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Curriculum vitae of Herman Wiersinga

 

Born: March 28th 1927 in Wormer Netherlands

1945 Student Theology at the Free University Amsterdam

1951 Bachelor of Divinity Examination

1958 Examination for a doctor’s degree

1971 Doctoral dissertation Systematic Theology at the Free University Amsterdam

         Thesis: De verzoening in de theologische diskussie (The Reconciliation in the Theological Discussion)

         A critical study on the doctrine of satisfaction by the death of Christ

 

Functions:

1952 Minister of the Reformed Church (Gereformeerde Kerk) Lewedorp, Zeeland

1955 Minister of the Reformed Church Gent, Belgium

1961 Minister of the Reformed Church Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

1966 Student Chaplain University of Amsterdam

1978 Student Chaplain University of Leiden

1989 Retired and resident in Amsterdam

 

Publications inter alia (setting aside my thesis):

1975 Verzoening met het lijden? (Reconciled with Suffering?)

         A study on the conception of God, especially related tot the worldwide suffering.

1982 Doem of daad. Een boek over zonde (Doom or Deed. A Book om Sin)

         A study on the doctrine of original sin and free will.

1992 Geloven bij daglicht. Verlies en toekomst van een traditie (Believing at Day-light. The Loss and Future of a

         Tradition)    

         A reduction of the christian belief on the one hand, and a renewal of it at the other

2000 Op ooghoogte. Portret van een postmodern geloof  (At Eye-level. Portrait of a Postmodern Belief)

         A study on the recent postmodern philosophers and culture and the consequences for the shaping of our beliefs

2004 De vitale vragen van Bonhoeffer (The serious Questions of Bonhoeffer)

         Reflections on the vital problems of Dietrich Bonhoeffer with the traditional christian doctrine

 

Herman Wiersinga married in 1952 Jacoba Henriëtte van der Burg; they brought up five children, born between 1954 and 1962.

 

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