Address

Mailing Address: 

Escola Superior de Teologia
Caixa Postal 14
São Leopoldo RS - Brasil
93001-970

Local Address:

Escola Superior de Teologia da IECLB
Rua Amadeo Rossi, 467
Bairro: Morro do Espelho
São Leopoldo-RS
Phone: (51) 2111-1400 
Fax: (51) 2111-1411

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http://www.est.edu.br/

Scholars Involved

Prof. Enio R. Mueller, Professor of Old Testament Studies and Systematic Theology

Prof. Rudolf von Sinner, Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialog

Prof. Wilhelm Wachholz, Professor of Church History, History of Theology and Historiography

Prof. Enio R. Mueller

Professor of Old Testament Studies and Systematic Theology

Research Profile

Inter/Transdisciplinarity
Theology of Culture
Liberation Theology
Theology and Philosophy between Christianity and Judaism
Anthropology, Ethics, Cognition and Corporality
The reception of the thought of Theodor W. Adorno in Theology.
Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

Teaching Profile

Selected Publications

I Pedro: introdução e comentário. São Paulo, Vida Nova, 1988.

Isaías 1-12. Curitiba, Encontro, 1992.

Teologia da Libertação e Marxismo: uma relação em busca de explicação. São Leopoldo, EST / Sinodal, 1996.

together with Robert W. Beims: Fronteiras e Interfaces: o pensamento de Paul Tillich em perspectiva interdisciplinar. São Leopoldo, EST / Sinodal, 2005.

Teologia Cristã em poucas palavras. São Paulo / São Leopoldo, Teológica / EST, 2005.

Filosofia à Sombra de Auschwitz. Um dueto com Adorno. São Leopoldo, EST / Sinodal, 2009.

Caminhos de Reconciliação. A Mensagem da Bíblia. Joinville, Grafar, 2010.

Cuidarás do teu Próximo. Os Dez Mandamentos como fundamento de uma ética do cuidado. Joinville, Grafar, 2010.

A Bíblia. Guia de Leitura Diária, vol. 1. Joinville, Grafar, 2010.    

Prof. Rudolf von Sinner

Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialog, Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Research

Rua Amadeo Rossi 467
Morro do Espelho
São Leopoldo/RS, Brazil

Phone: +55-51-2111 1400
Fax +55-51-2111 1411

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Research Profile

Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Hermeneutics; Contextual Theology; Ecumenical Theology and Theology of Religion; Doctrine of the Trinity, Political Ethics; Bioethics

Teaching Profile

Contemporary Theology; Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialogue; Charismatic and Pentecostal Movements; Dogmatics: Doctrine of the Trinity, Ecclesiology, Sacraments, Eschatology; Theology and Citizenship

Selected Publications

Reden vom dreieinigen Gott in Brasilien und Indien: Grundzüge einer ökumenischen Hermeneutik im Dialog mit Leonardo Boff and Raimon Panikkar. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003. ("Speaking of the Triune God in Brazil and India: Features of an Ecumenical Hermeneutics in Dialogue with Leonardo Boff and Raimon Panikkar")

"Trust and convivência: Contributions to a Hermeneutics of Trust in Communal Interaction," in The Ecumenical Review 57 (2005): 322-341.

"Der Beitrag der Kirchen zum demokratischen Übergang in Brasilien," in: C. Lienemann-Perrin/W. Lienemann (eds.): Kirche und Öffentlichkeit in Transformationsgesellschaften. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 2006, 273-307. ("The Contribution of the Churches to Democratic Transition in Brazil")

ed. with K. Kusmierz/B. Schubert et al.: Grenzen erkunden: zwischen Kulturen – Kirchen – Religionen. Frankfurt am Main: Lembeck, 2006. ("Exploring Frontiers Between Cultures, Churches, and Religions")

Confiança e convivência – reflexões éticas e ecumênicas. São Leopoldo: Sinodal, 2007. ("Trust and Conviviality – Ethical and Ecumenical Reflections")

"Ecumenism in the 21st Century: 12 Theses For Discussion." In: World Council of Churches, Continuation Committee on Ecumenism in the 21st Century. Papers for and a report on the first meeting of the committee held 18-20 November 2007 at the Ecumenical Institute, Château de Bossey, Switzerland. Geneva: WCC, 2008, 18-30.

"Befreiung auf dem Weg zur cidadania: Kirchen und Theologie in Brasilien nach 1989/Liberation on the Way to Citizenship: Churches and Theology in Brazil after 1989," in: K. Koschorke (ed.), Falling Walls: The Year 1989/90 as a Turning Point in the History of World Christianity/Einstürzende Mauern: Das Jahr 1989/90 als Epochenjahr in der Geschichte des Weltchristentums, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009, 315-333.

“Towards a Theology of Citizenship as Public Theology in Brazil”, in: Religion & Theology 16 (2009), 181-206

The Churches and Democracy in Brazil: Towards a Public Theology Focused on Citizenship. Eugene/OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010.

ed.: Leonardo Boff und die protestantische Theologie. Frankfurt: Lembeck, 2010. (Leonardo Boff and Protestant Theology)

Prof. Wilhelm Wachholz

Professor of Church History, History of Theology and Historiography

Rua Amadeo Rossi 467
Morro do Espelho
São Leopoldo/RS, Brazil

Research Profile

History and Theology of the Reformation; Construction of Lutheran Identity in Brazil in the 19th and 20th Centuries; Protestantism in Latin America; History and Methodology; Cultures, Representations, Identities and Ethnicities.

Teaching Profile

Theology of the Reformation (Luther, Zwingli and Calvin), History of the Church in Europe and Latin America, History and Methodology, Protestantism in Latin America, Cultures and Representations.

Selected Publications

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Prof. Enio R. Mueller, Professor of Old Testament Studies and Systematic Theology

Prof. Rudolf von Sinner, Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Inter-Religious Dialog

Prof. Wilhelm Wachholz, Professor of Church History, History of Theology and Historiography