Ulrich Luig, born 1945 in Berlin (Germany), studied Protestant theology at Berlin and received a Ph.D. in missiology and religious science from Humboldt University at Berlin. He worked in a rural development project with the Gossner Mission and as a UCZ pastor at the Gwembe Valley/Zambia from 1987 until 1990. After his return from Zambia he worked as a lecturer in missiology and religious science at Humboldt University and as a chaplain at Mainz University thereafter.