Thies Gundlach

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Thies Gundlach (born January 17, 1956 in Lübeck ) is a German Protestant theologian . Since December 2010 he has been one of the Vice Presidents of the EKD Church Office .

Life

Thies Gundlach studied Protestant theology at the Universities of Hamburg and Tübingen . He completed his vicariate at the St. Katharinen Church in Hamburg . From 1985 to 1988 he was a research assistant at the University of Hamburg, in the department of theology, department dogmatics, where he obtained his doctorate in 1991 with the dissertation on God's self-limitation and human autonomy: Karl Barth's church dogmatics as a step towards modernizing Protestant theology . From December 1990 he served as a pastor together with his first wife Birgitta Heubach-Gundlach at the St. Johannis Church in Hamburg-Harvestehude. From 2001 to 2010 he was senior church councilor and headed the department for church activities in the church office of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) . In October 2009, an internal paper that reached the press attracted particular attention, in which Gundlach judged the situation of the Catholic Church in Germany in sometimes harsh words.

In 2010 Gundlach became one of the three vice-presidents of the church office and has since headed the main department for Church Areas of Action and Education . He is also head of the Department for Church Areas of Action and the Faith and Dialogue Department . He is one of the leading figures behind the reform process of the EKD .

At the end of 2019, Gundlach took over the chairmanship of the Association Rescue Together , which is to act as the carrier for an evangelical initiative to send a sea rescue ship to the Mediterranean. He is co- editor of JS magazine .

Gundlach is in a relationship with the Green politician Katrin Göring-Eckardt . Gundlach has a son and a daughter from his first marriage to the Hamburg pastor Birgitta Heubach-Gundlach, a daughter of Joachim Heubach, who died in 2017 .

Publications

  • Self-limitation of God and the autonomy of man: Karl Barth's church dogmatics as a step towards modernizing Protestant theology . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 978-3-631-45287-5 (also dissertation University of Hamburg 1991).
  • Heaven above the asphalt: from the everyday life of faith . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 978-3-579-02301-4 .
  • 99 questions about faith . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2002, ISBN 978-3-579-01205-6 .
  • Let my longing find you: prayers for all walks of life . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 978-3-579-06907-4 .
as a co-author
  • Faith: a lexicon for young people (with Ralf Meister), Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2001, ISBN 978-3-579-00853-0 .
  • Bringing Heaven to Earth: Literature Church Services (with Johann Hinrich Claussen and Peter Stolt), Verlag Kreuz , Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-7831-1894-0 .
as (co) editor
  • On the grace of decency: the book Jesus Sirach (Hermann Barth for his 60th birthday), ed. with Christoph Markschies, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt , Leipzig 2005, ISBN 978-3-374-02336-3 .
  • Shadow of the Reformation: the long road to tolerance . Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hanover 2012.
  • Fear God, Honor the King !: Reformation. Power. Politics . Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hanover 2013.
  • Reformation - picture and Bible . Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hanover 2014.
  • Reformation and the One World . Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hanover 2015.
  • Trust God anew: the magazine for the Reformation anniversary 2017 . Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hannover 2016.
  • Greetings from the church year. Church holidays as cultural treasures: the magazine for the theme year 2018 . Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hanover 2017.
  • Reformation Day 2018. Leaflet. Church Office of the Ev. Church in Germany, Hannover 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thies Gundlach: The author. Peter-Lang-Verlag , accessed on July 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Thies Gundlach new Vice President in the Church Office of the EKD. Evangelical Church in Germany, July 5, 2010, accessed on July 5, 2018 . Dr. Thies Gundlach. Evangelical Church in Germany, accessed on July 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Philipp Gessler: Evangelical on Catholic Church: "Like a battered boxer". In: The daily newspaper (taz). October 8, 2009, archived from the original on December 31, 2013 ; accessed on July 5, 2018 .
  4. ^ "Sea rescue: Alliance wants to send an additional ship" idea.de of December 3, 2019
  5. ^ Editor. In: JS magazine. Retrieved April 4, 2020 .
  6. ^ Rieke C. Harmsen: Thies Gundlach: Why I am theologian | Sunday paper - 360 degrees evangelical. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Göring-Eckardt has separated from her husband - and talks about her new love. In: Focus Online . April 16, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Thanks and Reminder , St. Johannis Harvestehude Congregational Letter, accessed on December 17, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Gundlach, Thies
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, Vice-President of the Church Office of the EKD
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck