Augustana Divinity School (Neuendettelsau)

The Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau is a divinity school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria in Neuendettelsau, Germany. As an outcome of the Church’s struggle with National Socialism it was founded in 1947 upon decision by the Provincial Synod [Landessynode] of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

The Divinity School is independent of the state. It has close ties with the church’s social and welfare work and with its missionary work. In 1990, the Divinity School was conferred the right to award doctoral degrees and in the near future a master’s program will be established.

There are good contacts with the nearby Theological Faculty of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo (Norway) and the Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. The school also maintains connections with the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Tanzania and Zaire through a scholarship program.

Literature

• Jörg Dittmer (ed.): Theologie auf dem Campus. 50 Jahre Augustana-Hochschule, Neuendettelsau 1997. (German)
• Gerhard Monninger (ed.): Eine Denkwerkstatt der Kirche. Augustana-Hochschule 1947-1987, München 1987. (German)
• Gerhard Monninger (ed.): 30 Jahre Augustana-Hochschule - einen Augenblick innehalten, Neuendettelsau 1977. (German)