Euler Renato Westphal


Euler Renato Westphal is a university professor, writer and Lutheran theologian.

Biography

Westphal earned a bachelor's degree in theology from Missions Seminary of St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission . He worked eight years as a pastor in "Missão Evangélica União Cristã", in Rio do Sul and Blumenau, Santa Catarina. He was also the founder of "Centro de Recuperação Nova Esperança", a center for alcoholics and chemical dependents, and of a social work for poor families, the "Bom Amigo", in Blumenau.
Since 1990, has been working full time as a professor of theology at Faculdade Luterana de Teologia and at the Universidade da Região de Joinville. In 1997, began doctor in Theology with his thesis at the Instituto Ecumênico de Pós-Graduação of the Escola Superior de Teologia, in São Leopoldo, RS.
Westphal is a researcher of bioethical issues, mainly in hospitals at Joinville, and he is member of the Research's Ethical Committee of the State of Santa Catarina.

Works

  • WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. Ciência e Bioética: um olhar teológico. São Leopoldo: Sinodal, 2009..
  • WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. Brincando no paraíso perdido: as estruturas religiosas da ciência. São Bento do Sul-SC: União Cristã, 2006. v. 1. 155 p..
  • WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. Bioética; série Para entender. São Leopoldo: Sinodal, 2006.104 p...
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  • WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. O Oitavo dia – na era da seleção artificial . 1. ed. São Bento do Sul: União Cristã, 2004. v. 01. 125 p...
  • WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. O Deus Cristão: Um estudo sobre a teologia trinitária de Leonardo Boff. 1. ed. São Leopoldo: Editora Sinodal, 2003. v. 1. 351 p.
  • WESTPHAL, Euler Renato. Secularization, cultural heritage and the spirituality of the secular state between sacredness and secularization. 1Paderborn: Germany Ferdinand Schöningh, 2019. 119 p.