Klaas Huizing

Klaas Huizing (born October 14, 1958 in Nordhorn ) is a Dutch writer and Protestant theologian.

Life

From 1977 to 1986 Huizing studied philosophy and theology in Münster , Kampen , Hamburg , Heidelberg and Munich . In 1986 he completed his PhD in philosophy , in 1989 his theological and in 1993 his habilitation in theology.

From 1988 to 1995 Huizing worked as assistant and senior assistant at Hermann Timm in Munich. From 1995 to 1998 he was a representative, since then he has been a full professor at the chair for systematic theology and contemporary theological issues at the University of Würzburg . He received several offers from other universities, which he turned down.

His work focuses on hermeneutics , script theology , christology , anthropology , everyday phenomenology , ethics and Judeo-Christian dialogue .

Huizing is married and has two daughters.

Writing activity

With his translated into several languages Bestsellers The book drinker and his head - Roman The thing in itself was Huizing known to a wider audience. He has been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 1997 and in 2007 Huizing took over the editor-in-chief of the culture magazine Opus . Huizing has been the publisher of the culture magazine since August 2015.

Works

Novels

• Diary of the art student K. 1980.
• Oberreit - or: the face reader. 1992.
• The book drinker. 1994.
• Paradise, the illustrated novel. 1996.
• The thing in itself. 1998.
• On a business trip. 2000.
• The Book of Ruth. 2000.
• The last dandy. 2003.
• Mrs. Jette Heart. 2005.
• In Schreber's garden. Knaus, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8135-0292-3 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-201111027204 .
  • edited by Klaas Huizing as a play of the same name, 2011, DNB 7753855-9 ; Premiere at the Mainfranken Theater in Würzburg , February 19, 2011. The Mainfrankentheater received the highest endowed prize at the Bavarian Theatertage 2011 for the production .
• My sweet child. A Jesus novel. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-06579-3 .
• Brother country. A family novel. Gollenstein, Saarbrücken 2014, ISBN 978-3-95633-031-5 .
• The three. Karl Barth, Nelly Barth, Charlotte von Kirschbaum. Novel. Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 2018, ISBN 978-3-86351-475-4 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2018090204402632400126 ; 2nd Edition. Klöpfer, Narr, Tübingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-7496-1035-8 .
• The will of the cows. Novel. Klöpfer, Narr, Tübingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-7496-1024-2 .

Reference books

• Being and the other. 1988, Lévinas' argument with Martin Heidegger .
• The exquisite face. 1992, pre-school for a physiognomic theology.
• Homo legens. 1996, The Origin of Theology in Reading.
• Luke paints Christ. 1996, a literary portrait.
• Reading and living. 1997, three essays on the foundation of a theology of reading, together with UHJ Körtner, Vienna, P. Müller, Karlsruhe, Bielefeld.
• Aesthetic Theology. 3 volumes.
  • Volume 1: The selected person. 2000, a literary anthropology .
  • Volume 2: The staged person. 2002, a media anthropology.
  • Volume 3: The Dramatized Man. 2004, with the play Jesus on the Kamen Cross .
• Solid Christianity. A short art history of Christian gestures. 2007.
• Calvin ... and what's left of the reformer. Hansisches Druck- und Verlagshaus, Frankfurt am Main 2008; 4th edition. Ibid 2009, ISBN 978-3-938704-67-7 .
• Do not be afraid. The art of frightening. Chrismon, Frankfurt am Main 2009.
• Eva, Noah and the David Clan. About shame, guilt and crime in the Bible (= Edition Chrismon ). Hansisches Druck- und Verlagshaus, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-86921-092-6 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2015020919356 .
• The main thing is healthy! Against the wellness craze (= Edition Chrismon ). Together with Arnd Brummer . Hansisches Druck- und Verlagshaus, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-86921-131-2 .
• Aesthetic Theology. The chosen person. The staged person. The dramatized man. 3 volumes in one volume. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2015, ISBN 978-3-579-08197-7 .
• Shame and honor. A theological ethic. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2016, ISBN 978-3-579-08239-4 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2016112711995f .
• No more sin! Why we need a new reformation. Kreuz Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-946905-08-0 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2019040314591073120803 .
• God's comrade. An approach to Karl Barth. Kreuz Verlag, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-946905-50-9 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-2018110212265935176150 .

As editor

• Small transcendence. Festschrift for Hermann Timm on his 65th birthday. Munster 2003.
• with Horst Rupp: media theory and media theology. Münster 2003 (first discussion of the concept of media theology ).
• with Horst Rupp: religion in the plural. Würzburg 2012.

Awards

• 1995: Bavarian Art Prize
• 1999: AZ star
• 2002: Villa Concordia Prize of the Free State of Bavaria
• 2003: Villa Concordia scholarship in Bamberg
• 2015: Nominated for the 2015 Hotlist , the award of independent publishers, for Bruderland

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaas Huizing in the catalog of the German National Library
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaas Huizing on the website of the University of Würzburg
• Lent. Virtue coaching instead of asceticism. Klaas Huizing in conversation with Christiane Florin . In: deutschlandfunk.de. Deutschlandfunk , "Tag für Tag" series, February 14, 2018 ( mp3; 17.9 MB; 15:36 min. ( Memento from February 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ))

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Curriculum Vitae. In: ev-theologie.uni-wuerzburg.de, accessed on August 16, 2018.
2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaas Huizing. In: ev-theologie.uni-wuerzburg.de, accessed on August 16, 2018.
3. ↑ editorial office. Opus culture magazine. (No longer available online.) In: opus-kulturmagazin.de. Opus, archived from the original on April 23, 2016 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .