Reinhard Slenczka

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Reinhard Slenczka (born February 16, 1931 in Kassel ) is an Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

Slenczka studied theology , philosophy and Slavic studies in Marburg, Tübingen, Heidelberg and Paris from 1951 to 1956 . In Marburg and Tübingen he became a member of the local Wingolf associations , from which he left after his studies. After the first exam he completed the vicariate in the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck . On April 30, 1960 he received his doctorate with Edmund Schlink at the University of Heidelberg with the topic The unity of the church as a dogmatic problem in the newer Eastern Church theology . Under the care of Schlink, whose assistant was Slenczka, he also completed his habilitation on a christological topic at Heidelberg University in 1966 . Reinhard Slenczka has translated many works from Russian since the 1950s. After completing his habilitation, he received his first professorship in Bern . From 1970 to 1981 he was professor for systematic theology at the University of Heidelberg . From 1981 until his retirement in 1996 he held the chair for Systematic Theology II ( Apologetics ) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and was involved in the spiritual care of students at the Martin Luther Association.

Slenczka's areas of work are ecumenism , dogmatics and ethics. After his retirement , he accepted a call to Riga , where he headed the pastoral theological training of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia as rector of the Luther Academy in Riga.

From 1981 to 1995 Reinhard Slenczka was editor of the magazine Kerygma und Dogma (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen).

Slenczka is the grandson of the historian Karl Heldmann . His son is the Berlin theologian Notger Slenczka , also a professor of systematic theology. Reinhard Slenczka's students include: a. Reiner Andreas Neuschäfer , Harald Seubert , Karsten Lehmkühler , Eberhard Hahn , Gottfried Martens and Armin Wenz .

Fonts (selection)

  • Eastern Church and Ecumenism. The unity of the church as a dogmatic problem in recent Eastern church theology . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen 1962
  • Historicity and personhood of Jesus Christ . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen 1966.
  • Church decision in theological responsibility . Basics - Criteria - Limits, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen 1991.
  • The Sermon on the Mount of Jesus . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen 1994.
  • New and old: selected articles, lectures and reports , ed. by Albrecht Immanuel Herzog. Freimund Verlag Neuendettelsau 1999–2000 (3 vols.).
  • Aim and End , Freimund Verlag Neuendettelsau 2008. ISBN 978-3-8654-0054-3 .
  • Stay in the truth. Instruction and guidance on living by believing in Jesus Christ. For devotion and teaching. , Freimund Verlag Neuendettelsau 2015. ISBN 978-3-9460-8300-9 .

literature

  • Karsten Lehmkühler, Christian Henning (ed.): Systematic theology of the present in self-portrayals . Mohr Tübingen 1998 (self-portrayal by Reinhard Slenczka).

Festschriften

  • Jochen Eber (ed.): Word of the living God . Festgabe for Reinhard Slenczka on his 60th birthday, Erlangen 1991 (2nd, reviewed edition 1993).
  • Karsten Lehmkühler, Manfred Seitz (ed.): Stay in the truth. Dogma - Scripture Interpretation - Church . Festschrift for Reinhard Slenczka on his 65th birthday, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen 1997, ISBN 978-3-525-581636 .
  • Christian Herrmann, Eberhard Hahn (ed.): Holding on to the confession of hope . Festschrift for Prof. Reinhard Slenczka on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Martin-Luther-Bund Erlangen 2001, ISBN 978-3-8751-3126-0 .
  • Reiner Andreas Neuschäfer, Harald Seubert (ed.): Reformation against deformation in the church. Selected essays, lectures and reports. Festschrift for Reinhard Slenczka on his 85th birthday , Neues und Altes 4, Freimund, Neuendettelsau 2016, ISBN 978-3-946083-02-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Herrmann: Aim and End. Theocentric eschatology with Reinhard Slenczka. In: Working Group for Evangelical Theology - afet.de. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Slenczka, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theology professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel