Professor Dr. Thomas Söding

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Söding, born in 1956, has been Professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Ruhr University Bochum since 2008 and Senior Professor since 2023. He was previously Professor of Biblical Theology at the University of Wuppertal from 1993 to 2008. He received his academic training by studying Catholic Theology, German Studies and History at the University of Münster. In 1979 he completed his diploma in theology and in 1980 his first state examination in German studies. His dissertation on faith in Mark was accepted in Münster in 1985 and his habilitation thesis on the commandment of love in Paul in 1991. His work in research and teaching focuses on the exegesis of the Gospels, Pauline theology, the theory and practice of scriptural interpretation and ecumenism.

Some of his publications: Das Evangelium nach Lukas, 2 Bände (2023). Das Evangelium nach Markus (2022). Gemeinsam unterwegs. Synodalität in der katholischen Kirche (2022). Ein Gott für alle. Der Aufbruch zur Weltmission in der Apostelgeschichte (2020). Gemeinsam zu Gott beten. Eine jüdisch-christliche Auslegung des Vaterunsers mit Moshe Navon (2018). Die Bibel für alle (2017). Nächstenliebe (2015). Das Christentum als Bildungsreligion (2015). Die Verkündigung Jesu (2012).

English articles and books: The Church in the Christian Bible, in  St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology. Edited by Brendan N. Wolfe et al. 2023. Nunc dimittis. I. New Testament, in: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 21 (2023) 994-995 (together with Julian Backes). First Timothy, in: José Enrique Aguilar Chiu – Richard J. Clifford – Carol J. Dempsey – Eleen M. Schuller – Thomas D. Stegman – Ronald D. Witherup (Hg.), The Paulist Bible Commentary, New York 2018, 1457-1464. Paradise Lost and Paradise Promised. The New Testament View of Creation, in: Klaus Krämer – Klaus Velguth (ed.), Creation. Living together in our common house (One World Theology 11), Freiburg i. Br. 2018, 45-55. Jesus Tradition and the Gospel of John. The Inspiration of Memory and the Truth of Writing, in: Rivista Catalana de Teologia 38 (2013) 139-153. Canonical Criticism II. NT, in: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception IV (2011) 926–928.

Memberships: Thomas Söding is a member of numerous academic and church bodies, including the Academy of Sciences and Arts of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 2004-2014, he was a member of the International Theological Commission at the Vatican. He is an advisor to the Faith Commission of the German Bishops' Conference and was a consultant to the Pontifical Council (now: Dicastery) for the New Evangelization until 2023. He is a permanent guest in the Chamber Network of the EKD. He is Vice-President of the Central Committee of German Catholics and of the Synodal Path. He is a theological expert of the World Synod of the Catholic Church 2021-2024.