Matthias Clausen (theologian)

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Matthias Clausen (* 1972 ) is a German Protestant theologian and book author. He is theological consultant at the Institute for Faith and Science in Marburg and professor for evangelism and apologetics at the Tabor Evangelical University .

Life

Clausen studied Protestant theology in Wuppertal , Heidelberg and London . In 1999 he obtained a Master of Arts in systematic theology . In 2000 he completed his studies with the First Theological Examination. From 2000 to 2004 he was regional consultant for the university SMD of the student mission in Germany , after which he completed the vicariate in Essen . In 2006 he made his second theological exam. In 2006 he was a member of the German delegation at the “Younger Leaders' Gathering” of the Lausanne movement in Kuala Lumpur . In the same year he became a research assistant at the Institute for Research into Evangelism and Congregation Development (IEEG) in Greifswald , which is headed by Michael Herbst . In 2009 he received his doctorate in theology, and in 2010 he was a member of the German delegation at the third Lausanne Congress for World Evangelization in Cape Town . From 2009 to 2016 he also worked as a university evangelist for the SMD with half a position. In 2013 he took up the Karl Heim professorship for evangelism and apologetics at the Tabor Evangelical University in Marburg with half a position . Clausen's areas of research and activity are evangelistic homiletics , epistemology and apologetics and evangelism in postmodernism . Since October 2016 Clausen has also been theological advisor at the Institute for Faith and Science in Marburg.

Matthias Clausen was a speaker at the ProChrist live evangelism movement . In 2011 he was a speaker at JesusHouse .

Private

Matthias Clausen is married to his wife Karen. The couple has three children and lives in Marburg.

Publications

  • I guess so am I wrong here? Faith for the enlightened and enlightened , Marburg 2016 (new edition)
  • I guess so am I wrong here? Faith for the enlightened and enlightened. Gerth Medien , Asslar, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8659-1588-7 .
  • David. About courage, failure and a new beginning in faith. Serendipity Bible. Brunnen Verlag (Gießen) , 2013, ISBN 978-3-7655-0796-0 .
  • Evangelism, knowledge and language. Preach convincingly under postmodern conditions. BEG 13, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7887-2445-0 .

As a co-author

Translations

  • Nick Pollard: Talking about Jesus: Evangelizing made a little easier. Verlag der Francke-Buchhandlung , Marburg, 2010. ISBN 978-3-8682-7056-3 (with Andrea Wegener).
  • John Finney: To Germany with Love. The Evangelical Church in Germany from the perspective of an Anglican . With further contributions by Matthias Clausen, Michael Herbst and Hans-Hermann Pompe, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchener (BEG praxis) 2011

Essays

  • Anderson, CB, and BL McCormack (Eds.): Karl Barth and the Making of Evangelical Theology (review), Theologische Literaturzeitung 141. Volume / Issue 10, October 2016, 1109–1110.
  • Reformatory Identity Practically , in: Perspektiven. Impulses for the development of a missionary community (Missionary Services of the Evangelical Regional Church in Württemberg), No. 70, Winter / Spring 2016, 10–11
  • Apologetics and Evangelism , in: Christian Herrmann / Rolf Hille (ed.): Responsible belief. A thematic book on Christian apologetics, Nuremberg 2016, 325–336
  • Powerless truth? How to invite pluralists to believe , in: Thorsten Dietz / Norbert Schmidt (ed.): Word, Truth, Reality. Contributions to the conversation with Heinzpeter Hempelmann, Giessen 2015, 214–227
  • Do we need a new apologetics? in: Tobias Faix / Martin Hofmann / Tobias Künkler (eds.) Why we are allowed to believe as adults. Ways to a Resilient Faithful Life, Witten 2015, 71–79
  • Clarified and clarified. On the practice of evangelism in postmodern times , in: SMD-Transparent 3/2015, 9–11
  • Confession and confession in the context of secular society , in: Thomas Kuhn (ed.): Confession - Confession - Confessions. Interdisciplinary Approaches (GThF 22), Leipzig 2014, 247–261
  • Evangelism events and conversion - a friendly response to Anna-Konstanze Schröder , in: Theologische Contributions 12-6, 381–393
  • For example, big cities: Partnership Mission in Practice , in: Michael Herbst / Birgit Winterhoff (eds.): From Lausanne to Cape Town. The third congress for world evangelization, Neukirchen-Vluyn, Neukirchener (BEG praxis), 2012, 163–167

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Preacher Matthias Clausen: His job is enthusiasm , evangelisch.de, interview from April 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ ProChrist live: the speakers , prochrist.org, accessed on January 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ How do you preach in times of terror? , Speaker at proChrist 2015. In: IdeaSpektrum No. 48.2015, p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Clausen, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1972