Burkhard Nonnenmacher

Burkhard Nonnenmacher is Außerplanmäßiger Professor (Adjunct Professor) of Systematic Theology at the University of Tübingen’s Faculty of Protestant Theology, where he has taught since 2010. He also serves regularly as temporary chair for systematic theology / ethics in Tübingen, Hamburg and Giessen. His research integrates classical dogmatics with post-Kantian philosophy of religion, concentrating on Luther’s reception, Hegel & Schelling’s late systems, and contemporary constructive dogmatics.

Education & Career:

• 1995 – Abitur (Greek, Latin, Hebrew) at Evangelisches Seminar Blaubeuren
• 1995 – Internship, World Council of Churches, Bossey
• 1995-2000 – Studies in Philosophy, Protestant Theology & Psychology, LMU Munich
• 2000 – Magister Artium, LMU Munich
• 2002-2005 – Doctoral scholarship, Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
• 2005 – Dr. phil., LMU Munich
• 2010 – Post-doc fellowship, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung
• 2010-2016 – Akademischer Rat auf Zeit, Chair of Systematic Theology III, Tübingen
• 2016 – Habilitation & venia legendi, Systematic Theology, Tübingen
• since 2016 – Privatdozent, Tübingen
• since 2020 – Außerplanmäßiger Professor, Tübingen

Research Areas:
Nonnenmacher works at the intersection of systematic theology and modern philosophy. His systematic focus covers dogmatic loci such as the doctrine of God, Christology, pneumatology, and the Lutheran Law-Gospel dialectic. Historically he investigates the reception of Reformation theology (especially Luther) in 19th- and 20th-century Protestantism and the transformations of the concept of sin. Philosophically he specialises in Kant, Hegel and Schelling, asking how reason, feeling and revelation can be correlated within post-Kantian theology.

Projects & Grants:
He coordinates the DFG research project “Religionsphilosophie im Spätwerk Hegels und Schellings” (2017-2024) and previously led a WGTh working-group on “Transformations of the Concept of Sin in 20th-Century Theological Anthropology”.

Selected Publications:
Two monographs—Hegels Philosophie des Absoluten (2013) and Vernunft und Glaube bei Kant (2018)—and three co-edited volumes document his range. Over thirty articles analyse Kant’s Christology, Hegel’s critique of rational theology, Luther’s doctrine of Law and Gospel, Tillich’s existential realism, and contemporary debates on evil and ecological theology.

Memberships:

• Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie (WGTh)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Religionsphilosophie (DGR)

Contact:
Room 320, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Tübingen, burkhard.nonnenmacher@uni-tuebingen.de, +49 7071 29-78018.