Gerhard Müller (theologian)

Gerhard Müller (born 10 May 1929) is a German Lutheran theologian. He served as Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick between 1982 and 1994.

Life

Müller was born on 10 May 1929 in Marburg.[1] He studied evangelical theology at the University of Marburg, University of Göttingen and the University of Tübingen.[2] Müller was professor of historical theology at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg for 15 years, from 1967 to 1982.[2][3] He was editor of the Theologische Realenzyklopädie.[2]

He became Landesbischof of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick on 1 October 1982 and served until 31 May 1994.[2] From 1990 to 1993 he also served as Leading Bishop (German: Leitender Bischof) of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany.[2]

Müller was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.[4] He is a member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur.[5] Müller received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews in 1980.[2]

References

1. D. J. van de Kaa; Kaa; Y. de Roo (19 December 2008). De Leden Van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Van Wetenschappen: Een Demografisch Perspectief: 1808 Tot 2008. Amsterdam University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-90-6984-552-4.
2. "Altbischof Gerhard Müller feiert seinen 90. Geburtstag" (in German). RegionalHeute.de. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
3. "Im Gespräch: Landesbischof i. R. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller" (in German). Gemeinde Netzwerk. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.
4. "Gerhard Müller". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017.
5. "Prof. Dr. theol. D. D. Gerhard Müller, Landesbischof i.R." (in German). Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020.