Paul Weiland (theologian)
Paul Weiland (born September 14, 1949 in Rottenmann ; † August 16, 2015 in St. Pölten ) was an Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian . From 1998 until his death in 2015 he was Superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of Lower Austria .
Life
Paul Weiland grew up in Stadtschlaining . He studied from 1969 to 1975 at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna and then worked for two years as a religion teacher at general secondary schools in Vienna . Weiland completed his vicariate from 1977 to 1979 in the Luther Church in Vienna's 18th district of Währing and in the office for radio and television. In 1979 he was ordained to the ministry .
Then Paul Weiland was press pastor of the Evangelical Church A. u. HB in Austria and as managing director of the Evangelical Press Association. On September 1, 1998, he took up his post as the successor to Hellmut Santer as the sixth superintendent of the Evangelical Superintendent of Lower Austria, based in St. Pölten . At that time he was also a member of the Synod of the Evangelical Church AB and the General Synod of the Evangelical Church A. u. HB Paul Weiland was also President of the Austrian Bible Society , Chairman of the Evangelical Federation in Austria and advisor to the Lutheran World Federation on communication issues.
In 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2013 he was a member of the jury for the award of the European Peace Rose Prize .
His successor as superintendent is Lars Müller-Marienburg .
Awards
- 2009: Silver Commander's Cross with the Star of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria
- 2012: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
Fonts
- Being a Protestant in Austria: 201 years after the tolerance patent . With Johannes Hanselmann , Vienna 1982
- For time and for eternity: on Otto Bünker's spiritual work . In: Fidibus , Vol. 22 (1994)
- The church and the media . In: Church: capable of learning in the future? . Innsbruck and Vienna 1998
- Tasks of the Evangelical Federation in Austria today . In: 100 Years of the Evangelical Union in Austria . Goettingen 2003
- It is a god and a mediator between God and man . In: The saints in the denominations . Vienna 2005
- Sermon on the occasion of the anniversary of ordination in 2002 . In: Neunkirchen - a place between Hermannstadt, Berneuchen and Jerusalem . Vienna 2005
- Military pastoral care: an example of good cooperation between state and church . In: The Religious Soldier - Contradiction or Consistency? . Frankfurt am Main, Vienna et al. 2007
- Ecumenism in Lower Austria . With Matthias Eikenberg, in: Encounter and Inspiration . Vienna, Graz and Klagenfurt 2008
- Sermon on 1 Kings 19: 1-13 . In: Poetry and Realization . Vienna 2008
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Superintendent Paul Weiland is dead
- ↑ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20091011_OTS0003 , accessed on August 30, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiland, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Evangelical Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rottenmann |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 2015 |
| Place of death | St. Polten |