Reinhard Thöle Dd
Department of Theology
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Germany
Biography
"Born in 1950 in Osnabrück Studied Protestant Theology in Bethel, Frankfurt, Münster and Bonn Studied Orthodox theology in Dusseldorf, Bucharest, Berkeley and Lincoln 1979 ordination 1979 - 1991 parish priest and military pastor 1980 - 2014 Consultant of the ecumenical encounter ""Philoxenia"" 1991 - 2011 Research Assistant for Eastern Church Studies at the Konfessionskundliches Institut in Bensheim 1992 - 1997 Consultant for the Dialogues of the EKD with the Orthodox Churches, Participation in the Dialogue Meetings with the Patriarchates of Moscow, Constantinople, Bucharest, Sofia and the Oriental Orthodox Churches 1992 - 2008 Lecturer Ostkirchenkunde at the University of Heidelberg 1998 Doctor of Divinity with the thesis ""The Significance of Orthodox Theology for the Community of Churches"" at the St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology, Lincoln 2000 Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the Orthodox Theological Faculty ""Patriarch Jusitinian"" of the University of Bucharest 2001 with Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Bremer (cath., Münster) Initiator of the ""Society for the Study of the Christian East"" 2002 member of the ""Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC"" Geneva, Järvenpää 2007 - 2017 Member of the scientific management and lecturer at the ""Institute for Protestant Ascetics and Piety Research"" at the Augustana University, Neuendettelsau 2007 - 2017 Moderator of the expert group Orthodoxy of the EKD, since 2012 of the Protestant Forum Orthodoxy 2010 - 2017 Member of the Contact Council of the EKD Council and the Orthodox Bishops' Conference in Germany Since 2011 at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Seminar for Eastern Church Studies. In the winter term 2012/13 In - Cumolo - Habilitation by the Faculty of Theology 2016 Council observers of the EKD at the Pan-Orthodox Great and Holy Synod on Crete"
Research Interest
" Orthodoxy and ecumenism â— Orthodox churches of North America, â— The Catholic Eastern Churches â— The Lutheran worship in the Byzantine - Slavic rite"
