Thomas Schlag

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Thomas Schlag (born December 15, 1965 in Stuttgart ) is a Protestant theologian and professor of practical theology at the University of Zurich .

Biographical and theological career

After attending the Evangelical Seminars in Maulbronn and Blaubeuren , Schlag passed his Abitur in 1985 and spent a year of church and social affairs in Cardiff (GB). From 1986 to 1993 he studied Protestant theology and political science in Tübingen and Munich . From 1993 to 1996 he was an assistant at the chair for systematic theology / ethics in Munich and obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on the practical theologian and business ethicist Martin von Nathusius . After years of vicariate in Bad Boll and pastoral work in Mühlacker , from 2000 to 2004 he was pastor and director of studies at the Evangelical Academy in Bad Boll with a focus on socio-political youth education.

Numerous publications on religious education and youth theology as well as youth policy issues and current educational policy attracted widespread attention. Since then, Schlags has focused on religious and political education (with special attention also on Swiss educational development), youth research , education for democracy and human rights education, school mediation and professional orientation, as well as children's Bibles as media for Protestant education. From 2004 to 2005 Schlag received a habilitation scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Tübingen until he took up an assistant professorship for practical theology (religious education / cybernetics) at the theological faculty of the University of Zurich in 2005 , which was converted into a full professorship in 2011 has been. Within the framework of the Center for Church Development , Zurich, a further research and work area of ​​Schlag is in the area of participation and leadership in the context of church development and community building . He is Co-President of the Board of Trustees of the Social Works Pastor Sieber and Vice Dean of Teaching at the University of Zurich.

family

Schlag is married, father of two and lives in Zurich, CH, and Calw, DE.

Publications

  • Horizons of Democratic Education. Protestant religious education from a political perspective , Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2010
  • Talking about religion - religious instruction in Switzerland within the limits of sheer reason , in: M. Meyer-Blanck / S. Schmidt (ed.), Religion, Rationalität und Bildung, Würzburg 2009, pp. 163–176
  • Evangelical education, democracy and plurality - an eventful history with an open ending , in: K. Tanner (ed.), Christianity theory. Leipzig 2008
  • according to m. R. Anselm / D. Pezzoli-Olgiati / A. Schellenberg (ed.), In my way. Youth and Religion in Switzerland , Zurich 2008
  • Religious Education and the Desiderata of Ethics , in: ders./Th. Klie / R. Kunz, aesthetics and ethics. The Public Significance of Practical Theology. Zurich 2007, pp. 65–79
  • ed. according to m. M. Scherrmann, Before the past passes ... - National Socialism and right-wing extremism as a challenge for history and politics lessons , Schwalbach / Ts 2005
  • From school ... to work , Bad Boll 2005
  • Before the past passes , Schwalbach / Ts. 2005
  • Mediation in school and youth work , Münster 2004
  • Political education as a dimension of religious education. Ethical-theological considerations , in: F. Schweitzer / Th. Schlag (ed.): Religious Education in the 21st Century. Gütersloh 2004, pp. 252–265
  • When the scissors go apart ... , Darmstadt 2003
  • New scope and design options for voluntary services for young people , Bad Boll 2003
  • Martin von Nathusius and the beginnings of Protestant economic and social ethics , Berlin 1998

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personal data
SURNAME Blow, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and professor at the University of Zurich
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart