Uwe Siemon-Netto

Journalist, Author

1936 –

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Who is Uwe Siemon-Netto?

Uwe Siemon-Netto, the former religion editor of United Press International, is an international columnist and a Lutheran lay theologian. He is the founder and emeritus director of the Center for Lutheran Theology and Public Life and League of Faithful Masks, a non-profit religious corporation based in Capistrano Beach, California. 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 St. Louis, Mo., 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. He publishes his regular commentaries on his blog site, www.uwesiemon.blogspot.com.

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Born
Oct 25, 1936
Leipzig
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Boston University

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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