Jörg Thierfelder
Jörg Thierfelder (born February 28, 1938 in Stuttgart ) is a German church historian and religious educator .
Thierfelder is pastor of the Württemberg regional church . After studying Protestant theology in Tübingen and Berlin and the vicariate , he became a student pastor in Esslingen in 1968 .
He did his doctorate in 1973 at the University of Tübingen under Klaus Scholder on " The Church Unification Work of the Württemberg State Bishop Theophil Wurm ". From 1968 on he was an assistant, later a lecturer and professor at the Pedagogical University of Esslingen . From 1981 to 2002 he was Professor of Protestant Theology and Religious Education at the Heidelberg University of Education . In 1989 he became a lecturer at the Diaconal Science Institute at Heidelberg University . In 1981 he was appointed honorary professor at Heidelberg University. His main research interests are the Evangelical Church in the time of National Socialism , with a special focus on southwest Germany and the relationship between Jews and Christians in the Third Reich. Thierfelder is co-author and editor of the course book series Religion. He lives in Denkendorf near Stuttgart.
Jörg Thierfelder is a corresponding member of the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg .
Web links and literature
- The Church Unification Work of the Württemberg State Bishop Theophil Wurm (1975). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen .
- Evangelical Church between the Cross and the Swastika (together with Eberhard Röhm) (1990). Calwer, Stuttgart 1981, 1983, 4th, unchanged. Ed., ISBN 3-7668-0688-2
- Collapse and a new beginning - the Evangelical Church after 1945 using the example of Württemberg (1995). Quell Verlag, Stuttgart
- Tradition and Renewal Protestantism in Southwest Germany. Studies on contemporary ecclesiastical history, ed. Volker Herrmann u. Christoph Mehl (1998). Deutscher Studienverlag, Weinheim [1]
- Jews-Christians-Germans (together with Eberhard Röhm ) (1990–2006). 4 volumes in 7 sub-volumes. Calwer, Stuttgart 1990-2007, ISBN 978-3-7668-3934-3 (Vol. 1–4.2), 3-7668-3934-9 (Vol. 1–4.2) [2]
- Lived responsibility-faith and learning in history. Studies on Contemporary Church History II, ed. v. Volker Herrmann u. Hans-Georg Ulrichs (2004). Mattes Verlag, Heidelberg [3]
- The Evangelical Church in Württemberg in the time of National Socialism. In: Manfred Gailus / Wolfgang Krogel (eds.). From the Babylonian captivity of the Church in the National. Regional studies on Protestantism, National Socialism and post-war history 1930–2000 (2006). Wichern Verlag, Berlin p. 447-469. [4]
- The Baden regional church in the time of National Socialism - Adapting and Resisting (2005). In Gerhard Schwinge (ed.). The Evangelical Church in Baden during the Third Reich (Volume 6). PV Medien Verlag Karlsruhe p. 287-366. [5]
- History of the Churches (together with Herbert Gutschera and Joachim Maier) (2006). An ecumenical non-fiction book with pictures Herder Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna [6]
- Focal points of church history (together with Herbert Gutschera) (1976). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn. [7]
- Jörg Thierfelder on the Heidelberg University website
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SURNAME | Thierfelder, Jörg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious educator |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |