Walter Sparn
Walter Sparn (born November 15, 1941 in Wels ) is a German theologian.
Life
From 1962 to 1968 he studied (Protestant theology, philosophy, history) in Tübingen ( Evangelisches Stift Tübingen ), Erlangen , Bonn and Edinburgh . After receiving his doctorate in 1974 as Dr. theol. in Munich he was deputy head of the research department at the Herzog August Library from 1980 to 1986 . After completing his habilitation in Göttingen in 1982 , he was professor (systematic theology and contemporary religious questions) at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the University of Bayreuth from 1986 to 1995 . From 1995 to 2007 he was Professor (Systematic Theology I) at the Theological Faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg .
His main research interests are systematic theology: dogmatics, ethics, fundamental theology; Philosophy of religion, empirical research on religion and the history of piety and science of the modern age.
Fonts (selection)
- Return of metaphysics. The ontological question in Lutheran theology of the early 17th century . Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-7668-0506-1 .
- Suffering - experience and thought. Materials on the theodicy problem . Munich 1980, ISBN 3-459-01313-3 .
- God, virtue and immortality. Theological Essays II: Protestant Christianity and the Challenge of "Enlightenment" . Leipzig 2016, ISBN 3-374-04553-7 .
- “ Luther , you! - Great, misunderstood man! ” Lessing's ambiguous interest in Luther. Lecture given on November 2, 2017 in the Lessinghaus Wolfenbüttel . Wolfenbüttel 2018, ISBN 3-942675-32-3 .
literature
- as editors Joar Haga, Sascha Salatowsky, Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann and Wolfgang Schoberth : The Enlightenment Project. Philosophical-theological debates from the early modern period to the present. Walter Sparn on his 75th birthday . Leipzig 2018, ISBN 3-374-05183-9 .
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| SURNAME | Sparn, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | catfish |