness. How the Christians created their God for themselves. The disenchantment of a world religion through scientific research . Tectum, Marburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8288-2435-5 .
  • Seduced youth. A criticism of the Youcat youth catechism. Sensible answers to Catholic questions. Tectum, Marburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8288-2800-1 .
  • The dogma madness. Sham problems of theology. Wrong paths of a presumptuous science . Tectum, Marburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8288-3500-9 .
  • The delusion of faith. From the beginnings of religious extremism in the Old Testament . Tectum, Marburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8288-3849-9 .
  • Jesus without kitsch: Errors and contradictions of a son of God, Tectum, Marburg 2019, ISBN 978-3828843394 .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ A b c Giordano Bruno Foundation: Kubitza, Heinz-Werner. (Short biography) Retrieved on March 4, 2015 (German).
  2. ↑ Michael Blume: The Jesuswahn by Heinz-Werner Kubitza. (Review) In: SciLogs. July 1, 2011, accessed March 5, 2015 (German).
  3. ↑ Heinz-Werner Kubitza: The dogma delusion. Sham problems of theology. Wrong paths of a presumptuous science . Tectum, Marburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8288-3500-9
  4. ↑ Heinz-Werner Kubitza: Is theology a science? Teaching under monument protection. Der Tagesspiegel, April 4, 2015, accessed on May 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kubitza, Heinz-Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, author, publisher and owner of Tectum Verlag
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Hermeskeil