J. Thomas Hörnig

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Johannes Thomas Hörnig (born November 19, 1956 in Dresden ) is a German theologian and professor of Protestant theology at the Protestant University of Ludwigsburg .

Life

Thomas Hörnig was born on November 19, 1956 in Dresden. At the age of 19 he began studying social pedagogy and Protestant theology in Tübingen. After graduating, he worked as an “Ecumenical Education Assistant” at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute , the study center of the World Council of Churches. In 1990 he received his doctorate from the free Protestant faculty in Geneva with a thesis on the American Sunday School movement . His habilitation took place in 2011 with a thesis on the early history of the Inner Mission at the Church University in Wuppertal / Bethel. The work was supervised by Professors Matthias Benad and Hans-Walter Schmuhl .

From 1991 he worked as a pastor in Mühlacker -Dürrmenz. In 2001 he moved to Tübingen , where he held the university pastoral position I. He has been at the Evangelical University of Ludwigsburg since 2009, and was appointed professor on January 1, 2015.

Thomas Hörnig is married and has three children.

Teaching

Hörnig's scientific focus is on religious education , diaconal science and diversity . He is the head of the diaconal studies course and leads the deacon training at the university. His research focuses on the history of diakonia, disability history and diversity.

Works

  • 2017: "One should drown the changeling or the keel cap [...]." Martin Luther and the so-called disabled people. Revised version of the author's inaugural lecture at the Evangelical University of Ludwigsburg on December 10, 2015. (In preparation)
  • (in cooperation with Thomas Fliege and Stephanie A. Hörnig): Intercultural social work: Possibilities and limits of cooperation between denominational welfare organizations - an evangelical perspective. In: Rauf Ceylan, Michael Kiefer (Ed.): Economization and secularization. New challenges for denominational welfare in Germany. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2017.
  • History of diakonia - a critical approach from a poverty perspective. In: Johannes Eurich , Heinz Schmidt (ed.): Diakonik. Basics, concepts, discourses (= elementary. Fields of work in the parish office). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2016, pp. 77–109.
  • "The majority of the pupils raised in the rescue institutions are to be regarded as saved for civil life." (Ludwig Völter). The Württemberg rescue houses, Wichern and the idea of ​​"rescue". In: Blätter für Württembergische Kirchengeschichte 114. (2014), pp. 237–282.
  • Annotated data atlas on German Sunday School history and the early history of the Inner Mission. "All agents of the inner mission begin their work with it ..." . 2011 online .
  • "Tumor is. Rumor is. Humor is not. ”Obituaries as a mirror of contemporary engagement with eschatology. In: Jahrbuch Religionspädagogik 26 (2010), pp. 249–259.
  • The Apostolicum. Tübingen sermons. Radius, Stuttgart 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.thomas-hoernig.com/lebenslauf.html
  2. ↑ http://www.eh-ludwigsburg.de/hochschule/habenverzeichnis/einzelansicht/personregister/show/RegisterPerson/49164-thomas-hoernig.html
  3. ↑ http://www.eh-ludwigsburg.de/hochschule/habenverzeichnis/einzelansicht/personregister/show/RegisterPerson/49164-thomas-hoernig.html
personal data
SURNAME Hörnig, J. Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hörnig, Johannes Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and university professor for Protestant theology
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden