Willem J. Ouweneel

Willem Ouweneel

Willem Johannes Ouweneel (born June 2, 1944 in Zaandam ) is a Dutch biologist , philosopher and theologian . He is the author of numerous popular science books, some of which have also been translated into German.

academic career

Ouweneel studied biology at Utrecht University from 1962 to 1967 and received his doctorate in 1970 with a thesis on Drosophila . From 1966 to 1968 he worked as a biology teacher in Apeldoorn and from 1968 to 1976 as a research assistant at the Hubrecht laboratory ( International Institute of Embryology ) in Utrecht . In 1977 he founded the Evangelische Hogeschool in Amersfoort with some other Christian scholars , where he taught philosophy , psychology , apologetics , ethics , cultural history , theology and biblical studies until his retirement in 2009 . In 1986 he received his PhD in philosophy from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam . From 1988 to 2009 he taught dogmatics and prolegomena of theology at the Evangelical Theological Academie in Zwijndrecht (Netherlands) . From 1990 to 1997 he held an extraordinary professorship for philosophy of science at the Universiteit vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys in Potchefstroom (South Africa) , from 1991 to 1994 a lecturer in ethics at the Evangelical School for Theology in Amersfoort, and from 1996 to 2001 a professorship for philosophy , Theology and Psychology at the State-independent Theological University Basel . In 1993 he received his doctorate in theology from the Universiteit van die Oranje-Vrystaat in Bloemfontein (South Africa) . Since 1996 he has been professor of philosophy and dogmatics at the Evangelical Theological Faculteit in Leuven (Belgium) .

Community activities

Ouweneel has been internationally active in the ministry of the Brethren movement since 1976 . Originally belonging to their "closed" wing, from the beginning of the 1990s he turned to a more "open" position. Since the late 1990s, he has also recorded charismatic content. His positive assessment of the charismatic healer TB Joshua from Nigeria , which he partially revised after massive public criticism, is controversial . With regard to the natural sciences, he takes a moderately creationist point of view.

The content of his books covers many fields. This is how the original manuscript for the popular book How the Bible came about goes back to him (Ouweneel himself leads this book in the list of his publications). Several sections from it are criticized as inadequate in Reading Christian Books critically .

Activity in the media

Ouweneel has been a freelancer for the Christian broadcasting company Evangelische Omroep (EO) since 1975 , for which he has designed numerous radio and television programs on theological, pastoral, church history, musical and current topics. He can currently be heard with a weekly column ( De Verbazing van Willem Ouweneel ) on the program EO.nl op zaterdag , which is broadcast every Saturday on the nationwide radio wave Radio 5.

Fonts

Dissertations

• Genetics, Morphology, and Development of Homoeotic Wing Tissue in the Eye of Drosophila melanogaster (Utrecht 1970)
• Christelijke transcendentaal-anthropologie: A sympathetic-critical study van de wijsgerige anthropologie van Herman Dooyeweerd (Amsterdam 1986)
• A Critical Analysis of the External and Internal Prolegomena of Systematic Theology (Bloemfontein 1993)

German-language publications (selection)

• Thoughts on the creation account in Genesis 1. Ernst-Paulus-Verlag , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1974.
• The song of songs. Studies of the Song of Solomon. Heijkoop, Schwelm 1976.
• The future of the city of the great king. Ernst-Paulus-Verlag, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1977.
• The downfall of the Christian West. Philosophical currents and cultural epochs - an analysis. Schulte & Gerth , Wetzlar 1978.
• This is how the Bible came into being. Hänssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1979.
• Faith and works. An interpretation of the letter of James. Heijkoop, Schwelm 1981.
• Christ our life. The letters to the Philippians and Colossians. Heijkoop, Schwelm 1984.
• Evolution at the turn of an era. Biology and Evolution - The Consequences of Evolutionism. Hänssler , Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1984.
• Heart and soul. Is there a Christian psychology? CLV , Bielefeld 1991.
• Psychology. A Bible-oriented, scholarly design. CLV, Bielefeld 1993.
• All's well that ends well? Is there a universal reconciliation? CLV, Bielefeld 1993.
• (with Henk P. Medema :) Separation, divorce, remarriage. Advice and help in emergency situations. Christian publishing company, Dillenburg 1993, ²2002.
• The letter to the Hebrews. We see Jesus. CLV, Bielefeld 1994.
• The revelation of Jesus Christ. Bible Studies on the Book of Revelation. CLV, Bielefeld 1995.
• I longed with longing ... The Lord's Supper. CLV, Bielefeld 1995.
• The letter to the Galatians. CLV, Bielefeld 1998.
• Heal the sick! About the biblical teaching of sickness, healing and deliverance. Asaph, Lüdenscheid 2005.

Web links

• Literature by and about Willem J. Ouweneel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal website
• List of publications
• Interview with Ouweneel about his personal development (2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In the foreword of the German edition it is stated that Ouweneel wrote “the research manuscripts”, which were subsequently improved under the final editing by Willem JJ Glashouwer (this is sometimes the only author's name mentioned in book advertisements).
2. ↑ Willem J. Ouweneel: Publicaties ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , No. 28. 
3. ^ Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer : Read Christian books critically. A textbook and workbook for training your own judgment based on excerpts from conservative Protestant non-fiction books. Publishing House for Culture and Science, Bonn 2008; on This is how the Bible came into being (cited there only with the name of Glashouwer responsible for editing) see pp. 21–31, 35f., 41f. (However, the respective original wording in Ouweneel's text is unknown).
4. ↑ Evangelische Omroep ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.