Matthias Kroeger

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Matthias Kroeger (born June 11, 1935 in Riga , Latvia ) is a German Protestant theologian .

Career

Kroeger studied classical philology and Protestant theology and after completing his doctorate became an assistant at the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen . In 1968 he completed his habilitation at the University of Göttingen . From 1971 to 1998 he was Professor of Church and Theological History at the Theological Faculty of the University of Hamburg . Kroeger supported the work of Aktion Sühnezeichen and KONTAKTE-KOHTAKTbI several times in helping survivors of the Shoah by collecting donations.

Research priorities and theology

Kroeger's research interests in the history of church and theology include the young Martin Luther , the Reformation , the theology of the Enlightenment , liberal theology , National Socialism and Friedrich Gogarten .

Originally inspired by the debate about the use of the law by Luther and parallel structures in Gestalt therapy , Kroeger developed theme-centered interaction and client-centered psychotherapy into theme- centered pastoral care and is involved as a teacher in this sense.

Kroeger actively participates in church and religious reform and encourages a distanced Christianity.

Publications (selection)

  • "What wants to stay has to change": On the legitimacy of a reform in the heart of the Christian faith (Writings on Faith Reform, Volume 6). Gütersloh 2015
  • In the religious upheaval of the world: The due jolt in the minds of the church. Stuttgart 2004
  • The Necessity of the Unacceptable Church: An Encouragement to Detached Christianity. Munich 1997
  • About the preciousness of courage and clarity - The political and religious message of Counts Helmuth James von Moltke and Peter Yorck von Wartenburg from the Kreisau resistance group against Hitler and National Socialism. Stuttgart 2010
  • Friedrich Gogarten, Volume 1, Life and Work from a Contemporary Historical Perspective, with numerous documents and materials. Stuttgart 1997
  • Theme-centered pastoral care. Stuttgart 1973
  • Justification and law. Studies on the development of the doctrine of justification in the young Luther. Goettingen 1968

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ with studies on the development of the doctrine of justification in the young Luther
  2. ↑ News from the "Moscow-Berlin Protocol." ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release archive from KONTAKTE-KOHTAKTbI, accessed on September 9, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kontakte-kontakty.de
  3. ↑ 2010: "The political and religious message of Counts Helmuth James von Moltke and Peter Yorck von Wartenburg" under the title About the preciousness of courage and clarity .
  4. ↑ 1997: Biography of the theologian Friedrich Gogarten.
  5. ^ Matthias Kroeger: Thematic Pastoral Care. Kohlhammer Stuttgart 1973
  6. ^ At the “Workshop Institute for Living Learning (WILL)”, today the Ruth Cohn Institute .
  7. ↑ 2004 The due jolt in the minds of the church about the need for church reform at important points.
  8. ↑ 2015: "What wants to stay has to change": On the legitimacy of a reform in the heart of the Christian faith,
  9. ↑ 1997: An Encouragement to Detached Christianity .

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personal data
SURNAME Kroeger, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Latvia