Wolfgang Achtner
Encyclopedia
Wolfgang Achtner has played a key role as an ambassador for the science-and-religion dialogue in Germany
in Mainz
, Göttingen
and Heidelberg
. His dissertation focused on the science-and-religion dialogue in the work of Thomas F. Torrance. He then undertook a one-year research fellowship in Heidelberg
. While a parish minister -in Mainz, he earned an additional degree in mathematics.
He worked on the concept natural law and its role in the science and theology dialogue during a sabbatical year at Princeton Theological Seminary
.
He won the Kleines Lutherstipendium for the translation of his own book Dimensionen der Zeit into English (Dimensions of Time, 2002).
He founded the Local Society Initiative Group at Giessen, and won a stipend for the Templeton Oxford Seminars in Science and Christianity. He is a member of ESSAT and the Protestant Academy of Arnoldshain. has lectured in Germany, France, Great Britain, Switzerland and the United States. Wolfgang Achtner is editor of the Giessen University Sermons and the newsletter Science and Religion (in German).
Career
Achtner studied systematic theology and the Old TestamentOld Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
, Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
and Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
. His dissertation focused on the science-and-religion dialogue in the work of Thomas F. Torrance. He then undertook a one-year research fellowship in Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
. While a parish minister -in Mainz, he earned an additional degree in mathematics.
He worked on the concept natural law and its role in the science and theology dialogue during a sabbatical year at Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton Theological Seminary is a theological seminary of the Presbyterian Church located in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey in the United States...
.
He won the Kleines Lutherstipendium for the translation of his own book Dimensionen der Zeit into English (Dimensions of Time, 2002).
He founded the Local Society Initiative Group at Giessen, and won a stipend for the Templeton Oxford Seminars in Science and Christianity. He is a member of ESSAT and the Protestant Academy of Arnoldshain. has lectured in Germany, France, Great Britain, Switzerland and the United States. Wolfgang Achtner is editor of the Giessen University Sermons and the newsletter Science and Religion (in German).
Books
- Dimensionen der Zeit: die Zeitstrukturen Gottes, der Welt, und des Menschen Wolfgang Achtner, Stefan Kunz, Thomas Walter, Primus, 1998 ISBN 9783896780782, translated as Dimensions of time: the structures of the time of humans, of the world, and of God W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2002 ISBN 9780802849984
- Künstliche Intelligenz und menschliche Person Vol 91 of Marburger theologische Studien Elwert, 2006 ISBN 9783770812899
- Vom Erkennen zum Handeln: die Dynamisierung von Mensch und Natur im ausgehenden Mittelalter als Voraussetzung für die Entstehung naturwissenschaftlicher Rationalität Vol 12 of Religion, Theologie und Naturwissenschaft Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008 ISBN 9783525569832
- Physik, Mystik und Christentum: eine Darstellung und Diskussion der natürlichen Theologie bei T.F. Torrance Vol 438 of Europäische Hochschulschriften P. Lang, 1991 ISBN 9783631443644
- Gott - Geist - Gehirn: religiöse Erfahrungen im Lichte der neuesten Hirnforschung Vol 133 of Arnoldshainer Texte Haag + Herchen, 2005 ISBN 9783898463560
- Die Chaostheorie: Geschichte, Gestalt, Rezeption EZW-Texte ; 135 Evangel. Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen, 1997