Robert Badenberg

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Robert Badenberg (born June 6, 1961 ) is a German evangelical theologian , missiologist , cultural anthropologist , lecturer and author in the fields of theology, missiology, and cultural anthropology.

Live and act

Badenberg completed an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer and toolmaker from 1976 to 1979 and from 1982 to 1987 a theological training at the theological seminar of the Liebenzell Mission . From 1989 to 2003 he worked as a missionary for the Liebenzeller Mission in Zambia (South Africa). He completed his "Master of Arts in Missiology" studies in 1999 with Lothar Käser at the Academy for World Mission (AWM), the German branch of Columbia International University in Korntal, with his master's thesis on The body, soul and spirit concept of the Bemba in Zambia , an investigation into the human image of the Bemba , an ethnic group in northern Zambia. In 2001 he received his PhD from the University of South Africa (UniSA) with his dissertation on Sickness and Healing: A Case Study on the Dialectic of Culture and Personality . This was followed by several years of activity, initially as a guest lecturer in the MA course, then as a lecturer at the Academy for World Mission for training in the areas of missiology, cultural anthropology, intercultural competence & leadership, as a lecturer at the TS Institute for Therapeutic Pastoral Care and as a lecturer for ethnology and intercultural communication at the European Training Program (ETP) of Wycliff Germany. Badenberg worked for six years on a Bible translation project and on cultural anthropological research. His teaching activities took him to various training centers in Germany and Croatia.

In addition, Badenberg was a curator at the Institute for Evangelical Mission , as a language lecturer at the VHS Bavaria in adult education and as a speaker at panel discussions and motorcyclist services and was involved in the leadership group of Gemeinde Unterwegs .

Since the end of 2016, he has been working with the Christian Specialists International Development Service (CFI) in the Teacher Support Unit of the Emmanuel Teacher Training College (ETTC) in Malawi , where he accompanies young teachers in their first years of employment.

Private

Robert Badenberg is married to Rita. The couple has two children and lives in Ursheim am Hahnenkamm.

Publications

  • The Body, Soul and Spirit Concept of the Bemba in Zambia , Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft , Bonn 2002, ISBN 978-3-932829-50-5 .
  • Sickness and Healing: A Case Study on the Dialectic of Culture and Personality , VTR, Nürnberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-937965963 .
  • The image of man in foreign cultures: a guide for your own exploration; Handbook for Lothar Käser's textbook "Animism" , VTR, Nuremberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937965-91-8 .
  • Zambia or anytime from now on: My African Diary , Johannis-Verlag , Lahr 2009, ISBN 978-3-501016282 .
  • La Conception de l'homme dans les cultures étrangères Guide d'investigation personnelle , Excelsis 2011, ISBN 978-2-7550-0144-0 .
  • Wisdoms from the South: A collection of proverbs from southern Africa , Grin Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-638955522 .
  • The Concept of Man in Non-Western Cultures: A Guide for One's Own Research; Handbook to Lothar Käser's Textbook "Animism - A Cognitive Approach" , VTR Publ., Nuremberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-957761156 .
as a co-author
  • How about 'Animism'? An Inquiry beyond Label and Legacy , in: Klaus Müller (Ed.): Mission als Kommunikation. Festschrift for Ursula Wiesemann on her 75th birthday , VTR, Nuremberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937965-75-8 .
  • Kingdom of God and mission: "Your kingdom come ..." , VTR, Nuremberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-941750-49-4 .
  • God - the three-one: initiation of the mission , VTR, Nuremberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-941750-63-0 .
  • Evangelism and Transformation: Two Coins or One Coin with Two Sides? , VTR, Nuremberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-941750-79-1 .
  • Organ Donation - A Decision for Life? (with Renate Knoch), SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-7751-5674-5 .
as co-editor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Badenberg: Autorinfo , abebooks.de, accessed on October 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Master's thesis The body, soul and spirit concept of the Bemba in Zambia (PDF; 1596 kB) , worldevangelicals.org
  3. ^ Badenberg: Lecturer at the Academy for World Mission , awm-korntal.eu, accessed on October 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Lecturers of the ETP ( Memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), eurotp.org
  5. ↑ Board of Trustees of the Institute for Evangelical Mission ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Badenberg: Lecturer at the TS Institute ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), ts-institut.de
  7. ↑ Panel discussion “Mission in the 21st Century - Curse or Blessing?” Of the Student Mission in Germany (SMD), article from November 14, 2007.
  8. ↑ Church service for bikers in the region ( Memento from October 4, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  9. ↑ Orientation even without navigation system , nordbayern.de, message from June 25, 2014.
  10. ^ Members of the management group of the community Unterwegs , lgv-heidenheim.de, accessed on October 5, 2014.
  11. ↑ Good news (er): Christians help in the greatest challenge , gottes-liebe-weltweit.de, accessed on January 15, 2019.
  12. ^ Badenberg: Short biography ( memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), kompassev.de
personal data
SURNAME Badenberg, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German evangelical theologian and missiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1961