Euler Renato Westphal (born July 2, 1957) is a

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, writer and Lutheran theologian.

Biography

Westphal earned a

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theology 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 ...

from Missions Seminary of St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission (german: Pilgermission St. Chrischona) (

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, 1978-1982). He worked eight years as a pastor in " Missão Evangélica União Cristã" (Christian Union Evangelical Mission), in

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and

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, Santa Catarina. He was also the founder of "Centro de Recuperação Nova Esperança" (New Hope Recover Center), a center for alcoholics and chemical dependents, and of a social work for poor families, the "Bom Amigo" (Good Friend), in Blumenau. Since 1990, has been working full time as a professor of theology at Faculdade Luterana de Teologia (Lutheran College of Theology) and at the Universidade da Região de Joinville (Joiville Region University). In 1997, began doctor in Theology with his

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at the Instituto Ecumênico de Pós-Graduação of the Escola Superior de Teologia, in São Leopoldo, RS. Westphal is a researcher of

bioethical Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, med ...

issues, mainly in hospitals at Joinville, and he is member of the Research's Ethical Committee of the State of Santa Catarina.

Works

*WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. ''Ciência e Bioética: um olhar teológico''. São Leopoldo: Sinodal, 2009. (Science and Bioethics: a theological perspective). *WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. ''Brincando no paraíso perdido: as estruturas religiosas da ciência''.

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-SC: União Cristã, 2006. v. 1. 155 p. (Playing in the Lost Paradise: The Religious Structures of Science). *WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. ''Bioética; série Para entender''. São Leopoldo: Sinodal, 2006.104 p. . (Bioethics; series "To understand"). ** *WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. ''O Oitavo dia – na era da seleção artificial'' ( The Eighth Day Review) . 1. ed. São Bento do Sul: União Cristã, 2004. v. 01. 125 p. . ( The Eighth Day in the Era of Artificial Selection–An Analysis about Post-Modern Thinking, Its Aesthetic Expressions and its Scientific Praxis). *WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. ''O Deus Cristão: Um estudo sobre a teologia trinitária de Leonardo Boff''. 1. ed. São Leopoldo: Editora Sinodal, 2003. v. 1. 351 p. *WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. ''Secularization, cultural heritage and the spirituality of the secular state between sacredness and secularization''. 1Paderborn: Germany Ferdinand Schöningh, 2019. 119 p.

References

External links

Euler Westphal publish "O Oitavo Dia" abording bioethical issues

Bioetchis: IECLB may contribute with the first world churches

The term 'marriage' doesn't fit a homosexual relationship

Books of Westpahl
at National Library of Brazil {{DEFAULTSORT:Westphal, Euler Renato 1957 births Living people 21st-century Lutheran theologians Brazilian Lutheran theologians Systematic theologians