Stephan Holthaus

Stephan Holthaus, 2011

Stephan Holthaus (born September 19, 1962 ) is a German evangelical theologian , professor of Christian ethics and apologetics with a focus on business ethics and rector of the Free Theological University of Giessen (FTH).

Life

Holthaus' denominational background is in the Brethren movement , he is a member of a Baptist church . From 1983 to 1988 he studied Protestant theology at the Free Theological Academy (FTA) in Giessen . A year as a guest student at the Philipps University of Marburg was followed by three-year doctoral studies from 1989 to 1992 at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven ( Belgium ). In 1992 he received his doctorate in theology here. From 1992 to 1995 he worked as a lecturer in church history at the Brake Bible School . The FTH Gießen appointed Holthaus as lecturer for church history and ethics in 1995 and as dean in 1997 . From 2008 to 2012 he was dean and lecturer for ethics at the FTH, from 2012 to 2015 Vice-Rector . In 2015, a professorship for Christian ethics and apologetics with a focus on business ethics followed. Holthaus took over the rectorate in January 2016 as the successor to Helge Stadelmann .

His main research interests are the sanctification movement , ethics and trend research .

From 1992 to 1997 he worked as part of the research project "Bibliography on Church History" at the Institute for Basic Research on theory of Science in Paderborn in collaboration a. a. with Lutz E. von Padberg . This research project culminated in the publication of the list of books on church history .

From 2006 to 2015 Holthaus was director of the Institute for Ethics and Values , which is located on the FTH campus, but is not institutionally connected. Under Holthaus, the institute pursued the goal of “bringing society back to Christian values”. From 2008 to 2013 he was a lecturer in business ethics at the TH Mittelhessen . Holthaus has been a member of the main board of the German Evangelical Alliance since 2010 . In 2018 he was elected chairman of the Conference of Biblical Training Centers.

Fonts (selection)

• Fundamentalism in Germany. The struggle for the Bible in Protestantism of the 19th and 20th centuries (Biblia et Symbiotica; 1). Publishing house for culture and science, Bonn 1993, ISBN 3-926105-06-2 .
• Trends 2000. The Zeitgeist and the Christians . Brunnen Verlag, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7655-1141-2 .
• Operation future. Christians in the new millennium . Brunnen Verlag, Basel 2001, ISBN 3-7655-1214-1 .
• The laughter of the redeemed. Why belief and humor belong together . Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2003, ISBN 3-7655-3754-3 .
• Heil - Heilung - Heiligung: The history of the German sanctification and evangelization movement (1874-1909) . Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2005, ISBN 3-7655-9485-7 .
• Friedrich Wilhelm Baedeker . Life and work of a missionary to Russia; biographical summary and correspondence . Jota Publ., Hammerbrücke 2006, ISBN 978-3-935707-40-4 .
• The evangelicals. Facts and Perspectives . Edition Johannis, Lahr 2007, ISBN 978-3-501-05254-9 .
• Values. What Germany really needs . Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2007, ISBN 978-3-7655-1901-7 .
• Active euthanasia . Way out or wrong way? Brunnen Verlag, Giessen 2008, ISBN 978-3-7655-1908-6 (together with Timo Jahnke).
• Denomination. Handbook of the Churches, Free Churches and Christian Communities . Edition fth. Jota, Hammerbrücke 2008, ISBN 978-3-935707-54-1 .
• Apologetics . An Introduction to Defense of the Christian Faith . Edition fth. Jota, Hammerbrücke 2009, ISBN 978-3-935707-60-2 .
• Between conscience and profit. The economic and social order of the “Freiburg memorandum” and the beginnings of the social market economy. (= Market Economy and Ethics , Vol. 18). LIT, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-13131-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Stephan Holthaus in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the FTH Gießen with a short biography and publications

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brethren congregations want to overcome negative image. In: www.idea.de. April 3, 2006, accessed on January 7, 2016 (free excerpt available online). 
2. ↑ Member of the Bundestag for the first time on the main board of Allianz. In: www.idea.de. April 19, 2010, accessed on January 7, 2016 (free excerpt available online). 
3. ↑ FTH on change of rector. FTH Giessen, archived from the original on January 2, 2016 ; accessed on January 2, 2016 . 
4. ↑ HP Ethics Institute as of March 2015 ( Memento from March 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Contact page Ethics Institute ( Memento from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 17, 2015.
6. ^ Statement of the Science Council, s. P.61f on the ethics institute
7. ^ Institute of Ethics: Goals ( Memento of March 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ 'Idea': Holthaus on the main board of the DEA .
9. ↑ Evangelical training centers: Pastor's office is in a crisis , idea.de, article from November 30, 2018.