Free Church Research

Free Church Research
description	Theological journal
Area of ​​Expertise	Church history , especially of the free churches
language	German
publishing company	Self-published (Germany)
First edition	1991
Frequency of publication	yearly
Editors-in-chief	"Circle of editors": Reimer Dietze, Walter Fleischmann-Bisten , Astrid Nachtigall, Christoph Raedel
editor	Association for Free Church Research
Web link	Official website
ZDB	1136764-7

The journal Freikirchenforschung is an annual theological journal that focuses on the history of the free churches . The geographical focus is on the German-speaking area. FF or FKF are suggested as abbreviations .

content

Basically, the presentations at the conferences that the publishing association holds twice a year are documented. Under the title Freikirchliche perspectives are beyond research reports and essays published. A number of reviews and a bibliography on theology and history of the free churches are also included. Association communications give a little insight into the ongoing work of the Association for Free Church Research.

editor

The publisher has been the Association for Free Church Research from the start . Before it took on this name, it was called the Association for the Promotion of Research into Free Church History and Theology at the University of Münster e. V.

distribution

The association's annual membership fee, which the members have to pay, also includes the subscription fee for the magazine. Individual volumes of can be obtained from the association's office.

bibliography

So far, the following volumes have been published with the following main topics, furthermore the volumes contain in particular year bibliographies (with supplements, since No. 2 (1992)) and reviews (since No. 6 (1996)) as well as possibly research reports and further articles:

• [1 (1991) published under the title:] Association for the Promotion of Research in Free Church History and Theology eV (VEfGT). Lectures of the 3rd symposium. 25-27 April 1991
• 2 (1992)
• 3 (1993): Herrnhuter Symposium.
• 4 (1994): The Free Churches in the GDR .
• 5 (1995): Migration ( emigration and return).
• 6 (1996): The Reformation Reformation by the Free Churches: Articles, Research Reports, Documents.
• 7 (1997): Free Churches between hostility to education and enthusiasm for education; Oral history ; Bohemian brothers .
• 8 (1998): Westphalian Peace : Religious Peace without Religious Freedom ?; Biblical Ethics of Politics, ISBN 3-934109-00-4 .
• 9 (1999): Sanctification Movements and Healing Churches; Free Church traces and the search for identity: Basel as the place of the Anabaptists of Awakening , ISBN 3-934109-01-2 .
• 10 (2000): Free churches in the field of tension between collecting and sending; Confession and Union, ISBN 3-934109-02-0 .
• 11 (2001): Free Churches and Calvinism in East Friesland ; Free Churches and Eschatology , ISBN 3-934109-03-9 .
• 12 (2002): Free Churches and Community Movement ; Evangelism , ISBN 3-934109-04-7 .
• 13 (2003): More pious and freer? Women in free churches; Free Churches and Politics , ISBN 3-934109-05-5 .
• 14 (2004): Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism ; In the field of tension between free churches and the charismatic movement , ISBN 3-934109-06-3 .
• 15 (2005/06): Free Churches and Anti-Semitism . Between Israel euphoria and hostility towards Jews; Free churches in Germany , 1945–1949 ISBN 3-934109-07-1 .
• 16 (2007): Free Churches and Spätaussiedler ; The Free Church - Roman Catholic Dialogues, ISBN 978-3-934109-08-7 or ISBN 3-934109-08-X .
• 17 (2008): Free Churches as Outsiders. Your relationship to the state and churches in 19th century Germany , ISBN 3-934109-09-8 .
• 18 (2009): Passing on the legacy. Free church concepts for the transmission of faith and identity; On the way to the “unity of the children of God”? Free church alliances, unions and leagues, ISBN 3-934109-10-1 .
• 19 (2010): 100 Years of the Berlin Declaration ; 20 years of “unification” of the German free churches in East and West - attempt to take stock, ISBN 978-3-934109-11-7 .
• 20 (2011): The reception of the Wittenberg Reformation in the free churches; The reception of the Upper German-Swiss Reformation in the free churches, ISBN 978-3-934109-12-4 .
• 21 (2012): The free churches in the upheavals of the Weimar Republic ; The free churches in the time of National Socialism , ISBN 978-3-934109-13-1
• 22 (2013): "Free - freer - most free"? Independent congregations in Germany and their relationship to the (free) churches; Songs and Music in the History of the Free Churches, ISBN 978-3-934109-14-8 .
• 23 (2014): “Just disappointed”. Dropouts from free churches. - Dedicated to: Karl Heinz Voigt on his 80th birthday, ISBN 978-3-934109-15-5 .
• 24 (2015): Peace Theology and Peace Commitment in the Free Churches; The free churches between political tolerance and religious freedom . - Dedicated to: Erich Geldbach on his 75th birthday, ISBN 978-3-934109-16-2 .
• 25 (2016): Change of Church - Taboo Topic of Ecumenism ?; 25 years of the Association for Free Church Research. ISBN 978-3-934109-17-9 .
• 26 (2017): Reformation Identity in European Free Churches; Reformatio or Restitution ? Concepts of the renewal of the church in the history of the free churches. ISBN 978-3-934109-18-6 .
• 27 (2018): Reformation and Free Churches in Austria . Historical Developments - Current Challenges; History of the Free Churches after the Second World War . ISBN 978-3-934109-19-3 .
• 28 (2019): The relationship of the free churches to Judaism . ISBN 978-3-934109-20-9 .

The ZDB ID is 1136764-7. An ISSN is not assigned.

Web links

• official homepage
• Free church research in the journal database

See also

• Yearbook for the history of Protestantism in Austria
• Mennonite history sheets
• Theology and Church Journal

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "at the University of Münster e. V. ”is reflected in the magazine from No. 3 (1993).
2. ↑ See association announcements , in: FF 25 (2016) 327.
3. ↑ Ibid .; see. http://freikirchenforschung.de/pages/publikationen/publikationen.php , read on January 10, 2017.
4. ↑ The contents of numbers 3–16 are based on the information at http://www.freikirchenforschung.de/pages/publikationen/publikationen.php , where detailed tables of contents can also be found.
5. ↑ The cover incorrectly says: The Reformation Reformation in the Free Churches.
6. ↑ Only the first-mentioned topic can be found on the title page.