Werner Thiede

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Werner Thiede (born August 13, 1955 in Gunzenhausen ) is a German Protestant theologian and publicist . He is pastor i. R. of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church in Bavaria .

Live and act

After studying Protestant theology in Neuendettelsau. Erlangen and Bonn (plus a semester of Catholic theology and parapsychology in Freiburg) and a doctoral degree, he was ordained in 1984. Until 1990 he was Academic Councilor a. Currently at the University of Regensburg ; this time he completed his doctorate in Munich. 1991–1996 he was a scientific advisor at the Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauungsfragen (EZW) in Stuttgart. In 1996 he moved to the newly founded "Institute for Research into Contemporary Religious Culture" at the University of Bayreuth . There he began his habilitation thesis on the concept of the "cosmic Christ". Habilitation 2000 in Erlangen for Dr. theol. habil. From 2001 he taught systematic theology at the theological faculty of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . In 2007 he was appointed adjunct professor . 2004–2006 he was editor-in-chief of the Evangelisches Sonntagsblatt from Bavaria . Then he was theological advisor to the regional bishop in the Regensburg church district until 2016 and then dealt with general church tasks until his retirement in 2018.

Some of his numerous books, essays, and articles have been translated into other languages; so is of his work The Crucified Mind. A trinitarian theodicy (Gütersloh 2007) also published a Spanish edition: El sentido crucificado. Una teodicea trinitaria (Salamanca 2008). The Theologische Literaturzeitung (5/2008) says about this book : "With his work, Thiede should find an attentive and positive reception among the numerous contemporary works on theodicy."

The associate university professor has also emerged as sole editor - with books on Kant's philosophy of religion (Göttingen 2004), on the "Pope from Bavaria" in Protestant perception (Leipzig 2010) and on the 50th anniversary of Karl Barth's death (Leipzig 2018).

Works (books)

  • The promised laughter. Humor from a theological perspective. Göttingen 1986 (196 pages). Ital .: L 'ilarità promessa. L 'umorismo e la teologia, Milan / Turin 1989 (195 pages).
  • Resurrection of the Dead - Hope without Attractiveness? Basic structures of the Christian expectation of salvation and their misunderstood relevance to religious education (research on systematic and ecumenical theology, vol. 65). Göttingen 1991 (Munich theological dissertation, 1990, 449 pages).
  • Scientology - Religion or Spiritual Magic? ( Apologetic Topics Series (RAT) , Vol. 1). Konstanz 1992 (166 pages). 2nd, revised and updated edition: Neukirchen-Vluyn 1995 (184 pages).
  • Who play with death. Occultism - Reincarnation - Death Research (GTB 975). Gütersloh 1994 (144 pages).
  • Esotericism - the post-religious perm. Theological considerations and analyzes (RAT, 6). Neukirchen-Vluyn 1995 (162 pages).
  • Sectarianism - Weeds Among the Wheat? Collected essays on practical and systematic theological apologetics (RAT, vol. 12). Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999 (267 pages).
  • Who is the Cosmic Christ? Career and change in the meaning of a modern metaphor (Church - Denomination - Religion 44). Göttingen 2001 (Erlanger systematic-theological habilitation thesis, 2000, 513 pages).
  • The crucified mind. A trinitarian theodicy. Gütersloh 2007 (272 pages). Span .: El sentido crucificado. Una teodicea trinitaria, Salamanca / España 2008 (320 pages).
  • Theology and esotericism. A mutual challenge (Forum Theologische Literaturzeitung 20). Leipzig 2007 (104 pages).
  • Mysticism in Christianity. 30 examples of how people met God (edition chrismon). Frankfurt / M. 2009 (256 pages).
  • Cellular myth. Critique of Radiant Reason. Munich 2012 (300 pages).
  • The digitized freedom. Dawn of a technocratic surrogate religion. Berlin 2013 (258 pages).
  • The truth is exclusive. Controversial issues of interreligious dialogue. Giessen 2014 (284 pages).
  • Digital Tower of Babel. The technology mania and its consequences. Munich 2015 (236 pages).
  • Evangelical Church - Ship without a compass? Impulses for a new course determination. Darmstadt 2017 (280 pages).
  • Holy shine above chaos. Faith Poems. Neuendettelsau 2018 (105 pages). 2nd edition 2019.
  • Karl Barth's Theology of Crisis Today: Transfer Attempts on the 50th Anniversary of Death (as publisher). Leipzig 2018.
  • The digital progress trap. Why the gigabit society is threatened with freedom and health regressions with 5G mobile communications. Bergkamen 2018 (90 pages). 2nd edition 2019.
  • Lust for god. Introduction to Christian mysticism. Berlin 2019 (232 pages).
  • Digitization as a worldview. As the rigorous networking policy with 5G mobile communications reveals ideological traits. Bergkamen 2019 (90 pages).

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personal data
SURNAME Thiede, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Gunzenhausen