Education

1999: Habilitation (2nd Doctoral Degree: Dr. habil.) in Theology and Church History,
Department of Theology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
1993: Doctor of Theology (Summa cum laude), Department of Theology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
1989: M. Div. Equivalent (“Erstes kirchliches Examen”) Department of Theology, University of Munich
1985: B.A. Equivalent, Department of Protestant Theology, University of Munich


1983-89: Study of Protestant Theology at the Universities of Munich and Tübingen, accompanied by studies of philosophy and Roman-Catholic theology.
Main teachers were in protestant theology: (in Munich) Ulrich Barth, Falk Wagner, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Jörg Jeremias, Reinhard Schwarz, (in Tübingen) Eberhard Jüngel, Hartmut Gese, Otfried Hofius, Christian Dietzfelbinger,
in philosophy: Rüdiger Bubner (Tübingen), Hans Maier (Munich),
in Roman-Catholic theology: Ulrich Horst (Munich).
1989-92: doctoral studies at the University of Erlangen.