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Reiner Knieling (* 1963 in Hof ) is a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Reiner Knieling has headed the community college of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (VELKD) in Neudietendorf near Erfurt since August 2011 . At the same time he is an adjunct professor for practical theology at the Church University of Wuppertal / Bethel . He is the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria . From 1990 to 1995 he was the youth leader of the Christian Youth Association in Bavaria. He then worked for 16 years as a lecturer in practical theology and the New Testament at the Johanneum Evangelist School in Wuppertal. Reiner Knieling is married to Pastor Isabel Hartmann .

Focus of work

  • Community development and church reform

With his plea for imperfect parishes, Knieling interfered in the parish development and church reform debate and warned against too much belief in feasibility. In rethinking the community , he and Isabel Hartmann, deputy head of the community college, focus on spiritual perspectives and show ways in which renewal processes can be made sustainable in an increasingly complex terrain.

Knieling is particularly interested in: How can we humans speak relevantly about God or the divine power? His thesis is: worship and preaching serve to be mindful of God's presence of mind in everyday life. The dialogue with non-denominational helps him to further develop traditional statements and ways of thinking and to shape them anew.

  • Men and church

Knieling is committed to dealing with issues such as achievement and success, struggle, self-determination, fragile relationships, etc. in church work and worship more often with open curiosity. He is convinced: That would be an asset for men and women alike.

Publications

  • God: How we searched for the one and found the universe in us. Gütersloh 2019 (together with Isabel Hartmann), ISBN 978-3-579-01473-9
  • The cross with the cross. Finding language for the incomprehensible. Gütersloh 2016, ISBN 978-3-579-08232-5
  • Male relationships. Men-specific interpretation of the Bible II. Göttingen 2015 (Ed., Together with Andreas Ruffing), ISBN 978-3-525-61620-8
  • Rethink the community. Spiritual orientation in increasing complexity. Gütersloh 2014 (together with Isabel Hartmann), ISBN 978-3-579-08180-9
  • Man-specific interpretation of the Bible. Göttingen 2012 (Ed., Together with Andreas Ruffing), ISBN 978-3-525-61617-8
  • What are we preaching A homiletics. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2nd edition 2011
  • Men and church. Conflicts, misunderstandings, rapprochements. Göttingen 2010
  • Learning to live with failure. Experiences, promises, assistance. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2nd edition 2010
  • A plea for imperfect churches. Healing impulses. Göttingen 2nd edition 2009
  • Competition in the church. Practical theological research on a taboo. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2006 (habilitation thesis)
  • Unsure - and yet certain. Christianity in postmodernism. Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999
  • Preaching practice between creed and experience. Homiletic studies on Easter, Passion and Christmas sermons (CTM.C 29), Stuttgart 1999 (dissertation)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A day for the future of the church , infranken.de , November 3, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Knieling, Reiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Hof (Saale) , Bavaria