Orbituary Prof. Eberhard Jüngel
Birgit Hallmann
by Birgit Hallmann
Beth Langstaff is on medical leave
Orbituary Prof. Eberhard Jüngel
(Sept. 2021 in Tübingen)
Eberhard Jüngel 1996 (right, with hat) at a Symposium with (from left):
Jürgen Moltmann, Dorothee Sölle, Norbert Greinacher, Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel and Johann Baptist Metz.
Archive picture: Anne Faden (SWT 09/30/2021)
Prof. Eberhard Jüngel died in Tübingen in September 2021.
The Chairman of the Protestant Church in Germany, Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, praised Eberhard Jüngel as "one of the great German theologians of the 20th century".
“His linguistic theology has significantly shaped theologians for several generations. In this formal role, but also through his important church functions as well as many lectures and public discussion forums, Eberhard Jüngel was an important teacher of the church. ”
The chief representative of the Protestants wrote further about Jüngel: “He always insisted that God's nature is not something abstract, but rather lies in relationship; in the love-based relationship among us humans."