Martin Hein

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Martin Hein at the first service at the State Garden Show Bad Nauheim 2010

Martin Hein (born January 6, 1954 in Wuppertal ) is a German Protestant theologian and former bishop of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck .

Life

Hein studied law in Frankfurt am Main and Erlangen (1972–1975) and Protestant theology in Erlangen and Marburg (1975–1979). After promotion to the doctorate in theology in 1982, the Vicariate in Kassel -Oberzwehren (1982-1984) Hein was in 1984 ordained . He was then parish priest in Grebenstein (1984–1989) before he was appointed director of studies at the Evangelical Preacher's Seminary in Hofgeismar (1989–1994).

From 1995 to 2000, Hein was Dean of the Kassel- Mitte church district . From September 1, 2000 to September 29, 2019, he was Christian Zippert's successor, Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck . His successor is Beate Hofmann .

In 2002 he became chairman of the board of the Evangelische Studiengemeinschaft eV (FEST) in Heidelberg . Since 2003 he has been a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches . Since 2008 he has been the chairman of the ecumenical working group of Protestant and Catholic theologians on the Protestant side .

Hein has been one of the authors of the Internet platform Göttingen Sermons on the Internet since 2002 .

In 2014 Hein was appointed to the German Ethics Council as the successor to Wolfgang Huber .

In August 2018, Hein was appointed to the Council for Digital Ethics by the Hessian state government .

From March 2020, Hein will be chairman of the newly convened Climate Protection Council of the City of Kassel .

Scientific career

Hein was a research associate at the Reformation History Research Center in Erlangen (1979–1982) and was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD.

He completed his habilitation in April 2000 at the Department of Education / Human Sciences at the University of Kassel (Protestant theology / religious education: focus on church history).

In October 2005 the University of Kassel appointed Hein an honorary professor. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Historical Commission for Hesse .

Fonts (selection)

  • Lutheran Confession and Erlangen Theology in the 19th Century. Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1984, ISBN 978-3-57900-116-6 (also: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, theol. Diss., 1982).
  • Setting the course for the Protestant Church in the 19th and 20th centuries. Contributions to church history and church order. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-020530-5 .
  • Discover God. Biblical encounters. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02874-0 .
  • Theology in society. Essays on the public responsibility of the churches. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-374-03904-3 .
As editor
  • The circulars of the Brotherhood of Kurhessischer Pfarrer and the Confessing Church Kurhessen-Waldeck 1933–1935 , Hessische Kirchengeschichtliche Vereinigung, Darmstadt / Kassel 1996, ISBN 978-3-931849-00-9 .
  • A century seminary in Hofgeismar 1891–1991. Festschrift on the occasion of the centenary , Verlag Evangelischer Presseverband, Kassel 1991, ISBN 978-3-920310-78-7 .
  • Hans-Gernot Jung, Accountability of Hope. Collected contributions to the public responsibility of the church , Elwert, Marburg 1993, ISBN 978-3-7708-1010-9 .

Web links

Commons : Martin Hein  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cabinet meeting with a focus on “Digitization” . In: egovernment.hessen.de . August 20, 2018 ( hessen.de [accessed August 29, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Hein, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and bishop of the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal