Martin Leiner (DEU)

has studied Philosophy (MA) and Protestant Theology (PhD). From 1998 to 2002 he was professor for Systematic Theology at the University of Neuchâtel (CH). Since 2002 he is professor for Systematic theology and ethics at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena. He directed the Institut romand d’éthique (IRE) in Geneva and the Institut romand d’herméneutique (IRHS) in Neuchâtel. His main interests are Christian Ethics and the ethics of the world religions, media ethics and questions of method in theology. His most relevant publications are: Des anderen und der Zeit zu bedürfen (Fr. Rosenzweig). Die Hermeneutik des anderen als Aufgabe der Konfessionskunde (Bensheim 1997); Concepts of Dialogue in Philosophy, Psychology and Theology (St. Petersburg 2000); Gottes Gegenwart. Martin Bubers Philosophie des Dialogs und der Ansatz ihrer theologischen Rezeption bei Friedrich Gogarten und Emil Brunner (Gütersloh 2000); Gewinnen ohne zu unterwerfen – Zum Wahrheitsverständnis in den abrahamitischen Religionen (Darmstadt 2006); Medienethik in der Gegenwart (Freiburg i.Br. 2006); Between Social Reform and Terrorism: Ethics as a Topic in the Muslim Renewal. A Case Study for some Elements of the Development of Islamism in Egypt, Pakistan and Morocco (2006) and (with Matthias Gockel) Kritik und Versöhnung – Karl Barth und die DDR (Göttingen 2008).