Rolf Sons

Rolf Sons (* 1961 ) is a German theologian , pastor of the Württemberg regional church and author of several non-fiction books .

Life

Sons studied theology at the universities of Tübingen and Erlangen . After the vicariate in Balingen , he was a student assistant in the Albrecht Bengel House from 1991 to 1994. In 1994 he received his doctorate in Erlangen in the field of practical theology with Manfred Seitz with his work on pastoral care between the Bible and psychotherapy . Then he worked as a parish priest in Walddorfhäslach until 2004 . From 2004 he was lecturer in practical theology at the Albrecht Bengel House and its rector from 2009 to 2016. Since September 2016 he has been pastor of the parish of Flein and from 2017 to 2020 chairman of the BibelStudienKolleg eV in Ostfildern.

He was a lecturer at the Theological Seminary of the Liebenzeller Mission and still lectures at the Adelshofen Theological Seminary and the Biblical College . He is a lecturer at the Academy for Psychotherapy and counseling and at events of the Summer Academy Herrenberg in church Bible evenings, the Pastoral Impulstag the ISBB and the orientation days of living community operates.

His main focus, both in lectures and in his publications, is Martin Luther's pastoral practice .

Private

Rolf Sons is married to Gabi. The couple have five children.

Publications

• Pastoral care between the Bible and psychotherapy: the development of evangelical pastoral care in the present (also: Dissertation, Univ. Erlangen, 1993/94), Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 978-3-7668-3342-6 .
• as publisher: How do we celebrate church service ?: Congregation between tradition and culture of experience , SCM R. Brockhaus , Wuppertal 2005, ISBN 978-3-417-29102-5 .
• Don't let worries live with you: believe carefree with Martin Luther , Brunnen Verlag (Gießen) , 2008, ISBN 978-3-7655-4011-0 .
• Martin Luther as a pastor: rediscovering freedom , SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-7751-5621-9 , review .

Essays

• The prophetic call to conversion in the Old Testament , in: Heinz-Werner Neudorfer and Torsten Morstein (eds.): Christ to preach decision , Stuttgart 1994, pp. 36–59.
• Clinical pastoral care training , in: Michael Dieterich and Jörg Dieterich (eds.): Dictionary of Psychology and Pastoral Care , Wuppertal 1996, p. 177f.
• Divine service between tradition and experience orientation ; Second and target group services as part of the missionary church building , in: Rolf Sons (Ed.): How do we celebrate church service ?: Congregation between tradition and adventure culture , R. Brockhaus, Wuppertal 2005, pp. 141–158.
• Pastoral care in one's own soul , in: Martin Grabe and Rolf Senst (eds.): Helfen, das Sinn macht , Oncken Kassel 2006, pp. 217–231.
• The importance of the Trinitarian creed for spiritual life , in: Rolf Hille (Ed.): Who is God? Our Faith in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit , Wuppertal 2007, pp. 107–122.
• Dealing with mood swings in the mirror of the Psalms , ThBeitr 38 (2007), pp. 29–40.
• Missionary church building from baptism and towards baptism , pp. 155–178, in: Christian Lehmann (ed.): Why baptism and the Lord's Supper ?: what makes our faith certain , SCM R. Brockhaus, Witten 2009, ISBN 978-3 -417-29557-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Rolf Sons in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Rolf Sons  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lecturers of the Adelshofen Theological Seminary , lza.de, accessed on October 21, 2016.
2. ↑ Sons: Vita , bengelhaus.de, accessed October 27, 2015.
3. ↑ lecturers of the ABH , bengelhaus.de, accessed October 27, 2015.
4. ↑ Albrecht-Bengel-Haus: Rolf Sons introduced as the new rector , idea.de, notification from January 15, 2010.
5. ↑ Hägele is the successor to Pastor Rolf Sons , ead.de, article from September 11, 2016.
6. ↑ BibelStudienKolleg Ostfildern has a new chairman , idea.de, message from November 21, 2017.
7. ↑ BibelStudienKolleg Ostfildern has a new tip , idea.de, message from February 21, 2020.
8. ↑ guest lecturer at the College Bible study , bibelstudienkolleg.de, accessed on 3 March 2018th
9. ↑ Speakers of the "Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care" , aps-kongress.de, accessed on October 27, 2015.
10. ↑ Summer Academy within the framework of the Evangelical Alliance Herrenberg , evangelische-kirche-herrenberg.de, event in July 2015.
11. ^ Pastor Rolf Sons gives a lecture at Bible evenings , schwarzwaelder-bote.de, article from November 8, 2013.
12. ^ Speaker at the Pastoral Care Impulse Day 2014 of the ISBB , akademieps.de, event on June 28, 2014.
13. ↑ Speakers at the orientation days of the “Lebendige Gemeinde” , leben-gemeinde.de, accessed on October 27, 2015.