Michael Heymel

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Michael Heymel (* 1953 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German Protestant theologian , pastor and non-fiction author .

Life

Michael Heymel studied Protestant theology and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main and Heidelberg from 1974 to 1980 . In 1983 he was the pastor of the Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau (EKHN) in Upper Hesse Rosbach ordained .

In 1984 he did his doctorate at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in the subject dogmatics with a thesis on faith and education with Søren Kierkegaard . The Heidelberg theological faculty accepted Heymel's habilitation thesis , a dogmatic study of Mariology , after internal controversies, but then rejected his habilitation after the trial lecture in 1989. In 2003 he received his habilitation for practical theology at the University of Rostock with a thesis on pastoral care and music .

Heymel was active in various congregations and supra- congregational functions, including as a member of the 9th Church Synod of the EKHN, instructor of preachers and regional church consultant for honorary preaching. In addition, from 2008 to 2016 he worked on scientific and theological projects in the central archive of the EKHN. There he last wrote a history of Hesse-Nassau church music , which was recognized as an "impressive and multi-layered work". From 2004 to 2012 he taught practical theology as a private lecturer at Heidelberg University. In 2016 he finished his regular parish ministry to work as a freelance author and lecturer .

After being on the basis of its own experience as a choral conductor and singers a theological concept musical pastoral care had developed Heymel noted the importance of Hymns and Hymn for the pastoral care and sat down in the homiletics for greater use of examples from the sermon history one. Together with Christian Möller , he published the collection Sternstunden der Sermon (2010) and interpretations of Søren Kierkegaard's edifying speeches ( The Dare to Be One , 2013). In 2011, the EKHN commissioned his critical edition of Martin Niemöller's sermons in Dahlem, which was presented to the public in the St. Anne's Church in Berlin-Dahlem . His biography of Niemöller, written at short notice on behalf of the Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt, was presented in January 2017 on his 125th birthday in the Katharinenkirche in Frankfurt and received international attention. At the invitation of Maison Heinrich Heine in Paris , Heymel presented Niemöller as a major figure of German Protestantism in a panel discussion in February 2018 .  

The first monograph on the German cultural philosopher Walter Schubart and an edition of previously unpublished letters and writings by the pastor and songwriter Arno Pötzsch emerged from independent research projects . At Heymel's initiative, the entire Pötzsch estate was handed over to the Unity Archive of the Moravian Brethren at the end of 2018 .

Publications (selection)

  • Learning the humane. Faith and education with Sören Kierkegaard (= research on church and dogma history. Vol. 40). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1988 (theol. Diss.), ISBN 978-3-525-55147-9 .
  • Discover Maria. The evangelical sermon of Mary. Herder Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 1991, ISBN 978-3-451-22423-2 .
  • Consolation for Job. Musical pastoral care. Strube Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-921946-39-8 .
  • His song is with me in the night. Pastoral care and music. Verlag Hartmut Spenner, Waltrop 2004 (edited version of the Habil. Writing), ISBN 978-3-89991-027-8 .
  • with Felizitas Muntanjohl: Up, up, my heart, with joy. Community work and pastoral care with Paul Gerhardt. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2006, 2nd edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-579-05566-4 .
  • How to take care of the soul with music. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 978-3-7867-2630-2 .
  • with Christian Möller : Great moments of the sermon . From Johannes Chrysostom to Dorothee Sölle. Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, 2nd edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-7668-4126-1 .
  • as editor: Martin Niemöller. Dahlem sermons. Critical edition. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2011, ISBN 978-3-579-08128-1 .
  • The hymn book as a companion for life. Studies on the importance of hymn book history for piety and pastoral care. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-08149-6 .
  • with Felizitas Muntanjohl: Praise the gentlemen. Song sermons through the church year. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2012, ISBN 978-3-579-05862-7 .
  • with Christian Möller: The risk of being an individual. Belief and thinking of Sören Kierkegaard using the example of his speeches. Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-290-17698-3 .
  • The cultural philosopher Walter Schubart (1897–1942). A search for clues. Pro Business, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86386-892-5 .
  • A history of church music in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN). Hartmut Spenner Verlag, Kamen 2016, ISBN 978-3-89991-178-7 .
  • Martin Niemöller. From naval officer to peace fighter. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-650-40196-0 .
  • as publisher: “You don't earn anything there!” Professional biographies of pastors . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-374-04920-2 .
  • Read the Revelation of John today. Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-290-18141-3 .
  • Arno Pötzsch, Letters and Writings 1938–1952. Commented and edited by Michael Heymel. With a foreword from Ev. Military Bishop Sigurd Rink . wbg Academic, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2019, ISBN 978-3-534-27135-1 .
  • Read the Gospel of John today. Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-290-18302-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gisbert Greshake: Maria - Ecclesia. Perspectives of a theology and church practice based on Marian principles . Regensburg 2014, p. 23 f .
  2. ↑ Michael Schneider, in: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association 68 (2017), p. 325. Cf. Michael Heymel: A history of church music in the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN). Arrived in 2016.
  3. ↑ 45 sermons by Martin Niemöller published for the first time. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ "This man stands by what he says". EKHN celebrates the 125th birthday of Martin Niemöller. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Martin Niemöller - Grande figure du Protestantisme allemand. Retrieved May 30, 2020 (French).
  6. ^ Cf. Michael Heymel: Martin Niemöller - a great figure of German Protestantism. In: Ökumenische Rundschau 68 (2019), Issue 1, pp. 103–117.
  7. ^ Arno Pötzsch estate in the university archive. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
  8. ↑ See Michael Heymel: On the estate of Arno Pötzsch. In: Yearbook for Liturgy and Hymnology. 58 (2019), pp. 216-218.
personal data
SURNAME Heymel, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, pastor and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main