Herman Johan Selderhuis

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herman Johan Selderhuis (born May 21, 1961 in Enschede ) is a Dutch theologian of the Reformed Confession.

Life

Herman Johan Selderhuis studied from 1980 to 1987 Protestant theology at the Theological University of the Christian Reformed Churches in the Netherlands to Apeldoorn . From 1987 to 1997 he was a pastor in several parishes. In 1994 he was with a dissertation on the subject of marriage and divorce in Martin Bucer ( Huwelijk en echtscheiding bij Martin Bucer :, English edition. Marriage and Divorce in the thought of Martin Bucer , 1999) graduated .

In 1997 he was appointed professor of church history and canon law at the Theological University of Apeldoorn , where he became director of the Institute for Reformation Research. From 2010 to 2017 he was scientific curator of the Johannes a Lasco library in Emden . He is the chairman of the Netherlands Association for Church History.

Selderhuis was the initiator of Refo500 , a foundation that wants to raise public awareness of the importance of the Reformation for the present in the run-up to 2017, the five hundredth anniversary of the posting of the theses by Marin Luther. Selderhuis has been the foundation director since the foundation was established in December 2009.

Act

Selderhuis is regarded as an authority on Reformation research, especially in researching the person and theology of the Geneva reformer Johannes Calvin . Selderhuis tries to correct the image of Calvin as that of a sinister, puritanical fanatic by interpreting Calvin's actions from his biography and historical events. Selderhuis points out that Calvin occupies a less important position among the great reformers, for example compared to Luther. But its importance for Reformed theology is "more normative" than that of Luther for the Lutheran tradition.

Fonts (selection)

  • God in the middle. Calvin's Theology of the Psalms . Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig 2004.
  • John Calvin. Human being between confidence and doubt. Gütersloh publishing house, Gütersloh 2009.
  • Calvin Handbook. JCB Mohr, Tübingen 2009.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Selderhuis, Herman Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch theologian of the Reformed Creed
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Enschede