Prof. Dr. theol. Beauftragter für Theologie und Ethik
Prof. Dr. Frank Mathwig, ethicist and theologian, contributed to a consultation response on the partial revision of the Transplantation Ordinance on behalf of the Swiss Protestant Reformed Church. In this interview, he sheds light on the church's position, the...
The current debate on assisted suicide I. State of affairs In a ruling on 13 March 2024, the Federal Supreme Court acquitted the doctor and Vice President of Exit Western Switzerland, Pierre Beck. In 2017, he had helped an 86-year-old woman of sound mind to commit...
The challenge for the churches "The perceptions of victims and those who may be perpetrators - however directly or indirectly - tend to be very different. The victims do not experience the facts or their meaning in the same way as mere observers or those who could...
About "conversion therapies" 1. Clarification of terms The much-cited "new complexity", originally diagnosed by Jürgen Habermas, also applies to the areas of sex and gender. The impossibility of conclusive (objective) gender definitions follows from the overcoming of...
In the shadow of the debate on the legal regulation of abortion 1. Current "#MonCorpsMonChoix" was emblazoned in neon letters on the Eiffel Tower on 8 March 2024 after both French chambers of parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of including the right to...
Sexualised violence in the church and theology "But since the king did not like it very much that his son, leaving the controlled roads, / roamed cross-country to form his own judgement of the world, / he gave him a carriage and a horse. / 'Now you no longer need to...
Theological and ethical considerations 1. Introduction Wars are waged by all means, including with the help of statistics. Figures can give a first impression of the dimensions. According to British estimates, around 70,000 Russian soldiers and mercenaries have been...
Freedom and security from a theological and ethical perspective 1. Introduction "In the beginning there was fear: fear of enemies, strangers, wild animals, natural disasters; and the resulting need for security. A prerequisite for security is protection. This can be...
"We can find something better than death anywhere." Town Musicians of Bremen 1. introduction Migration is part of the "Conditio humana like birth, reproduction, illness and death. The history of migration is as old as the history of mankind, because Homo sapiens has...
On the question of the attributes of God "In recent centuries, instead of asking whether God exists, people have started asking whether it is a good idea for us to continue talking about Him, and which human purposes might be served by doing so – asking, in short,...
