Pierre Bühler

Pierre Bühler (born January 12, 1950 in Tramelan ) is a Swiss Reformed theologian . He is professor emeritus for systematic theology , in particular hermeneutics and fundamental theology , and co-director of the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion at the Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich .

Life

Pierre Bühler was born in Tramelan in the Bernese Jura in 1950 . He studied Protestant theology and philosophy at the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne . In 1974 he became a parish in the Reformed Evangelical Church of Canton Zurich ordained ; in the same year he took up an assistant position at the theological faculty of the University of Zurich with Gerhard Ebeling . In 1979 he did his doctorate with Gerhard Ebeling with a dissertation on the subject of “Cross and eschatology. An examination of political theology, following Luther's theologia crucis ” . For this he received the Scheuchzer Foundation Prize in 1981. In 1982 he became full professor of systematic theology at the University of Neuchâtel , where he headed the Institut de recherches herméneutiques et systématiques (later Institut romand d'herméneutique et de systématique ). From 1987–1989 and 1993–1995 he was dean of the theological faculty. In 1996 he received an honorary doctorate from the Faculté libre de théologie protestante of Montpellier.

From 1997 to 2015, Bühler was full professor of systematic theology at the University of Zurich and co-director of the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion there. From 2002–2004 he was dean of the theological faculty. From 2006 to 2009 he was President of the Swiss Theological Society . From August 2012 to February 2015, Bühler headed the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion in Zurich. Bühler retired in March 2015.

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His work focuses on Luther and Kierkegaard research (in collaboration with the Søren Kierkegaard Research Center in Copenhagen), theological and philosophical hermeneutics (in particular Rudolf Bultmann , Gerhard Ebeling and Paul Ricœur ), the dialogue between theology, philosophy, natural and human sciences, the Relationships between theology and literature, especially with Friedrich Dürrenmatt . He maintains a close dialogue with the Center Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel. In exchange with religious studies , he is also interested in the relationship between image and text. In addition, he has recently been working a lot on the subject of humor.

Pierre Bühler is editor-in-chief of the Revue de théologie et de philosophie (Geneva / Lausanne / Neuchâtel) and co-editor of the Hermeneutic Studies on Theology (with Mohr Siebeck in Tübingen), Helvetica (a series of the Presses universitaires de Strasbourg) and the French translation of Luther (im Geneva publishing house Labor et Fides). In 2008, Pierre Bühler was co-editor of the Introduction à la théologie systématique .

Fonts (selection)

• The problem of the time and the doctrine of the péché ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1976 (mémoire de license).
• Cross and eschatology. An examination of political theology, following Luther's theologia crucis ; Tübingen, Mohr, 1981 (dissertation).
• Pierre Bühler (Ed.): Justice en dialogue ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1982.
• Pierre Bühler, Jean-François Habermacher (ed.): La narration. Quand le récit devient communication ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1988.
• Pierre Bühler (Ed.): Humain à l'image de Dieu. La théologie et les sciences humaines face au probème de l'anthropologie ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1989.
• Pierre Bühler, Clairette Karakash (ed.): Science et foi font système. Une approche herméneutique ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1992.
• Pierre Bühler, Clairette Karakash (ed.): Quand interpréter, c'est changer. Pragmatique et lectures de la Parole. Actes du Congrès international d'herméneutique, Neuchâtel, September 12-14, 1994 ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1995.
• Pierre Bühler (Ed.): Les “clairs-obscurs” de l'Écriture. Un dossier interdisciplinaire d'herméneutique biblique, Études théologiques et religieuses , Montpellier, 71, 1996 / II, pp. 161-263; Neuchâtel, Secrétariat de l'Université, 1996.
• Synod. Étranger, étrangers , supplément au n ° 6/98 du bulletin Information évangélisation , Paris, 1998 (avec une préface de Michel Bertrand ).
• Predestination et Providence ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1999.
• Pierre Bühler, Tibor Fabiny (Ed.): Interpretation of Texts: Sacred and Secular. Proceedings of the International Conference Organized by the CentreHfor Hermeneutical Research, Budapest, and the Institut für Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie, University of Zurich, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Piliscsaba, Hungary, 3–5 September 1998 , Zurich / Budapest, Pano Verlag / Center for Hermeneutical Research, 1999.
• The protestantism against the indulgences. Pour a jubilé de la justification par la foi en l'an 2000 ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 2000, ² 2003; German translation: indulgence or justification by faith. What do we need for the anniversary year 2000? , Zurich, Pano Verlag, 2000.
• Isabelle Graesslé , Pierre Bühler, Christoph D. Müller (Eds.): Qui a peur des homosexuel-les? Discussions autour des prises de position des Églises protestantes de Suisse ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 2001; German translation: On the way to new horizons. Same sex. Considerations and initiations for discussion on the statements of the Evangelical Churches in Switzerland , Berg am Irchel, KiK-Verlag, 2001.
• Pierre Bühler, Ulrich Weber: Dürrenmatt's Endgames , Cahier / Center Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel n ° 7, 2003; trad. franç .: Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Échec et mat , Cahier / Center Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel, Volume 6, 2003.
• Pierre Bühler, Andreas Mauz (eds.): Gerhard Ebeling, Mein theologischer Weg , Hermeneutische Blätter , Zurich, special issue October 2006.
• Paul Ricœur. Perspectives romandes , numéro à thème de la Revue de théologie et de philosophie , 138, 2006 / IV, pp. 291–371.
• André Birmelé , Pierre Bühler, Jean-Daniel Causse, Lucie Kaennel (eds.): Introduction à la théologie systématique ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 2008.
• Pierre Bühler, Daniel Frey (eds., In collaboration with Lucie Kaennel): Paul Ricœur: un philosophe lit la Bible. À l'entrecroisement des herméneutiques philosophique et biblique ; Geneva: Labor et Fides, 2011.

Web links

• Literature by and about Pierre Bühler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Pierre Bühler on the website of the University of Zurich