Uwe Siemon-Netto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Uwe Siemon-Netto

German journalist

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1936

Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany

Profession: theologian, journalist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Uwe Siemon-Netto

  • Uwe Siemon-Netto (born October 25, 1936), the former religion editor of United Press International, is an international columnist and a Lutheran lay (non-ordained) theologian.
  • He is a Senior Distinguished Fellow of 1517 The Legacy Project, a non-profit initiative built, in part, upon the work of Martin Luther, John Warwick Montgomery, and Rod Rosenbladt.
  • This initiative absorbed the Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life (CLTPL) and League of Faithful Masks (LFM), a non-profit religious corporation based in Capistrano Beach, California.
  • Siemon-Netto founded CLTPL-LFM and is its director emeritus.
  • CLTPL/LFM champions the Lutheran doctrine of vocation as "an antidote against the destructive force of contemporary narcissism".
  • This doctrine holds that Christians have a divine calling to serve their neighbor in all their secular endeavors.
  • CLTPL was formerly located at Concordia Seminary in St.
  • Louis, Missouri, where Siemon-Netto served as scholar-in-residence until 2009.
  • As a journalist, Siemon-Netto specializes in issues relating to faith and society, and in foreign affairs.
  • He is a correspondent of freepressers.com, an internet publication, and was a contributor of The Atlantic Times, an English-language monthly newspaper produced by leading German journalists for the North American market.
  • He also taught as a visiting professor of journalism at Concordia University Irvine and led doctoral-level seminars at Concordia Seminary and other venues in the United States, Germany, and France.
  • He publishes his regular commentaries on his blog site, www.uwesiemon.blogspot.com.

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