Stephan Weyer-Menkhoff

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Stephan Weyer-Menkhoff (born October 27, 1953 in Berlin ) is a German Protestant theologian . He is Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Mainz with a focus on aesthetics.

Life

Weyer-Menkhoff studied Protestant theology in Göttingen . From 1980 to 1985 he was a teacher in Lower Saxony, 1985–1989 pastor in Bevern ( Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover ). In 1987 he received his doctorate in practical theology in Göttingen. 1989–1994 he was head of studies at the Theological Study Seminar of the VELKD Pullach, 1994–1997 head of the religious education department in Bremerhaven. In 1997 he completed his habilitation in Göttingen and has been a professor in Mainz since the same year.

Weyer-Menkhoff is married, has four children and lives in Bacharach .

Research topics

Weyer-Menkhoff works on gestalt education, aesthetics, space and ritual. Among other things, he is the spokesman for the DFG Graduate School Space and Ritual, Church Building and Church Art. Weyer-Menkhoff conducts research projects on ritual, in this area he is among other things co-editor of a manual, space, didactics, educational theory, and church building.

Publications

  • Enlightenment and Revelation. On the systematics of the theology of Albrecht Ritschl . Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, Göttingen 1988.
  • What is the Christian religion taught for? A discourse on the necessity of aesthetic mediation . Lit, Münster 1999.
  • The churches in the Middle Rhine Valley . Imhof, Petersberg 2004 (together with A. Metzing / M. Imhof).
  • About the prodigal son. Sinful man and justifying God. Locations in the suicidal field. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Leipzig 2020.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Space and ritual. Function, meaning and use of sacred spaces and places
  2. ↑ "From the Prodigal Son" | Sinful man and justifying God. Locations in the suicidal field | Stephan Weyer-Menkhoff. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Weyer-Menkhoff, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin