Lothar Steiger

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Lothar Steiger (born January 27, 1935 in Berlin ) is a German Protestant theologian specializing in systematic and practical theology .

Life

In 1968, Steiger became professor of theology and philosophy at the Wuppertal Church University . From 1973 to 1989 he held the chair for dogmatics at the University of Heidelberg , then until his retirement in 2000 he held the chair for homiletics and pastoral care .

Steiger published u. a. Works on theological hermeneutics , on Sören Kierkegaard , on the narrative theology of the Gospels and on the interpretation of the church year . In teaching and sermon, the “repetition” of traditional experience of faith in the present is his concern, which he realizes in a language that is both poetic, associative and highly reflective .

Steiger was married to the theologian and musicologist Renate Steiger († 2006), with whom he published studies on the musical theology of Johann Sebastian Bach . Her two sons are Philipp Steiger and the theologian Johann Anselm Steiger .

Works (monographs)

  • Hermeneutics as a dogmatic problem. An examination of the transcendental approach of theological understanding . Gütersloh publishing house Gerd Mohn, Gütersloh 1961, 200 pp.
  • Arrogance of faith. Sermons from the Wuppertal. With a sermon follow-up discussion by Christian Möller . Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1975, ISBN 3-7887-0447-0 , 156 pp.
  • Narrated belief. The Gospels . Gütersloher Verlagshaus Gerd Mohn, Gütersloh: 1978, ISBN 3-579-04721-3 , 272 S. (reprinted in expanded form under the title: The memory forward. Narrated faith. The Gospels , Stuttgart: Radius-Verlag 1993 (Radius- Books), 387 pages - ISBN 3-87173-995-2 )
  • Encouragement. Sermons and meditations (Göttinger Predigthefte; 36). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1979, ISBN 3-525-60125-5 , 113 pp.
  • See the glory. Sequences, meditations, sermons . Johannes Stauda Verlag, Kassel 1982, ISBN 3-7982-0168-4 , 166 pp.
  • Appeared in time. Dogmatics in the church year. Epiphany and Prepassion according to the Gospels . Johannes Stauda Verlag, Kassel: 1982, ISBN 3-7982-0173-0 , 213 pp.
  • Sic et non - yes and no. Tracts and Sermons on Man . Johannes Stauda Verlag, Kassel 1985, ISBN 3-7982-0184-6 , 233 pp.
  • He goes with us. Rediscovered biblical signposts (Herder Taschenbuch; 1700). Herder paperback, Freiburg i. Br. 1990, ISBN 3-451-08700-6 , 158 pp.
  • (with Renate Steiger) See! We are going up to Jerusalem. Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas for the Sunday Estomihi (publications on liturgy, hymnology and theological research on church music; 24). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1992, ISBN 3-525-57185-2 , 261 pp.
  • Of true and false resignation. Sermons in the post-march . 1990-1993 (Radius Books). Radius-Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87173-877-8 , 134 pp.
  • Gates of heaven. Reimpostille on all Sundays and Holidays , Heidelberg: Manutius Verlag 2002, 429 pp. - ISBN 3-934877-18-4
  • From the dear Judgment Day. Sermons from Pentecost to the last Sunday of the church year (sermon today; 4). Hartmut Spenner, Waltrop 2003, ISBN 3-89991-009-5 , 251 pp.
  • Christ wants to be our consolation. Sermons in the Easter festival circle from Septuagesimae to Ascension and Exaudi before Pentecost (sermon today; 8). Hartmut Spenner, Waltrop 2005, ISBN 3-89991-038-9 , 269 pp.
  • But your parting does. Three open letters to Klaus-Peter Jörns about his book Necessary Farewells. Towards Credible Christianity , ed. by Eva Forssman, Kristlieb Adloff and Rainer Oechslen. Special issue of the magazine Predigt im Interview , November 2005, 42 pp.

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personal data
SURNAME Steiger, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin