Michael Welker

Michael Welker is a world-renowned German Protestant theologian born in 1947 in Erlangen, raised in West Berlin and Grünstadt/Palatinate. He holds doctorates in theology and philosophy from Tübingen and Heidelberg, served as professor of Reformed Theology at the University of Münster (1987–1991) and Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg (1991–2013), and since 2013 has been Senior Professor there while directing the Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology. Ordained in the Protestant Church of the Palatinate, he has authored or edited over 45 books and 300 articles, exploring biblical traditions alongside philosophical, sociological, legal, moral, and scientific themes in contemporary culture.