Rolf Bergmeier (Author)

Rolf Bergmeier (* 1940 in Oberhausen ) is an author critical of the church .

Life

Bergmeier was initially a soldier in the German Armed Forces and also worked in NATO contexts. In 1989 he retired from the armed forces with the military rank of colonel . He studied information technology at the Society for Mathematics and Data Processing and then worked as a systems analyst in industry.

From 2004 to 2008 he studied ancient history and philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Giordano Bruno Foundation .

Bergmeier deals with late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in his books. In it he criticizes the term “Christian-Occidental culture”. His works have so far been noticed outside of specialist publications.

He is married with two children and describes himself as an agnostic .

Publications (selection)

• The downfall of pride. Scheffler, Herdecke 2001, ISBN 3897041626
• Church crisis homemade. Why the churches are emptying and what they can do about it. Historia Verlag (specialist publisher for church criticism ), Ulm 2004, ISBN 3980869121
• Emperor Constantine and the Wild Years of Christianity: The Legend of the First Christian Emperor. Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2010, ISBN 3865690645
• Shadows Over Europe: The Fall of Ancient Culture. Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2011, ISBN 3865690750
• Christian-occidental culture - a legend: About the ancient roots, the misunderstood Arab contribution and the transfiguration of the monastery culture. Alibri Verlag, Aschaffenburg 2013, ISBN 3865691641
• Charlemagne. Correcting a Myth. Tectum, Marburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8288-3661-7

Web links

• Profile of Rolf Bergmeier on the Giordano Bruno Foundation website
• Interview with Rolf Bergmeier in the program Von Tag zu Tag on ORF eins .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rolf Bergmeier on the homepage of the Historia Verlag (specialist publisher for church criticism) Ulm
2. ↑ ^{a b} International Association of Non-Denominational People and Atheists : Rolf Bergmeier's curriculum vitae ( memento of the original from April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 14, 2014 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Heise online : Rolf Bergmeier on the part of religion in the fall of the ancient world , from May 7, 2012
4. ^ For example, in a review by the religious scholar and Protestant theologian Ulrich Nanko in the association journal Humanismus aktuell: Zeitschrift für Kultur und Weltanschauung . Berlin 2011, 2nd [14th] year, issue 1, p. 1 PDF file ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.