Michael Kotsch

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Michael Kotsch (* 1965 ) is a German Protestant theologian , lecturer and author of apologetic and religious studies books.

Life

Michael Kotsch studied Protestant theology at the STH Basel from 1986 and from 1991 to 1995 theology , religious studies and ecology (people - society - environment) at the University of Basel . Between 1990 and 1995 he taught as a religion teacher on behalf of the Reformed Church in the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land . He then switched to teaching denomination and sect studies , religious studies, apologetics and department head for church historyto the Brake Bible School . From 2004 to 2008 he was a lecturer in church history and denominational studies at the STH Basel. Since 2004 he has been conducting doctoral studies in the field of church history.

Kotsch has been working with the Working Group for Biblical Ethics in Medicine (ABEM) since 1999 and with the Bible Association from 2000 , where he was elected chairman in 2005. From 2009 to 2016 he was chairman of the Working Group for Weltanschauungsfragen (AG WELT eV), which developed the devotional book “Schwarzbrot 2015” as an alternative to the Moravian slogans . Since 2002 he has been a guest lecturer for religious studies at the Bibelle und Missionsschule Ostfriesland (BMO) in Großheide , since 2009 at the Evangelical Academy Vienna (EVAK) and from 2009 to 2011 and 2018 at the Martin Bucer Seminar .

He is the author of several books on apologetic and religious studies topics.

Among other things, he spoke out against a ban on conversion therapies . Corresponding projects such as that of the Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn described Kotsch as "ideological".

Michael Kotsch is married to his wife Viviane. The couple has three children and lives in Horn-Bad Meinberg .

Publications

  • Chinese medicine. Lichtzeichen Verlag, location (multi-part work):
    • Volume 1: Chinese Medicine. View of the world - view of man - disease picture; religious and ideological backgrounds. 2000, ISBN 978-3-933828-56-9 .
    • Volume 2: Chinese Medicine. Alternative healing methods put to the test: acupuncture, Feng Shui, Qi Gong, Aikido. 2000, ISBN 978-3-933828-57-6 .
  • Creation or evolution? Not a question of belief. Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2001, ISBN 978-3-933828-68-2 .
  • UFOs and the Bible? The errors of Erich von Däniken. Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2001, ISBN 978-3-933828-69-9 .
  • Violence in Islam? The struggle for an Islamic world society. Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2002, ISBN 978-3-933828-75-0 .
    • (Russian): Nasilie v islame? Bor'ba za islamskoe mirovoe coobščestvo. Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2002, ISBN 978-3-933828-90-3 .
  • Christmas: the origin, meaning and nonsense of Christmas customs. Jota publications, Hammerbrücke 2003, ISBN 978-3-935707-15-2 .
  • Sacrilege. Secret Gospels? Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2005, ISBN 978-3-936850-22-2 .
  • Modern Bible or Modern Babel? The full Bible . Bible in righteous language. Bible translations worldwide. History of Bible Translations. Bible translations in comparison. Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2006, ISBN 978-3-936850-44-4 .
  • Homeopathy: how do I deal with alternative healing methods? Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2007, ISBN 978-3-936850-55-0 .
  • Modern medicine & ethics. Lichtzeichen Verlag, location (multi-part work):
    • Volume 1: Modern Medicine & Ethics. Illness and the Bible, alternative healing methods, acupuncture, genetic engineering. 2007, ISBN 978-3-936850-45-1 .
    • Volume 2: Modern Medicine & Ethics. Abortion - a problem ?, Suicide / suicide, organ transplantation and definition of death, homosexuality, Bach flower therapy - gentle healing? 2009, ISBN 978-3-936850-54-3 .
  • Alternative healing methods: for and against. SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7751-5025-5 .
  • Atheism: The New Controversy About God. SCM Hänssler, Holzgerlingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7751-4963-1 .
  • The charismatic movement. Lichtzeichen Verlag, location (multi-part work):
  • John Calvin : reformer and pioneer. Christliche Verlags-Gesellschaft, Dillenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89436-649-0 .
  • Politics: a dirty business? Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2010, ISBN 978-3-86954-015-3 .
  • The end of the world is coming: forecasts, prophecies, speculations. Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2011, ISBN 978-3-86954-044-3 .
  • August Hermann Francke : Pedagogue and Reformer. Christian Publishing Company, Dillenburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89436-834-0 .
  • It doesn't always have to be chocolate: a reading advent calendar. Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89436-977-4 .
  • Made smart: 52 food for thought from culture, history, science and faith , Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86353-033-4 .
  • Karl May: Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and the Christian Faith , Lichtzeichen Verlag, Lage 2013, ISBN 978-3-86954-082-5 .
  • Heroes of faith. Christian publishing company, Dillenburg (multi-part work):
  • Was the Reformation a Mistake? Evangelicals and the Catholic Church today. Christliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Dillenburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-86353-620-6 .

as editor

as a co-author

Essays

  • Homosexuality. In: Focus on the family. Working Group for Biblical Ethics in Medicine (ABEM), Detmold 2002, pp. 38–73.
  • Inspiration and inerrancy in history. Did the early Christians really believe in mechanical dictation? In: Bible and Church . 4/2002, pp. 39-50.
  • Global Ethic Project. Humanistically transformed world religion on the way to world peace .
    • 1st part, in: Fundamentum 2/2003, pp. 59–72.
    • Part 2, in: Fundamentum 3/2003, pp. 69–81.
  • The Importance of the Chicago Declaration on the Inerrancy of the Bible. In the Bible and in the church. 3/2003, pp. 7-12.
  • When is a person a person? Discussion about the use of embryonic stem cells. New laws are to regulate stem cell research. In: Bible and Church. 1/2004, pp. 37-57.
  • Dan Brown and the "The Da Vinci Code". Biblical Criticism in Popular Literature. In: Bible and Church. 1/2006, pp. 59-71.
  • Volxbibel - or Jesus at McDonalds. In: Bible and Church. 3/2006, pp. 25-36.
  • Atheism: God or non-God is the question here. Greetings from Dawkins “God's delusion”. In: Bible and Church. 2/2008, pp. 7-22 ( PDF ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Teachers of the Brake Bible School , bibelschule-brake.de, accessed on May 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ Kotsch: Vita , bibelbund.de, accessed December 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ Dispute over the classification of Islam: Kotsch leaves the evangelical working group Weltanschauungsfragen , Idea , message from October 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ AG Ideological Issues existed for 40 years , ead.de, report of 23 September, 2015.
  5. ↑ Kotsch: Vita , bucer.de, accessed on May 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ kna, afp, aerzteblatt.de: Spahn appoints a commission to ban conversion therapies. In: Ärzteblatt. German Medical Association (Association of German Medical Associations), National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, April 10, 2019, accessed on June 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mass Taste TV: Therapy against GAYSENSE - prohibit? In: YouTube. Alsterfilm GmbH, June 4, 2019, accessed on June 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kotsch, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, lecturer and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1965