Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Höfling

Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Höfling (December 30, 1802 – April 5, 1853) was a German Lutheran theologian born in Neudrossenfeld, Bavaria.

In 1831 he earned his doctorate in philosophy at Tübingen, and in 1835 received his theological degree.

In 1833 he was appointed professor of practical theology at the University of Erlangen.

Höfling was a prominent member of the so-called "Erlangen School" within the German Neo-Lutheranism movement.

He collaborated with Gottlieb Christian Harless (1806–1879) on edition of the periodical "Zeitschrift für Protestantismus und Kirche".