Jörg Dierken

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Jörg Dierken (* 1959 ) is a German Protestant theologian and since 2010 Professor of Systematic Theology with a focus on ethics at the Theological Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg .

biography

Dierken studied theology and philosophy at the Universities of Göttingen , Heidelberg and Frankfurt am Main . In 1987 he received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on Hegel's philosophy of religion (see also: Philosophy of Religion ). He then completed a vicariate in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg . With a scholarship from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation , Dierken was able to complete his habilitation in 1994. He then became a private lecturer for systematic theology at the University of Frankfurt am Main.

From 1995 to 2010 Dierken was Professor of Systematic Theology with a focus on ethics and religious philosophy at the University of Hamburg and at the same time from 2005 to 2008 founding dean of the Faculty of Humanities .

Jörg Dierken has been teaching as professor for systematic theology / ethics at the theological faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg since 2010 . From 2010 to 2014 he was the spokesman for the Saxony-Anhalt state research focus on Enlightenment - Religion - Knowledge. Transformations of the religious and the rational in the modern age and from 2014 to 2016 dean of the theological faculty.

Dierken is co-editor of the Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Friedrich Schleiermacher , published by De Gruyter . At the same time, he is co-editor of the Schleiermacher archive that accompanies the complete edition.

Research priorities

Jörg Dierken's main research areas include the fundamentals of theological ethics and current material ethical problems, especially in medicine and biopolitics as well as in law and economics. He also devotes himself to the religious-philosophical present-day significance of the Enlightenment and German idealism , the questions of subjectivity and intersubjectivity, and the connection between Protestantism and modern culture.

Memberships

Publications

Monographs

  • God and Religion. On the relationship between theology and religious consciousness in Hegel's philosophy of religion. Dissertation. Heidelberg 1987.
  • Church: Holy Communion or Institute of Christ? Aspects of ecclesiology AFC Vilmars and A. Ritschls. Heidelberg 1989.
  • Official acts in the national church. On the theological handling of casual piety. Theological Publishing House, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-290-10815-5 .
  • Belief and Doctrine in Modern Protestantism. Studies on the relationship between religious execution and theological determination in Barth and Bultmann as well as Hegel and Schleiermacher. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1996, ISBN 3-16-146476-1 .
  • Self-awareness of individual freedom. Religious-theoretical explorations from a Protestant perspective. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 978-3-16-148810-8 .
  • Advances in the History of Religion? Acquisition of an Enlightenment figure of thought. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-374-02987-7 .
  • Wholeness and counterfactuality. Religion in the social sphere. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-16153329-7 .
  • God and money. Resemblance in conflict. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-155452-0 .

Editorships

  • Together with Stephan Albrecht, Harald Freese, Corinna Hößle: Stem Cell Research - Debate between Ethics, Politics and Business. University Press, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-9808223-5-4 .
  • Together with Dietrich Korsch: subjectivity in context. Explorations in conversation with Dieter Henrich . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 978-3-16-148207-6 .
  • Together with Christian Danz, Michael Murrmann-Kahl: Religion between justification and criticism. Perspectives of Philosophical Theology. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-631-53882-1 .
  • Freedom and human dignity. Studies on the Contribution of Protestantism. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-16148769-9 .
  • Together with Arnulf von Scheliha : Freedom and human dignity. Studies on the Contribution of Protestantism. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-16-148769-9 .
  • Together with Andreas Stuhlmann: Humanities on the offensive. Hamburg location regulations. European Publishing House, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-434-50621-8 .
  • Together with Christian Polke: Falk Wagner . Christianity in the modern age. Selected essays. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-16-151953-6 .
  • Together with Malte Dominik Krüger: Body-related soul? Interdisciplinary exploration of a barely comprehensible term. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-16-153573-4 .
  • Together with Dirk Evers: Religion and Politics. Historical and current constellations create an exciting network. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-631-70114-0 .
  • Together with Andreas Arndt : Friedrich Schleiermacher's Hermeneutics. Interpretations and perspectives. De Gruyter, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045491-8 .
  • Together with Arnulf von Scheliha: Man and his soul. Education - piety - aesthetics. Files from the International Congress of the Schleiermacher Society in Münster, September 2015. De Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-046831-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State research focus on Enlightenment - Religion - Knowledge.
  2. ^ Complete critical edition by Friedrich Schleiermacher.
  3. ^ Schleiermacher archive.
  4. ↑ Text as PDF file.
personal data
SURNAME Dierken, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1959