Johannes Calvin 1509-2009: Würdigung aus Berner Perspektive

ISBN-10: 329017610X
ISBN-13: 9783290176105
Category: Religion
Pages: 306
Language: German
Published: 2012-01-01
Publisher: Theologischer Verlag Zürich
Authors: Moisés Mayordomo, Martin Sallmann, Hans Rudolf Lavater

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English summary: This volume collects contributions to a lecture series at the Theological Faculty of the University of Bern, held on occasion of the 500-year anniversary of John Calvin in 2009. The 12 contributions introduce selected topics from the life and works of the Genevan reformer and critically demonstrate his relevance in theological, social, and political matters. German text. German description: Johannes Calvin - wie konnen wir diese profilierte und umstrittene Gestalt des 16. Jahrhunderts heute noch verstehen? Welches Licht fallt aus dem 21. Jahrhundert auf sein Leben und Wirken? Und fallt moglicherweise auch ein Licht aus seiner Zeit in unser Leben und Wirken? Diesen Fragen ging eine Ringvorlesung der Theologischen Fakultat Bern zum Calvin-Jubilaum 2009 nach. 12 Beitrage fuhren an ausgewahlten Themen in Leben und Wirken des Genfer Reformators ein und zeigen kritisch seine Relevanz fur theologische, gesellschaftliche und politische Fragen auf. Mit Beitragen von Maurice Baumann, Mariano Delgado, Isabelle Grassle, J. Christine Janowski, Hans Rudolf Lavater-Briner, Wolfgang Lienemann, Christine Lienemann-Perrin, Andreas Marti, Moises Mayordomo, Martin Sallmann, Heinrich Richard Schmidt, Andreas Wagner. Martin Sallmann, Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1963, ist ausserordentlicher Professor fur Neuere Kirchen- und Theologiegeschichte und Konfessionskunde an der Universitat Bern. Moises Mayordomo, Dr. theol. habil., Jahrgang 1966, ist Dozent fur Neues Testament und Antike Religionsgeschichte an der Universitat Bern. Hans Rudolf Lavater-Briner, Dr. theol. h. c., Jahrgang 1946, ist emeritierter Ethiklehrer am Gymnasium Neue Mittelschule Bern.

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