Paul Bernhard Rothen

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Paul Bernhard Rothen (* 1955 in Stockholm ) is a Swiss evangelical reformed pastor, author and speaker.

Live and act

Rothen grew up in Münsingen in the canton of Bern , he attended the Neufeld secondary school in Bern . He studied Protestant theology in Bern and Heidelberg . He completed a doctoral semester in Lund, Sweden, with the Lutheran systematist Bengt Hägglund , followed by theater and art studies in Paris . In Bern he received his doctorate with a thesis on the theological foundations with Martin Luther and Karl Barth with the title The Clarity of Scripture. This was published in two volumes by the German publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht .

From 1984 to 1992 he was pastor in Zweisimmen in the Bernese Oberland , from 1992 to 2010 second pastor at Basel Minster and at the same time head of the Evangelical Study House in Basel . Since 2010 he has been pastor in rural Hundwil in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden . In 1996 he founded the “ Brother Klaus Foundation” with like-minded people . In 2018 he also published a book on Brother Klaus with the title Let the name of Jesus be your greeting , in which he processed historical facts, interpretations of the time, current arguments and uncomfortable findings.

As an author, he designed church plays and scenic readings and conceived the spatial installation such as From Love To The Bern Letter by Niklaus von Flüe as a traveling exhibition.

Together with the Protestant theologians Stefan Felber and Peter Wick , he made critical inquiries about some modern German Bible translations , because they would have made fundamental changes in terms, meanings and assignments that would not be mandatory from the Hebrew and Greek basic text. They have put forward 18 theses on these Bible translations and transcriptions in order to show their reformulations and to criticize reinterpretations.

Since 2011 he has been giving lectures on the Koran , in which he tries to show similarities and differences to the Bible . Rothen paints a critical picture of the state of the Evangelical Reformed regional churches in Switzerland, with which he wants to shake up the readership and challenge them to repent.

He is a member and president of the Swiss Evangelical Theological Parish Association, which advocates theology, church service and mutual support for pastors. Theological debates are also held regularly and Rothen's theses on the Reformed pastoral office and the state of the churches in Switzerland were controversial because his view was not shared by all members.

Private

Rothen has been married since 1983, he is the father of two adult children,

Works

  • The clarity of the script. Part 1: Martin Luther, the rediscovered fundamentals. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 978-3-525-56111-9 .
  • The clarity of the script. Part 2: Karl Barth, A Review. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990, ISBN 978-3-525-56112-6 .
  • With Franz Christ: The Gospel in Stone, Color and Glass - Basel Minster. Basel Litho, Basler Münster series , Basel 2000.
  • With Christian Herrmann, Eberhard Hahn and others: Holding on to the confession of hope: Festgabe for Professor Dr. Reinhard Slenczka on his 70th birthday. Martin-Luther-Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-875-13126-0 .
  • Because of love. Brother Klaus writes to the council in Bern. An ecumenical offer. 2001.
  • With Daniel Rüegg: A journey through time: 900 years of St. Jakob Church in Basel. Johannis, 2006, ISBN 978-3-501-01550-6
  • With Jonathan Stutz and Anna Christina Rothen: Once upon a time ...: Stories from Basel Minster. ArteMedia, Riehen 2008, ISBN 978-3-905-29050-9 .
  • The rectory. An endangered pillar of European culture. Series: Swiss: Research and Science, Volume 5. Lit Verlag, Zurich, 2nd edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-80026-8 .
  • With time against time. Sermons on all feasts and Sundays of the church year. LIT-Verlag, Münster 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-80119-7 .
  • I de gottvergässne city. Mani Matter and the Defense of Christianity. Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2013, ISBN 978-3-7296-0862-7 .
  • Built on sand. Why the Protestant Churches are falling apart. Lit Verlag, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-80188-3 .
  • The name of Jesus be your greeting - Brother Klaus von Flüe - Friedensstisfter in the heart of Europe , LIT Verlag, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-643-80266-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foundation Brother Klaus ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stiftungbruderklaus.ch
  2. ^ Fritz Imhof: From Mani Matter to Brother Klaus , Evangelical news agency idea , Liestal June 6, 2018, pp. 8-11
  3. ↑ Out of love.
  4. ^ Author Rothen at Zytglogge Verlag
  5. ↑ Theses on modern Bible translations ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bibeluebersetzungen.ch
  6. ↑ Rahel Haag: In the country he is an expert. Thurgauer Zeitung , March 28, 2013.
  7. ↑ Michael Meier: The Protestant People's Church breaks down. Conversation with Bernhard Rothen. Pastor Bernhard Rothen paints a gloomy picture of the Protestant churches: They have lost their creative power, are represented commonplaces and are no longer noticed. Basler Zeitung , Basel April 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ Board of the Evangelical Theological Parish Association 2016
  9. ↑ Response to Rothen's theses in the Evangelical Theological Parish Association 2014
personal data
SURNAME Rothen, Paul Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothen, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss evangelical reformed pastor, author and speaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm