Svend Andersen (theologian)

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Svend Andersen (2014)

Svend Andersen (born March 8, 1948 in Aventoft ) is a Danish ( Südschleswiger ) and Evangelical Lutheran theologian.

Life

After studying theology at Aarhus University , Andersen studied philosophy at Heidelberg University from 1974 to 1976 with Dieter Henrich, Ernst Tugendhat and Georg Picht . He received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1980 and in Aarhus in 1989, each with a Dr. theol. In 1989 he went on to study abroad at Oxford University ( PF Strawson ) and in 1994 did research at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Stanford University . Andersen has been Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion at Aarhus University since 1989; In 1994 he held a visiting professorship at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel .

Teaching

Svend Andersen, Societas Ethica in Oxford (2006)

Andersen's study book "Introduction to Ethics" clarifies the relationships between theological and philosophical ethics, whereby Andersen locates himself strongly in the Lutheran tradition and among the authors of the 20th century only the designs by Paul Althaus , Karl Barth , Emil Brunner and Knud E. Løgstrup represents more precisely. Among the more recent philosophical drafts, John Rawls and Alasdair MacIntyre are particularly honored.

In “Macht aus Liebe” (2010) Andersen traces Luther's political ethics in detail and presents their transformations in modern times. In Luther's authoritative pamphlet, Andersen elaborates the concept of “political neighborly love”: “A Christian supports the institution of political rule - secular authority - because it aims at the benefit of people, because a Christian acts precisely for the benefit of his fellow men.” In the third In part, this Lutheran ethic is related to the drafts of John Rawls (political liberalism) and Jürgen Habermas (Kantian republicanism), which Andersen presents to the reader as “political-philosophical allies for the endeavor to reconstruct Lutheran political ethics”. Habermas 'legal philosophy and political philosophy serve him to sharpen the profile of Rawls' theory. At Rawls, he focuses on three topics:

  1. Theoretical representation of liberal democracy ;
  2. Philosophical justification of democratic principles;
  3. Determination of religion.

A Lutheran Christian could agree with the two principles of justice that Rawls unfolds in A Theory of Justice , since they (from the internal perspective of his faith) "express the political shape of charity."

Publications (selection)

  • Wittenberg, Schleswig and Denmark: Interactions between politics and the Reformation . In: Ulrich A. Wien, Mihai-D. Grigore (Ed.): Export Reformation: Your Transfer in Contact Zones of the 16th Century and the Presence of Protestant Churches in Europe . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2017. pp. 301–314.
  • Luther's doctrine of two regiments as a model of modern state ethics . In: Christopher Spehr , Michael Haspel, Wolfgang Holler (eds.): Weimar and the Reformation: Luther's doctrine of authority and its effects . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2016. pp. 157–175.
  • New documents for understanding the Reformation: a critical review . In: Michael Beyer, Martin Hauger, Volker Leppin (eds.): Challenge Reformation: Reformation history between theological interpretation and historical research . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2016. pp. 168–182.
  • Christian bioethics in Europe . In: Friedemann Voigt (Hrsg.): Religion in bioethical discourses: Interdisciplinary, international and interreligious perspectives . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010. pp. 293–311.
  • Power out of love: For the reconstruction of a Lutheran political ethic ( Theological Library Töpelmann . Volume 149) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010.
  • Introduction to Ethics . 2nd, extended edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2010. (Translation by Som dig selv )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Erich Müller : Introduction to Ethics (review). In: Theologische Literaturzeitung , June 2001, p. 660 f.
  2. ↑ Svend Andersen: Power out of love , Berlin / New York 2010, p. 31.
  3. ↑ Volker Stümke , review of: Svend Andersen: Power out of love. Berlin / New York: 2010 , in: Portal für Politikwissenschaft , http://pw-portal.de/rezension/32174-macht-aus-liebe_38373 , published on July 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ Svend Andersen: Power out of love , Berlin / New York 2010, p. 245 f.
  5. ↑ Svend Andersen: Power out of love , Berlin / New York 2010, p. 302.
personal data
SURNAME Andersen, Svend
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish Evangelical Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Aventoft