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Heidrun E. Mader
Heidrun E. Mader (September 19, 1977) is a German Protestant theologian and historian of early Christianity and its literature, and a professor at the University of Cologne, Germany, holding a chair of Biblical Literature and its Reception History. Life Mader grew up in Durban, South Africa (also place of birth), Istanbul, Turkey, Den Haag, the Netherlands, and Oldenburg, Germany. She studied in Oberursel/Germany, Cambridge/UK and Heidelberg/Germany with scholarships of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung). From Cambridge University she graduated as M. Phil., being awarded the Scholefield Prize. As "Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin" (junior faculty) she taught and did research at the Lutheran Seminary Oberursel (2005) and at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, at the chair of Professor Peter Lampe (2006-2019). From Heidelberg University she also received her PhD and her Dr. habil. Since 2020, she has been a Research Fellow of Stellenbosch University i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to be growing errors, abuses, and discrepancies within it. Protestantism emphasizes the Christian believer's justification by God in faith alone (') rather than by a combination of faith with good works as in Catholicism; the teaching that salvation comes by divine grace or "unmerited favor" only ('); the priesthood of all faithful believers in the Church; and the ''sola scriptura'' ("scripture alone") that posits the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice. Most Protestants, with the exception of Anglo-Papalism, reject the Catholic doctrine of papal supremacy, but disagree among themselves regarding the number of sacraments, the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, and matters of ecclesiast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
