Michael Beintker

Michael Beintker at the Palatinate Pastors' Day 2013 in Kaiserslautern

Michael Beintker (born April 3, 1947 in Berlin-Zehlendorf ) is a German Protestant theologian and until 2015 was Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Seminar for Reformed Theology at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster .

biography

After graduating from high school in Jena in 1965 , he began studying Protestant theology there that same year. In 1966 he moved to the Martin Luther University in Halle / Saale and passed his first theological exam there in 1970. In 1972 he received his doctorate . His second theological exam followed in 1974 in Magdeburg. In the course of a position as a research assistant at the theological faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (1974–1985) he qualified as a professor and was then a lecturer there. In 1990 he was appointed to the professorship for systematic theology in Halle. 1991–1992 Beintker was Vice Rector for the Humanities in Halle. From 1992 until his retirement in 2015, Beintker was professor of systematic theology and director of the seminar for reformed theology at the University of Münster.

Research priorities

Beintker works primarily in relation to central topics of systematic theology in the context of the Reformed confessional commitment. Doctrine of God, soteriology and ecclesiology form his special focus. In addition, he deals with the theology of modern times, in particular with Karl Barth and his environment.

Special functions

Beintker is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts , chairman of the theological committee of the Union of Evangelical Churches and deputy chairman of the Chamber for Theology of the Evangelical Church in Germany . For many years he has chaired the mixed commission for reforming theology studies and is a member of the Center for Religious Studies in Münster and the board of trustees of the Karl Barth Foundation in Basel. From 2001 to 2012 he was Co-President of the Community of Evangelical Churches in Europe .

He acts as editor of the magazine for theology and church - from 2003 to 2012 he was its main editor -, the magazine Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte and various series of publications.

Awards

• 2004: Honorary doctorate from the Reformed Theological University of Debrecen
• 2020: Karl Barth Prize

Trivia

On September 23, 2011, Beintker was a member of the evangelical delegation, which was part of the Pope's visit with Benedict XVI. met in the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt .

Fonts (selection)

Monographs:

• The question of God in Wilhelm Herrmann's theology (ThA 34), Berlin 1976
• The dialectic in the "dialectical theology" of Karl Barth. Studies on the development of Barth's theology and on the prehistory of "Church Dogmatics" (BEvTh 101), Munich 1987
• What do you think of the Holy Spirit? On the Reality and Effectiveness of God's Spirit (Small Writings from the Reformed Covenant 9), Wuppertal 1998
• Justification in the modern world. Theological explorations , Tübingen 1998
• (together with Günter Klein , Hinrich Stoevesandt and Michael Trowitzsch) A given life. The message of justification in sermons , Leipzig 2002
• (Co-author of) World Origin, Evolution Theory and Belief in Creation in School. An orientation aid from the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD-Texte 94), Hanover 2008
• The controversies about the theory of evolution in today's Christianity (North Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences and Arts. Humanities: Lectures G 434), Paderborn a. a. 2011
• Crisis and Grace. Collected studies on Karl Barth , ed. by Stefan Holtmann and Peter Zocher, Tübingen 2013.

Editorships:

