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
- ↑ Rolf Bergmeier on the homepage of the Historia Verlag (specialist publisher for church criticism) Ulm
- ↑ 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
- ↑ a b Heise online : Rolf Bergmeier on the part of religion in the fall of the ancient world , from May 7, 2012
- ^ 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.
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SURNAME | Bergmeier, Rolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |