Matthias Petzoldt

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Matthias Gerhard Petzoldt (born June 10, 1948 in Leipzig ) is a German Protestant theologian with a research focus on fundamental theology and hermeneutics .

Career

Petzoldt studied Protestant theology at the church universities in Leipzig and Naumburg . In 1977 he was ordained pastor of the Saxon regional church and worked for eight years as a parish pastor in St. Petri Bautzen (focus on community development in the new Bautzen-Gesundbrunnen area ). In 1984 he was with a thesis on philosophy and religious criticism of Ludwig Feuerbach at the University of Leipzig Dr. theol. PhD . In 1992 he completed his habilitation on Protestant fundamental theology at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . In 1987 he was appointed lecturer for systematic theology at the Theological Seminar in Leipzig , and in 1994 professor for fundamental theology and hermeneutics at the University of Leipzig. There he was given the chair for systematic theology / dogmatics in 2006 . He retired in 2013 .

His conception of fundamental theology as a metatheory of theology ( apologetics , theological epistemology , encyclopedia , scientific theory of theology and religious topics as a coherent discourse) pursues the goal of making the subject independent on the Protestant side. On the one hand, the problems and dangers that have emerged in the development of fundamental theology on the Catholic side must be kept in mind. On the other hand, the more fundamental theology is institutionalized in the subject canon of theological science, the better it will be possible to introduce the awareness of the basic scientific problem into the respective reflection processes of all theological disciplines.

In the interdisciplinary field of hermeneutics, he has emerged as an elementary medium of encounter with research on speech act theory and orality .

For him, contributions to Feuerbach research are closely linked to investigations into the problem of secularization .

Honorary positions

  • From 1995 to 2012 he was chairman of the board of trustees of the Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauungsfragen (Berlin) at the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
  • As a member of the Scientific Society for Theology (WGTh), he headed the Systematic Theology section from 2008 to 2011.
  • Since 2007 he has been on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna.
  • He is co-editor of the Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift (BThZ) and the book series Theologie - Kultur - Hermeneutik (TKH).
  • From 1999 to 2007 he was a member of the Evang.-Luth. State synod of Saxony and from 2003 to 3007 member of the EKD synod .

Works (selection)

  • God-man and species man. Studies in Christology and Christology criticism of Ludwig Feuerbach. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-374-00866-6 .
  • Being a Christian asked. Fundamental theological contributions. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3-374-01668-5 .
  • WGJ Jeanrond , M. Petzoldt: Fundamental Theology. In: Religion Past and Present (RGG) . 4th edition. Vol. 3, Mohr, Tübingen 2000, ISBN 3-16-146943-7 , pp. 426-436.
  • M. Petzoldt (ed.): Protestant fundamental theology in discussion. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-374-02227-8 .
  • The establishment of fundamental theology as a theological discipline at the Leipzig faculty. In: A. Gößner (Ed.): The Theological Faculty of the University of Leipzig. People, profiles and perspectives from six centuries of faculty history. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02255-3 , pp. 439-460 (= contributions to the history of Leipzig universities and science, series A, volume 2).
  • Brain - Mind - Holy Spirit. Does faith have to defend free will? Merus-Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-939519-45-4 .
  • Interim interest in Luther's theology. On the change in Ludwig Feuerbach's thinking. In: Christian Danz, Rochus Leonhardt (Hrsg.): Remembered Reformation. Studies on Luther's reception from the Enlightenment to the 20th century. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-019616-0 , pp. 123-168.
  • AG Beck-Sickinger, M. Petzoldt (ed.): Paradigm Evolution. Chances and limits of an explanatory model. Peter Lang, Frankfurt / M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-56082-2 .
  • Denominational differences? - Approaches to an evangelical fundamental theology. In: J. Meyer zu Schlochtern , RA Siebenrock (Ed.): Why Fundamental Theology? On the foundation of theology in the claim of faith and reason. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-506-76970-1 , pp. 203-233 (= Paderborner Theologische Studien Vol. 52).
  • Fundamental Theology: Theological basic work in the context of secularization. In: Luther Studies. No. 10, 2010, ISBN 978-4-86376-806-2 , pp. 89-106 (In Japanese, translation by Prof. Tokuzen).
  • M. Petzoldt (ed.), Theology in Conversation with Empirical Sciences. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-374-03033-0 (= publications of the Scientific Society for Theology, Vol. 35).
  • M. Petzoldt (ed.), Europe's religious culture (s). On the role of Christian theology in ideological pluralism. An interdisciplinary discourse at the theological faculty on the occasion of the six hundredth anniversary of the University of Leipzig. Evangelical publishing house. Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-374-03014-9 (= Theology - Culture - Hermeneutics Vol. 14).

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SURNAME Petzoldt, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petzoldt, Matthias Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig