Karl Pinggéra
Karl Pinggéra (born November 30, 1967 in Munich ) is Professor of Church History at the Philipps University of Marburg .
Pinggéra studied Protestant theology at the universities of Erlangen , Munich and Vienna from 1987 to 1994 and passed the first theological exam in 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he was vicar in Ingolstadt-Brunnenreuth and was then ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . In 2001 he received his doctorate from the Department of Protestant Theology at Philipps University in Marburg. From 2000 to 2002 he was a research assistant at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Bonn and from 2003 to 2008 a university lecturer (from 2006 junior professor) for Eastern Church History at the Department of Protestant Theology at the University of Marburg, at the same time from 2005 to 2009 he was part-time director of studies for the department “Churches of the Middle East ”at the Evangelical Academy Hofgeismar . Since 2009 he has been professor of church history at the Philipps University of Marburg. He is also chairman of the scientific advisory board and member of the board of trustees of the denominational institute in Bensheim and co-editor of the “Una Sancta: Journal for Ecumenical Encounter”. Since 2014 he has also been the Ephorus of the Hessian Scholarship Institution and the student dormitory Collegium Philippinum Marburg.
Publications (selection)
- All-redemption and all-unity. Studies on the “Book of Holy Hierotheos” and its reception in Syrian-Orthodox theology (Languages and Cultures of the Christian Orient 10) , Wiesbaden 2002.
- (together with Grigory Kessel): A Bibliography of Syriac Ascetic and Mystical Literature (Eastern Christian Studies 10) , Leiden 2010.
- (together with Christian Lange ): The ancient oriental churches: Faith and history. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-22052-6
- Christianity in the Shade of Pyramids and Minarets: Contributions to the Past and Present of the Coptic Church. Hofgeismar 2009, ISBN 978-3-89281-257-9
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Pinggéra in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website at the Philipps University of Marburg (with a full list of publications)
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| SURNAME | Pinggéra, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |