Manfred Zabel

Manfred Zabel (* 1938 in Hagen ) is a German Protestant theologian , social ethicist and theological anthropologist .

life and work

From 1966 to 1972 Manfred Zabel was a student pastor at the University of Applied Sciences and the University of Education in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Siegen as well as a part-time lecturer in the general science seminars (AWS) at the engineering schools for mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, as well as construction and architecture.

Zabel received a professorship for theology in 1972 - without a dissertation or habilitation - and held the chair for social ethics and theological anthropology at the University of Siegen . He was also dean of Faculty 1 - Philosophy, Religious Studies, Social Sciences. From 1979 to 1980 he was chairman of the Evangelical Working Group on Conscientious Objection and Peace .

Zabel was a founding member of the Solidarity Church . For many years he was chairman of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation eV in Siegen. Until 2014 he was a board member of the International Association for Education and Meeting in Dortmund (IBB) and is particularly active in Belarus .

Fonts

• Manfred Zabel: The native language of enthusiasm - selected speeches and writings by Fritz Fries 1887–1967 . Vorländer 1990, ISBN 3923483031
• Johannes Rau (Author), Rüdiger Reitz (Editor), Manfred Zabel (Editor): LebensBilder. With texts by Johannes Rau . Gütersloher Verlagshaus 1992, ISBN 3579021923
• Manfred Zabel et al .: Martyrs of the Belarusian Christians in the 20th century . IBB 2001, ISBN 3935950012
• Manfred Zabel, Uwe Gartenschläger: The city of Minsk during the German occupation (1941-1944) . IBB 2001, ISBN 3935950047

Web links

• Manfred Zabel: The distant neighbor . Lecture on August 13, 2001 at the University of Siegen (at ibs.networld.de, accessed on September 28, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yearbook for Westphalian Church History, Volume 93–94, Page 276. Verlaghandlung der Anstalt Bethel, 1999