Christian Weidemann – författare

Richard Swinburne is one of the most influential contemporary proponents of the analytical philosophy of religion. He is, above all, a traditional theist, i.e. he believes, that there exists an eternal, uncreated and immaterial perfect soul called “God” which is omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly free, morally perfect and the creator and sustainer of the universe. However, his interests are very wide-ranging. He has written on almost every central theological and philosophical issue such as epistemology, metaphysics, theory of mind and ethics. Swinburne is particularly well-known for his perceptive defence of, some would say “time-honoured”, others may prefer “old-fashioned”, philosophical doctrines. During the “Münstersche Vorlesungen 2007” students and faculty members from Münster entered into a skilful and interesting discussion concerning most of Swinburne’s positions.

Richard Swinburne is one of the most influential contemporary proponents of the analytical philosophy of religion. He is, above all, a traditional theist, i.e. he believes, that there exists an eternal, uncreated and immaterial perfect soul called “God” which is omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly free, morally perfect and the creator and sustainer of the universe. However, his interests are very wide-ranging. He has written on almost every central theological and philosophical issue such as epistemology, metaphysics, theory of mind and ethics. Swinburne is particularly well-known for his perceptive defence of, some would say “time-honoured”, others may prefer “old-fashioned”, philosophical doctrines. During the “Münstersche Vorlesungen 2007” students and faculty members from Münster entered into a skilful and interesting discussion concerning most of Swinburne’s positions.

Johann Joachim Spalding (1714-1804) war nicht allein der bedeutendste Religionstheologe, sondern auch der wirkmächtigste Kanzelredner seiner Epoche. Der erste Band seiner "Predigten" ( 11765, 21768, 31775) dokumentiert die neologische Verbindung von Herzens- und Verstandesfrömmigkeit auf exemplarische Weise und macht heute noch verständlich, weshalb viele namhafte Zeitgenossen, darunter Goethe, Herder und Kant ("Spalding ist allen vorzuziehen"), die biblisch-reformatorische Aktualität und sprachliche Klarheit des Predigers Spalding so außerordentlich schätzten. Die vorliegende kritische Edition läßt die unterschiedliche Textgestalt der drei autorisierten Auflagen mühelos nachvollziehen und stellt mit ihren historischen Erläuterungen sowie mit ausführlichen Bibelstellen-, Namens-, Orts- und Sachregistern wertvolle Erschließungshilfen bereit. Der einleitende Essay des Bandherausgebers unterzieht die lebenslange Predigtarbeit des Aufklärungstheologen einer konzentrierten, kritischen Würdigung.