• (Ed. With Ernstpeter Maurer , Hinrich Stoevesandt and Hans G. Ulrich) Justification and experience. For Gerhard Sauter on his 60th birthday , Gütersloh 1995
• (Ed.) Certitudo salutis. The existence of faith between certainty and doubt. Symposium on the occasion of the 75th birthday of Hans Helmut Eßer , Münster 1996
• (Ed. With Eberhard Jüngel and Wolf Krötke ) Ways to Consent. Festschrift for Christoph Demke , Leipzig 1997
• (Ed.) God's free grace. Studies on the doctrine of election , Wuppertal 2004
• (Ed. With Michael Ahme) Theological training in the EKD. Documents and texts from the work of the Mixed Commission / Expert Commission I on the reform of theology studies (parish office and diploma) 1993–2003 , Leipzig 2005
• (Ed. With Christian Link and Michael Trowitzsch ) Karl Barth in Germany (1921–1935). Departure - clarification - resistance. Contributions to the International Symposium from May 1st to 4th, 2003 in the Johannes a Lasco Library Emden , Zurich 2005
• (Ed. With Martin Friedrich and Viorel Ionița ) Consultations between the Conference of European Churches (KEK) and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE) / Consultations between the Conference od European Churches (CEC) and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE ) (Leuenberger Texte 11), Frankfurt am Main 2007
• (Ed. With Sándor Fazakas ) Public relevance of Reformed theology (Studia Theologica Debreciensis, Theological Journal of the Debrecen Reformed Theological University, special issue), Debrecen 2008
• (Ed. With Christian Link and Michael Trowitzsch) Karl Barth in contemporary European events (1935–1950). Resistance - probation - orientation. Contributions to the International Symposium from May 1st to 4th, 2008 in the Johannes a Lasco Library Emden , Zurich 2010
• (Ed. With Martin Heimbucher ) Talking to God - talking about God. The personhood of the Triune God. A vote by the Theological Committee of the Union of Evangelical Churches (UEK) in the EKD (Evangelical Impulse 3), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2011
• (Ed. With Viorel Ionița and Jochen Kramm) Baptism in the life of the churches. Documentation of an Orthodox-Evangelical Dialogue in Europe / Baptism in the Life of the Churches. Documentation of an orthodox-protestant dialogue in Europe (Leuenberger Texte 12), Frankfurt am Main 2011
• (Ed. With Sándor Fazakas) The public relevance of guilt and forgiveness. Perspektiven Reformed Theologie (Studia Theologica Debreciensis, Theological Journal of the Debrecen Reformed Theological University, special issue), Debrecen 2012
• (Ed. With Michael Hüttenhoff and Peter Zocher) Karl Barth: Lectures and smaller works 1930–1933 (Karl Barth Complete Edition 49 [Section III]), Zurich 2013.
• (Ed. With Michael Wöller with the assistance of Michael Beyer and Alexander Dölecke) Theological training in the EKD. Documents and texts from the work of the Mixed Commission for the Reform of Theology Studies / Expert Commission I (Parish Office, Diploma and Magister Theologiae) 2005–2013 , Leipzig 2014.
• (Ed. With Martin Heimbucher) Unifying theology. Perspectives of the Leuenberg Agreement (Evangelical Impulse 5), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2014.
• (Ed. With Andrea Bieler and others) Lead us to life. Preaching hope. Festschrift for Peter Bukowski , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015.
• (Ed. With Michael Welker and Albert de Lange ) Europa Reformata 1517–2017. Reformation cities of Europe and their reformers , Leipzig 2016, engl. Edition: Europa Reformata 1517–2017 , Leipzig 2016, korean. Edition: Chonggyogaehyŏk, Yurŏbŭi yŏksarŭl pakkuda , Seoul 2017.
• (Ed. With Martin Evang) Living and shaping church fellowship. A vote by the Theological Committee of the Union of Evangelical Churches (UEK) in the EKD (Evangelical Impulse 6), Neukirchen-Vluyn 2016.
• (Ed.) Barth Handbuch , Tübingen 2016.
• (Ed. With Georg Plasger and Michael Trowitzsch) Karl Barth as a teacher of reconciliation (1950–1968). Deepening - opening - hope. Contributions to the International Symposium from May 1st to 4th, 2014 in the Johannes a Lasco Library Emden , Zurich 2016.
• (Ed. With Michael Hüttenhoff and Peter Zocher) Karl Barth: Lectures and smaller works 1934–35 (Karl Barth Complete Edition 52 [Section III]), Zurich 2017.

Bibliography of publications up to the end of 2016:

• Alexander Dölecke: Bibliography of the publications Michael Beintkers . In: Guilt and Forgiveness. Festschrift for Michael Beintker on his 70th birthday , ed. by Hans-Peter Großhans, Herman J. Selderhuis, Alexander Dölecke and Matthias Schleiff, Tübingen 2017, 485–526.

literature

• Guilt and forgiveness. Festschrift for Michael Beintker on his 70th birthday, ed. by Hans-Peter Großhans , Herman J. Selderhuis, Alexander Dölecke and Matthias Schleiff, Tübingen 2017.

Web links

• Homepage of Michael Beintker at the University of Münster
• Michael Beintker at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts