The Heidelberg Faculty of Theology (German: Theologische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg) is one of twelve faculties at the University of Heidelberg. It was one of the four founding faculties in 1386.[1][2][3] As of 2023[update], the faculty's dean is Jan Stievermann.[4]
Theologische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg | |
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| Established | 1386 |
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Parent institution | University of Heidelberg |
Religious affiliation | Protestant |
| Dean | Jan Stievermann |
| Location | , , Germany 49°24′39″N 8°40′48″E / 49.4107464°N 8.6799474°E |
| Website | theologie |
Notable people edit
Faculty members edit
Medieval period edit
- Pope Pius II (1405–1464)
Early modern period edit
- Thomas Erastus (1524–1583)
- Johann Jakob Grynaeus[5] (1540–1617)
- Franciscus Junius (1545–1602)
- Caspar Olevian (1536–1587)
- David Pareus (1548–1622)[6]
- Daniel Tossanus[5] (1541–1602)
- Paul Tossanus[5] (1572–1634)
- Zacharias Ursinus (1534–1583)
- Girolamo Zanchi (1516–1590)
Late modern period edit
- Johannes Bauer (1860–1933)[7]
- Klaus Berger (1940–2020)
- Günther Bornkamm (1905–1990)
- Martin Dibelius (1883–1947)[8]
- Otto Frommel (1871–1951)[9]
- Gustav Hölscher (1877–1955)[10]
- Renatus Hupfeld (1879–1968)[9]
- Robert Jelke (1882–1952)[11]
- Walther Köhler (died 1946)[8]
- Theodor Odenwald (1889–1970)[11]
- Heinrich Paulus (1761–1851)
- Richard Rothe (1799–1867)
- Edmund Schlink (1903–1984)
- Gerd Theissen (born 1943)
- Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923)
- Gerhard von Rad (1901–1971)
- Heinz Dietrich Wendland (1900–1992)[12]
- Claus Westermann (1909–2000)
- Hans Walter Wolff (1911–1993)
Alumni edit
- Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
- Franciscus Gomarus (1563–1641)
- David Pareus (1548–1622)
See also edit
References edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Howard 2006, p. 51.
- ^ "The Faculty of Theology". University of Heidelberg. Archived from the original on 28 April 2008.
- ^ Theologische Fakultät
- ^ "Vorstand" (in German). Heidelberg University. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Wolgast 1986, p. 48.
- ^ Merkle 2012, p. 25; Meusburger & Probáld 2018, pp. 51, 58.
- ^ Besier 2006, p. 179.
- ^ a b Besier 2006, p. 174.
- ^ a b Besier 2006, p. 178.
- ^ Besier 2006, p. 173.
- ^ a b Besier 2006, p. 175.
- ^ Besier 2006, pp. 180–181.
Bibliography edit
- Besier, Gerhard (2006). "Die Theologische Fakultät" [The theological faculty]. In Eckart, Wolfgang U. [in German]; Sellin, Volker [in German]; Wolgast, Eike [in German] (eds.). Die Universität Heidelberg im Nationalsozialismus [The University of Heidelberg under National Socialism] (in German). Berlin: Springer. pp. 173–260. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-39385-6_7. ISBN 978-3-540-39385-6.
- Howard, Thomas Albert (2006). Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/0199266859.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-926685-2.
- Merkle, Benjamin R. (2012). Triune Elohim: The Heidelberg Antitrinitarians and Reformed Readings of Hebrew in the Confessional Age (doctoral thesis). Oxford: University of Oxford. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- Meusburger, Peter; Probáld, Ferenc (2018). "Scientific and Cultural Relations Between Heidelberg University and Hungary over Five Centuries". In Meusburger, Peter; Heffernan, Michael; Suarsana, Laura (eds.). Geographies of the University. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp. 43–133. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-75593-9_3. ISBN 978-3-319-75593-9.
- Wolgast, Eike [in German] (1986). Die Universität Heidelberg, 1386–1986 [Heidelberg University, 1386–1986] (in German). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-61646-4. ISBN 978-3-642-61646-4.
Further reading edit
- Burkard, Dominik [in German] (1995). "Oase in einer aufklärungssüchtigen Zeit"? Die Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg zwischen verspäteter Gegenreformation, Aufklärung und Kirchenreform. Contubernium. Vol. 42. Sigmaringen, Germany: Thorbecke. ISBN 978-3-7995-3238-9.
- Fix, Karl-Heinz (1994). Universitätstheologie und Politik: die Heidelberger Theologische Fakultät in der Weimarer Republik [University theology and politics: The Heidelberg Faculty of Theology in the Weimar Republic]. Heidelberger Abhandlungen zur mittleren und neueren Geschichte. Heidelberg, Germany: Winter. ISBN 978-3-8253-0195-8.
- Selderhuis, Herman J. (2006). "Eine attraktive Universität: Die Heidelberger Theologische Fakultät 1583–1622". In Selderhuis, Herman J.; Wriedt, Markus [in German] (eds.). Bildung und Konfession: Theologenausbildung im Zeitalter der Konfessionalisierung [Education and denomination: The education of theologians in the age of confessionalization] (in German). Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 978-3-16-148931-0.
- Siegele-Wenschkewitz, Leonore (1985). "Die Theologische Fakultät im Dritten Reich 'Bollwerk gegen Basel'". In Doerr, Wilhelm; Riedl, Peter Anselm [in German] (eds.). Semper Apertus Sechshundert Jahre Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1386–1986 (in German). Berlin: Springer. pp. 1602–1641. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-70477-2_60. ISBN 978-3-642-70477-2.
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