Wolfhart Pannenberg
E443719
Wolfhart Pannenberg was a prominent 20th-century German Lutheran theologian known for his influential work in systematic theology and the dialogue between Christian faith, history, and science.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wolfhart Pannenberg canonical | 11 |
| Pannenberg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4410605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolfhart Pannenberg Context triple: [Gifford Lectures, notableLecturer, Wolfhart Pannenberg]
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A.
Helmut Thielicke
Helmut Thielicke was a prominent 20th-century German Protestant theologian and pastor known for his influential preaching, academic work, and writings on Christian ethics and faith under modern conditions.
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B.
Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Bultmann was a German Lutheran theologian best known for his program of "demythologizing" the New Testament to interpret Christian faith in terms meaningful to modern existential thought.
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C.
Karl Barth
Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian and leading figure of 20th-century neo-orthodoxy, best known for his monumental work "Church Dogmatics" and his decisive role in opposing Nazi-influenced theology.
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D.
Jürgen Moltmann
Jürgen Moltmann is a German Reformed theologian renowned for his influential works on hope, political theology, and a relational, social understanding of the Trinity.
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E.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wolfhart Pannenberg Target entity description: Wolfhart Pannenberg was a prominent 20th-century German Lutheran theologian known for his influential work in systematic theology and the dialogue between Christian faith, history, and science.
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A.
Helmut Thielicke
Helmut Thielicke was a prominent 20th-century German Protestant theologian and pastor known for his influential preaching, academic work, and writings on Christian ethics and faith under modern conditions.
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B.
Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Bultmann was a German Lutheran theologian best known for his program of "demythologizing" the New Testament to interpret Christian faith in terms meaningful to modern existential thought.
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C.
Karl Barth
Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian and leading figure of 20th-century neo-orthodoxy, best known for his monumental work "Church Dogmatics" and his decisive role in opposing Nazi-influenced theology.
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D.
Jürgen Moltmann
Jürgen Moltmann is a German Reformed theologian renowned for his influential works on hope, political theology, and a relational, social understanding of the Trinity.
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E.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German Lutheran
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Lutheran theologian ⓘ human ⓘ systematic theologian ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philosophy
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theology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-10-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-09-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Basel
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University of Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
ⓘ
University of Munich Faculty of Protestant Theology ⓘ
linked to:
Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät der LMU
|
| era |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Pannenberg
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linked to:
Wolfhart Pannenberg
|
| fieldOfWork |
Christian theology
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philosophy of religion ⓘ systematic theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Wolfhart ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jürgen Moltmann
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Miroslav Volf ⓘ Robert Jenson ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Schleiermacher
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ Karl Barth ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Oscar Cullmann ⓘ |
| knownFor |
argument that the resurrection of Jesus is historically accessible
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emphasis on history as the arena of God’s revelation ⓘ engagement with natural sciences in theology ⓘ integration of eschatology into ontology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| movement |
post-war German theology
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resurrection-centered theology ⓘ theology of hope tradition ⓘ |
| name | Wolfhart Pannenberg ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Trinitarian theology
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dialogue between theology and science ⓘ eschatological ontology ⓘ resurrection of Jesus as central to theology ⓘ theology of history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jesus – God and Man
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Metaphysics and the Idea of God ⓘ Revelation as History ⓘ Systematic Theology ⓘ Theology and the Philosophy of Science ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pomerania
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Stettin ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Germany
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Munich ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Systematic Theology ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
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Lutheranism ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Lutheran theology
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Protestant theology ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Church Dogmatics (Kirchliche Dogmatik)
linked to: Wolfhart Pannenberg
subject linked to:
systematic theology at the University of Tübingen