Johann Hinrich Claussen

Johann Hinrich Claussen (October 2014)

Johann Hinrich Claussen (born July 15, 1964 in Hamburg ) is a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and author.

Life

Claussen is a son of Carsten Peter Claussen . He studied Protestant theology at the Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg as well as in London . He received his doctorate in Hamburg in 1996 with a dissertation on The Interpretation of Jesus by Ernst Troeltsch in the context of liberal theology . In the same year he was ordained pastor of the North Elbian Church; his first pastor was in Reinbek . He completed his habilitation in systematic theology at the University of Hamburg in 2005 with a paper on happiness and counter-happiness and taught here as a private lecturer .

From 2004 to 2016 he was provost for the Alster-West provost in the Hamburg-Ost church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany . From 2007 to 2016 he was the successor of Ferdinand Ahuis at the same time senior pastor at St. Nikolai in Hamburg.

Since February 1, 2016, Claussen has been a representative of the EKD Council for Culture and head of the EKD's cultural office in Berlin. Claussen lives and works in Berlin and Hamburg.

Claussen writes regularly for German newspapers and magazines as well as for various public service broadcasters. He is a member of the editorial board of Sermon Studies .

Works

• Ernst Troeltsch's interpretation of Jesus in the context of liberal theology. Dissertation. University of Hamburg 1995/1996. Mohr, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-16-146744-2 ( contributions to historical theology. 99).
• Moritz and God. DTV, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-62168-0 (dtv 62168: series Hanser).
• (Ed.) Spiegelungen: Biblical texts and modern poetry; an anthology. Pano, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-907576-72-1 .
• Happiness and counter-happiness: philosophical and theological variations on an everyday concept. Habilitation thesis. University of Hamburg 2004/2005. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-16-148679-X .
• The 101 Most Important Questions - Christianity. Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-406-54094-3 (Beck'sche series; 1676). 2nd edition 2007, 3rd edition 2008, Japanese edition 2010.
• Back to religion: why we cannot get rid of Christianity. Pantheon, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-570-55014-4 .
• O God! Why and how we pray - or not. DTV, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-423-62365-0 (dtv 62365: series Hanser).
• in collaboration with Christof Jaeger: God's houses or the art of building and understanding churches: from early Christianity to today. Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-60718-9 .
• in collaboration with Christof Jaeger: God's Sounds: A History of Church Music. Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-66684-1 .
• Editor in collaboration with Martin Rößler : Great Sermons, 2000 Years of God's Word and Christian Protest . Lambert Schneider Verlag, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-6504-0071-0 .
• Reformation. The 95 most important questions . Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-69731-9 .
• The book of escape. The Bible in 40 stations . Beck, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-406-72690-3 .
• (with Klaus-Martin Bresgott ): The land of Fontanes . Monuments publications, Bonn 2019, ISBN 978-3-86795-153-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Johann Hinrich Claussen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Harald Schmidt : History of Church Music Encourage yourselves and sing with sound. Helene Fischer and the chants are simply not enough for mind, ear and soul. In: Feuilleton. FAZ , September 7, 2014, accessed on November 15, 2016 (Johann Hinrich Claussen presents a courageous and knowledgeable history of church music). 
• Stephan Kosch, Jürgen Wandel: Architecture is embodied theology. zeitzeichen , April 22, 2014, accessed on November 15, 2016 (conversation with Provost Johann Hinrich Claussen, President of the Protestant Church Building Day, about the holiness of and in church rooms). 
• Evangelical Church in Germany . Who is who? > Johann Hinrich Claussen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Church St. Nikolai ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Kirchenkreis Hamburg-Ost  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ EKD - Church Office: Communication: Evangelical Church in Germany. In: www.ekd.de. Retrieved April 17, 2016 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Ferdinand Ahuis	Senior Pastor at St. Nikolai in Hamburg 2007 - 2016	Martin Vetter