Martin Ohst

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Martin Ohst (born March 12, 1957 in Hamburg ) is a German Protestant theologian and has held the chair for historical and systematic theology at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal since 1998 .

After studying Protestant theology and English in Hamburg , Erlangen and Kiel , he passed the first theological exam in 1982. In 1988 he was promoted to Dr. theol. doctorate, in 1994 he received his habilitation in church history. From 1994 to 1996 he completed a part-time vicariate and passed the second theological exam; The ordination was followed by 1998th

In 1996 he was appointed to a professorship for church history at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena ; In 1998 he was offered the chair for historical and systematic theology at the Bergische Universität - Comprehensive University of Wuppertal (today: Bergische Universität Wuppertal).

Ohst's main research interests are the theological and church history of the Middle Ages and modern times , recent English church history and the history of the relationships between the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches .

Fonts (selection)

  • Schleiermacher and the confessional writings. An investigation into his interpretation of the Reformation and Protestantism (= Contributions to Historical Theology , Vol. 77). Mohr, Tübingen 1989 (also dissertation), ISBN 3-16-145480-4 .
  • Obligatory confession. Studies on penance in the High and Late Middle Ages (= contributions to historical theology , vol. 89). Mohr, Tübingen 1995 (including habilitation thesis), ISBN 3-16-146375-7 .
  • Martyrdom in the German and English Reformations - Martyrdom in the German and English Reformations . In: Dorothea Wendebourg (Ed.): Sister Reformations - Sister Reformations. The Reformation in Germany and in England - The Reformation in Germany and in England . Mohr, Tübingen 2010, pp. 235-270.
  • From the canon debates in Protestant theology of the 19th century . In: Eve-Marie Becker and Stefan Scholz (eds.): Canon in construction and deconstruction. Processes of canonicalization of religious texts from antiquity to the present. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, pp. 39–70.
  • Criticism of dogma in Semler and Schleiermacher . In: Ulrich Barth, Christian Danz, Wilhelm Gräb, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf (eds.): Enlightened religion and its problems. Schleiermacher - Troeltsch - Tillich. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2013, pp. 617–645.
  • Freedom to Believe or Freedom of Belief - Freedom of the Church or Freedom of the Christian. Historical perspectives . In: Martin Laube (Ed.): Freedom (= Topics of Theology , Vol. 7). Mohr, Tübingen 2014, pp. 59–118.
  • Originator and target image of true human existence - Jesus Christ in church history . In: Jens Schröter (Ed.): Jesus Christ (= topics of theology , vol. 9). Mohr, Tübingen 2014, pp. 119–180.
  • Governing as a profession. Martin Luther and the authorities . In: Jörg Dierken and Dirk Evers (eds.): Religion and Politics. Historical and current constellations of an exciting network. Lang, Bern 2016, pp. 32–51.
  • Protestant church unions in the 19th century . In: Una Sancta 72, 2017, pp. 17–29.
  • From the performance principle to the educational concept. Motives and tendencies in Martin Luther's understanding of penance . In: BThZ 34, 2017, pp. 47–72.
  • (With Dorothea Wendebourg and Andreas Stegmann) Ed .: Protestantism, anti-Judaism, anti-Semitism. Convergences and confrontations in their contexts . Mohr, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-155102-4 .
  • Ed .: Schleiermacher Handbook . Mohr, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-150350-4 .
  • Faith in Church History - On the historical changes in a central concept of the Christian religion . In: Friedrich W. Horn (Ed.): Glaube. Mohr, Tübingen 2018, pp. 65–131.

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SURNAME Ohst, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg