Adam Weyer

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Adam Weyer (approx. 1990)

Adam Josef Weyer (born April 4, 1928 in Fischeln ; † October 21, 1995 in Neukirchen-Vluyn ) was a German theologian who worked as a professor and rector at the University of Duisburg .

Life

Adam Weyer was professor for Protestant theology at the Duisburg University from 1970 until his death in 1995 . As the founding rector from 1979 to 1986, he also had a decisive influence on the development of the Duisburg Comprehensive University, which later became the University of Duisburg . Before that he was parish priest in Idar-Oberstein (1956–1961), as Reichswart of the student Bible groups of Evangelical Youth in Germany in the service of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (EKiR) based in Wuppertal (1961–1967) and as theological director of the youth center Höchst / Odw . of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (1967–1970).

Adam Weyer's life was decisively shaped by the experiences of National Socialism. As a 15-year-old student he became an air force helper , initially for almost twelve months near his home town of Mülheim / Ruhr, before he was on the front lines at various stations in the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , in Kiel and in Denmark. After being a prisoner of war and leaving school (1947), he studied theology in Kiel and Münster (1949–1953) and the vicariate in Mettmann and Oberhausen (1953–1954). Adam Weyer had a pacifist stance, which was reflected in his engagement against rearmament in the 1950s, but also in his active role in the peace movement of the 1980s. Again and again he combined social engagement and theological thinking.

In 1955 he married Gerda Freudenberg (* 1929). The three sons Johannes (* 1956), Christian (* 1959) and Martin (* 1962) emerged from this marriage.

His work as Reichswart der Evangelischen Jugend in the 1960s meant for him not only the implementation of school camps for the EKiR, but also the maintenance of contacts with the Evangelical Church in the GDR. Under often difficult conditions, he traveled to partner churches in East Germany.

In the late 1960s he came into contact with the student movement as the head of a church conference center south of Frankfurt .

Adam Weyer was an active and committed member of the " Klüngels " of the Rhenish Church. He was close friends with the long-time senior church councilor Johannes Schlingensiepen . During his time in Wuppertal, he also got to know the managing director of the (church) youth service publishing house , Johannes Rau , who later became Minister of Science and Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia and Federal President, with whom he had a lifelong friendship.

Adam Weyer was an avid card player ( Skat , Doppelkopf , Solitaire, etc.), he loved horse races and betting, and for years he had a season ticket at the Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg .

Adam Weyer died in 1995 of complications from cancer.

academic career

The academic career begins in 1970 with a doctorate with Gerhard Wendland in Münster. The topic of the doctoral thesis Church in the Workers' Quarter refers to Adam Weyer's interest in a topic that had only a minor role in theology and that occupied him throughout his life, namely the role of the church in the struggle of the underprivileged, be it in the Third World , z. B. in Nicaragua , be it in the industrial areas of the Ruhr area , but also in the Soviet Zone / GDR .

When he was appointed professor for Protestant theology and its didactics at the Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr, Duisburg department, the spectrum of topics expanded in 1970: from church history topics to questions of Christian-Jewish cooperation, which his colleague and mentor Heinz Kremers in particular vigorously pursued, up to and including questions of economic ethics. The question of justice became more and more the leitmotif of Adam Weyer's research, which repeatedly returned to the early roots that had been laid out in the 1970 doctorate.

Memberships

Works

  • (Ed.) Speeches to the German Youth in the 20th Century. Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1966.
  • Church in the working class district. Gütersloh publishing house Gerd Mohn, Gütersloh 1971.
  • with Heinz Kremers: Workbook Religion. Part 9/10 for Protestant religious teaching in the 9th and 10th school year. Bagel, Düsseldorf 1974.
  • The Church and the Social Question in the 19th Century. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976.
  • (Ed.) Almanac 10 for literature and theology, topic tenderness. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1977.
  • (Ed. With Robert Jungk) The limits of resignation. An attempt at encouragement and criticism (Series Peace Policy Consequences, Volume 6). Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1977.
  • Early thinkers of Christianity. Mohn, Gütersloh 1979.
  • Subjectivity and society. Focal points of Protestant theology. Kaiser, Munich 1980.
  • Be your voice and chord consecrated to him: Matthias Jorissen, psalmist, theologian, preacher. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1989.
  • with Dieter Bach and Edna Brocke: Life with / without / against Jews after 1945 in Europe: Conference in cooperation with the Old Synagogue Essen and research focus on the history and religion of Judaism. Evangelical Academy Mülheim / Ruhr, Mülheim 1990.
  • (Ed. With Thomas Kremers-Sper): Heinz Kremers. Love and justice. Collected Posts. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1990.
  • with Stephan Wippermann-Lins: Church in the industrial area. Using the example of the western Ruhr area. Gilles & Francke, Duisburg 1990.
  • Living in the World: A Theological Ethics. Gilles & Francke, Duisburg 1994.
  • (Ed. With Stephan Wippermann and Monika Lins): “Work properly and diligently!” The Protestant churches and the world of work in the SBZ / GDR. Gilles & Francke, Duisburg 1994.

literature

  • Martin Weyer: "If Hitler only knew". Experiences of air force helpers 1944–45. In: Wilfried Breyvogel and Heinz-Hermann Krüger (eds.): Land of Hope, Land of Crisis. Youth cultures in the Ruhr area 1900–1987. Book accompanying the exhibition of the same name. Dietz Verlag, Berlin / Bonn 1987, pp. 122–127.
  • Klaus Ebert (Hrsg.): Everyday world and ethics. Contributions to a socio-ethical problem area. For Adam Weyer on his 60th birthday. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1988.
  • Barbara E. Fink-Stöve (ed.): Law - Justification - Justice. “Farewell Lecture” by Adam Weyer. University printing, Duisburg 1994.
  • Hans-Joachim Barkenings, M. Peek-Horn and S. Wolff (eds.): Doing and recognizing. Theological questions and mediation in the context of Judeo-Christian conversation. For Adam Weyer's 65th birthday. Duisburg 1994.
  • Klaus Ebert: Adam Weyer. In: Michael Basse , Traugott Jähnichen , Harald Schroeter-Wittke (Hrsg.): Protestant profiles from the Ruhr area. 500 life pictures from 5 centuries. Verlag Hartmut Spenner, Kamen 2009, pp. 643f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.innovations-report.de/html/profile/profil-239.html
  2. ↑ M. Weyer 1987: If Hitler only knew
  3. ↑ Jungk / Weyer 1977: The Limits of Resignation
  4. ^ Weyer 1971: Church in the workers' quarter
  5. ↑ https://www.weyeriana.de/images_buecher/basta_5_95_17.pdf
  6. ^ Weyer / Wippermann-Lins 1990: Church in the industrial area
  7. ↑ Weyer / Wippermann / Lins 1994: Working properly and hard
  8. ↑ Weyer 1979: Early Thinkers of Christianity
  9. ↑ Bach / Weyer / Brocke 1990: Life with / without / against Jews after 1945 in Europe
  10. ↑ Weyer 1994: Living in the world
  11. ↑ Fink-Stöve 1994: Justification - Justification - Justice
  12. ↑ 25 years of RISP. Press release from the University of Duisburg-Essen. September 21, 2005, accessed October 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Weyer, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weyer, Adam Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Fishing
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1995
Place of death Neukirchen-Vluyn