Matthias Wolfes (born August 28, 1961,

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) is a German Protestant

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Biography and activities

In 1998 he earned a PhD in

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from the

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(Dr. theol.), Prof.

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was his doctoral advisor. In 2002 he received another PhD degree (Dr. phil.) under supervision of Prof. Michael Salewski (

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). In 1999 he was ordained a minister of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg, which is a

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church (

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and

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tradition). Wolfes has published several substantial studies on the history of theology since the Enlightenment. His research interests focus on modern Protestant theology and ethics. His current work deals with the theory of signs, the

phenomenology of religion The phenomenology of religion concerns the experiential aspect of religion, describing religious phenomena in terms consistent with the orientation of worshippers. It views religion as made up of different components, and studies these components a ...

, and the concept of a "Transforming Theology". He teaches in Berlin ( Freie Universität).

Books

* ''Protestantische Theologie und Moderne Welt. Studien zur Geschichte der Liberalen Theologie.'' Berlin, New York:

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, 1999. * ''Theologiestudium und Pfarramt. Eine kirchensoziologische Studie.'' Hannover: Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 2000. * ''Hermann Mulert. Lebensbild eines Kieler Theologen.'' Neumünster: Wachholtz Verlag, 2000. * (Edited with Michael Pietsch) ''Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher: Kleine Schriften 1786 – 1833'' (Kritische Gesamtausgabe Ser. I, Vol. 14). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2003. * ''Öffentlichkeit und Bürgergesellschaft. Friedrich Schleiermachers politische Wirksamkeit'' (Schleiermacher-Studies. Part I, Vol. 1/2]. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2004. (Reviews
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Selected essays

* "Theologie als Weltanschauungswissenschaft." ''Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte / Journal for the History of Modern Theology'' 5 (1998). * "Frühliberale Theologie und politischer Liberalismus." ''Jahrbuch zur Liberalismus-Forschung'' 11 (1999). * "Schuld und Verantwortung." ''Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte'' 111 (2000). * "Schleiermachers Vorlesung über Dogmatische Theologie aus dem Sommersemester 1811." ''Schleiermacher-Archiv'' Vol. 19, Berlin, New York: Walter

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, 2000. * "Public Sphere and Nation State." ''New Athenaeum'' 6 (2001). * "Historismus und Christologie." ''Troeltsch-Studien.'' Vol. 2, Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2001. * "Die Oeffentlichkeit des Lebens und der Staat." In Christoph Stumpf, Holger Zaborowski, eds., ''Church as Politeia. The Political Self-Understanding of Christianity'', Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2004. * "Religion und symbolische Sprachform." In Klaus Tanner, ed., ''Religion und symbolische Kommunikation'', Leipzig:

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, 2004. * "Herders Ideal freier Religiosität." In: Martin Kessler, Volker Leppin, eds., ''Johann Gottfried Herder. Aspekte seines Lebenswerkes'', Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2005. * "Schleiermacher and Judaism". ''New Athenaeum'' 8 (2007). * "Sichtweisen." ''Schleiermacher-Archiv.'' Vol. 22, Berlin / New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2008. * "Konstruktion der Freiheit." ''Forschungen zur Brandenburgischen und Preussischen Geschichte.'' Beihefte Vol. 11, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2010. Numerous articles on German Protestant theologians and churchmen in ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'', ''The Dictionary of Historical Theology'' (2000), ''Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart'' (4th Edition) / ''Religion Past and Present'' and '' Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon'' (BBKL).

Fellowships

* Graduate Research Fellowship: Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Forschungs- und Studienstätte für europäische Kulturgeschichte, 2003-04. * Doctoral scholarship (Ph.D. program): Friedrich Naumann Stiftung Berlin / Gummersbach, 1991-93. Several grants.

Memberships

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* Ernst-Troeltsch-Gesellschaft

References

* ''Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart.'' Vierte, völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage. Registerband, Hans Dieter Betz, Don S. Browning, Bernd Janowski, Eberhard Jüngel, eds., Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 2007, 440. * List of publications up to 2004: Universitätsbibliographie 24 (2004). Herausgegeben von der Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin. Redaktion: Sabine Kawczynski, Antje Meye, Alexandra Kalkowski und Manfred Volk, Berlin: Universitätsbibliothek, 2006, 250–253.

External links

Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon Online

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