Klara Butting

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Klara Butting (* 1959 in Wittingen ) is a German Protestant theologian , university teacher and author .

Life

After her school days in Hankensbüttel , Klara Butting studied Protestant theology in Göttingen , Heidelberg and Berlin.

In 1993 she did her doctorate in Amsterdam with a dissertation on inner-biblical criticism as a guide to feminist hermeneutics. In the same year she was ordained as pastor of the Hanover regional church and since then has had half a parish parish in Oldenstadt (parish of Uelzen). In 2001 Klara Butting completed her habilitation with a thesis on female prophets in the Bible. From 2003 to 2008 she was a student pastor at the University of Lüneburg . Since then she has been a freelance theologian and author. She has been an associate professor for Old Testament and Biblical Theology at the University of Bochum since 2010 .

She was involved in translating the Bible in Righteous Language (books by Joel and Esther ).

She is the director of the “Center for Biblical Spirituality and Social Responsibility” at the Woltersburger Mühle near Uelzen and co-editor of the magazine Junge Kirche . Since November 2012 she has been on the board of the Association Bible in Just Language .

Klara Butting is married to the theologian Gerard Minnaard; Both are involved in the Woltersburger Mühle, a place of learning and social center, and on the board of the Erev-Rav association. The name of the association is a quote from the Hebrew Bible and describes the "mixed people" who, according to Exodus 12:38, had joined the Israelites during the Exodus.

Focus of work

“Their context is the women's movement and feminist theology , the Christian-Jewish conversation , the dialogue with Islam and the new culture of spirituality . ... Current research focus is the importance of David for biblical theology and the Psalter . "

Fonts (selection)

  • The letters will still be astonishing. Inner-Biblical Criticism as a Guide to Feminist Hermeneutics Alektor, Berlin 1993 ISBN 3-88425-058-2 ; 2nd edition 1998.
  • Prophets asked. The meaning of the prophetesses in the canon of Torah and prophecy. Erev Rav, Wittingen 2001, ISBN 978-3-932810-15-2 .
  • Here I am: On the way to a biblical spirituality. Erev Rav, Uelzen 2011, ISBN 978-3-932810-50-3 .
  • Wretched times - time of mercy. Theology and Spirituality of the Psalms , Erev Rav, Uelzen 2013, ISBN 978-3-932810-53-4 .
  • (as editor) “If we go together ...” Reader for women's spirituality , Herder, 2015, ISBN 978-3-451-31296-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bible in Righteous Language e. V. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Barbara Kaiser: You can call it God. Or conscience. In: New Germany. March 11, 2006, accessed January 31, 2018 .
  3. ↑ https://www.woltersburger-muehle.de/
  4. ↑ Interest-free loan for the mill. In: az-online. May 15, 2012, accessed January 31, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Jürgen Ebach: Inconsolable and yet confident - held in breath and yet draws breath. Short speech for Erev-Rav on his 30th birthday, Uelzen, Woltersburger Mühle, August 25, 2012 . In: Young Church . April 2012, p. 51-54 .
  6. ↑ apl. Prof. Dr. Klara Butting. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2017 ; accessed on January 25, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ev-theol.rub.de
personal data
SURNAME Butting, Clare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittingen