Sven van Meegen

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Sven van Meegen (born October 14, 1976 in Schwäbisch Hall ) is a German clergyman , theologian and university professor .

Life

Van Meegen grew up in Gaishardt (Neuler) near Ellwangen . After graduating from the College of St. Joseph in Ehingen (Donau) he studied in graduate theology and Magister philosophy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, the School of Philosophy of the Jesuits in Munich, the University of Tübingen , the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Dominican College in Rome . After receiving his diploma in 2002 and his master's in 2003, 2004 he earned a doctorate Dr. theol. with the work Old Testament ethics as the basis of today's ethics of life at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (LMU) . His research activities also included studies in child psychology in Rome and a doctoral degree in social sciences, which he completed with a dissertation on Justice in the Diaspora at St. Elisabeth University in Pressburg .

From 2004 to 2010 he worked as a professor and as a professor at the LMU Munich and as an Old Testament student at the Philosophical-Theological University of Benediktbeuern , where he met Otto Wahl , with whom he worked more closely. In 2005 van Meegen was ordained a priest. Since 2009 he has been the leading pastor of the Lone-Brenz pastoral care unit in the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese , and since 2010 Catholic Dean of the Heidenheim dean's office. There he was re-elected in 2017. In 2011 he took over the professorship for social ethics and social philosophy at the faculty for social affairs at the Cooperative State University Heidenheim . He has been their dean since 2012 and was re-elected for a further six years in 2019. He thus holds two dean offices and is also a member of the social affairs commission and moderator of the deans conference.

Works (selection)

Van Meegen are with Otto Wahl and Josef Wehrle the book series Bible concrete and Josef Wehrle and Eberhard Schockenhoff the book series Bible and ethics out.

  • Old Testament ethics as the basis of today's ethics of life. A contribution to interreligious dialogue . Bible and Ethics 3, Berlin, Münster 2005 (dissertation).
  • with Christoph Keller and Otto Wahl (eds.): Interpretation of life from Genesis . Bible concrete 2, Berlin, Münster 2006.
  • with Josef Wehrle (ed.): God's Word - Our Life. Biblical texts as the basis of a life-affirming ethic. Bible and Ethics 1, Berlin, Münster 2007.
  • with Markus Graulich (ed.): God's word in the life and mission of the church. Ceremony in honor of Prof. P. Dr. Otto Wahl SDB . Bible concrete 3, Berlin, Münster 2007.
  • with Markus Graulich (ed.): People - Rights. Theological Perspectives on the 60th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Bible and Ethics 2, Berlin, Münster 2008.
  • Pictures of an exhibition. Opening up prophetic visions . Bible concrete 5, Berlin, Münster 2009.
  • with Otto Wahl (ed.): Relationship to God - Relationship to Neighbor. Biblical texts for personal development. Bible concrete 6, Berlin, Münster 2010.
  • with Christoph Keller and Otto Wahl : "I tell you: get up!" Biblical impulses for the dialogue and renewal process of the church Berlin, Münster 2012.
  • with Josef Wehrle (ed.): Power and Powerlessness in the Bible, Prof. P. Dr. Honor Otto Wahl SDB. Bible and Ethics 5, Berlin, Münster 2012.
  • with Andreas Mahr and Marcus Hoffmann: Dual higher education. Heidenheim 2014.
  • Christian signposts in the Heidenheim district. Heidenheim 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.schwaebische.de/home_artikel,-Sven-van-Meegen-feiert-seine-Primiz-_arid,1449910.html (as of February 6, 2013).
  2. ↑ Günter Trittner: Sven van Meegen: a dean, who is also professor is. In: Heidenheimer Zeitung. January 24, 2013, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ DHBW Heidenheim: Curriculum Vitae. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  4. ^ HZ: DHBW: Social affairs: From 25 to now 600 students. October 16, 2017, accessed January 21, 2018 .
  5. ↑ DHBW Heidenheim: Prof. Dr. Sven van Meegen re-elected as Dean of the Faculty of Social Work. May 3, 2019, accessed May 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Meegen, Sven van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES van Meegen, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Old Testament scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Hall