Henning Wrogemann

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Henning Wrogemann (born February 10, 1964 in Ebstorf ) is a German Protestant theologian and holder of the chair for religious studies and intercultural theology at the Wuppertal / Bethel Church University . He is also head of the Institute for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (IITIS) .

Life

Between 1985 and 1991, Wrogemann studied Protestant theology , history and philosophy at the Lutheran Theological University in Oberursel and the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg . From 1991 he worked as a research assistant and academic assistant at the Institute for the History of Religions and Mission Studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg at the chair of Theo Sundermeier , where he received his doctorate in 1995.

From 1996 to 1998 he went through the vicariate and then took up his pastoral work in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover . From 2002 he was a lecturer for missions and religious studies at the mission seminar of the Evangelical Lutheran Missionswerk in Lower Saxony (ELM), Hermannsburg and recognized lecturer at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and the Stavanger Missionary School in Norway . In cooperation with the Norwegian university, he participated in the master's program MA in Theology and Mission Studies .

He completed his habilitation in 2005 in missiology and religious studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Since 2007 he has been professor for missiology, religious studies and ecumenics at the Church University of Wuppertal / Bethel. The chair was renamed to Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology in 2018. His main research interests are theology of mission and interreligious dialogue, intercultural theology and hermeneutics, Islamic da'wa (call to Islam) and Christian-Islamic relations in the present.

Wrogemann is editor of the series Contributions to Mission Studies / Intercultural Theology (together with John G. Flett ) as well as co-editor of the journals Evangelische Theologie , Theologische Literaturzeitung and proclamation and research .

Works

Monographs

  • Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology (Textbook Evangelical Theology, Volume 10), Leipzig 2020, ISBN 978-3-374-05492-3 .
  • Intercultural Theology, Volume 3, A Theology of Interreligious Relations (Missiological Engagements), Downers Grove (IL): InterVarsity Press 2019, ISBN 978-0-8308-5099-0 .
  • Intercultural Theology, Volume 2, Theologies of Mission (Missiological Engagements), Downers Grove (IL): InterVarsity Press 2018, ISBN 978-0-8308-5098-3 .
  • Mission studies on the go. Intercultural and interreligious perspectives , Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-374-05292-9 .
  • Intercultural Theology, Volume 1, Intercultural Hermeneutics (Missiological Engagements), Downers Grove (IL): InterVarsity Press 2016, ISBN 978-0-8308-5097-6 .
  • Muslims and Christians in civil society. Religious validity claims and the question of tolerance from a religious and missionary perspective , Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-374-04588-4 .
  • Theology of Interreligious Relationships. Religious theological ways of thinking, cultural studies inquiries and a new methodological approach. Textbook Intercultural Theology / Mission Studies, Volume 3, Gütersloh 2015, ISBN 978-3-579-08143-4 .
  • Mission theologies of the present. Global developments, contextual profiles and ecumenical challenges. Textbook Intercultural Theology / Mission Studies, Volume 2, Gütersloh 2013, ISBN 978-3-579-08142-7 .
  • Intercultural theology and hermeneutics. Basic questions, current examples, theoretical perspectives . Textbook Intercultural Theology / Mission Studies', Volume 1, Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-08141-0 .
  • The beautiful gospel in the midst of cultures and religions: Forays into the field of missionary and religious studies , Erlangen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-87214-623-6 .
  • To reflect the shine: of the meaning of the Christian mission, its sources of strength and forms of expression. Intercultural impulses for German contexts , Frankfurt / M., 2009, ISBN 978-3-87476-606-7 .
  • Religions in conversation. Hinduism - Buddhism - Islam: A workbook on interreligious learning , Calw, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7668-4031-8 .
  • Missionary Islam and social dialogue. A study on the justification and practice of the call to Islam (da'wa) in the international Sunni discourse , Frankfurt / M., 2006, ISBN 978-3-87476-489-6 .
  • Mission and Religion in Contemporary Systematic Theology. The understanding of missions of German-speaking Protestant dogmatists in the 20th century , Göttingen (Studies on Systematic and Ecumenical Theology, Vol. 79), 1997, ISBN 3-525-56285-3 .

As editor (selection)

  • with Daniel Cyranka : Religion - Power - Space: Religious claims to power and their media representations (publications of the Scientific Society for Theology, VWGTh 56), Leipzig 2018, ISBN 978-3-374-05754-2 .
  • with Claudia Währisch-Oblau: Witchcraft, Demons and Deliverance. A Global Conversation on an Intercultural Challenge , Contributions to Mission Studies / Intercultural Theology, Volume 32, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-90657-1 .
  • Theology in freedom and commitment. Profile of the Church University of Wuppertal / Bethel , Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7887-2583-9 .
  • The visibility of the Christian faith. Church and theology in public , Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2010, ISBN 978-3-7887-2478-8 .
  • India - melting pot of religions or competition between missions? Protestant mission in India since its beginnings in Tranquebar (1706) and the mission of other denominations and religions. Historical perspectives and current challenges , Frankfurt am Main / Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-0914-0 .
  • with Benjamin Simon: Konviviale Theologie - Festgabe for Theo Sundermeier on his 70th birthday , Frankfurt am Main, 2005, ISBN 3-87476-477-X .
  • with C. Dahling-Sander, A. Schultze and D. Werner: Guideline Ecumenical Mission Theology , Gütersloh, 2003, ISBN 3-579-05395-7 .

Functions and memberships (selection)

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personal data
SURNAME Wrogemann, Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebstorf