Adolf Bolliger

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Adolf Bolliger (born April 12, 1854 in Holziken ; † May 31, 1931 in Uerikon ) was a Swiss Protestant theologian , pastor and philosopher .

Life

Adolf Bolliger was born as the ninth child of a farmer in Holziken in the canton of Aargau on April 12, 1854. After attending a toddler school in Hirschthal , he switched to the district school in Schöftland . At the age of twelve he decided to become a pastor later. Therefore, he received his further training first in Basel at the humanistic grammar school and then at the grammar school on Münsterplatz . He spent the first two semesters of his studies in theology and philosophy at the University of Basel and the third semester at the University of Tübingen .

In May 1875 Bolliger was employed as a teacher at the district school in Schöftland. Before that, he passed his first theologian exam , his concordat exam in philosophy and the canton's district teacher exam . In 1879 he continued his studies, this time at the University of Leipzig , and received his doctorate there. In Basel he then became a teacher of German language and literature at the secondary school ; he also completed his habilitation in philosophy.

During this time he was particularly concerned with Immanuel Kant . In 1888 Bolliger took over a pastor's position in Oberentfelden . He gave up the position in 1891 when, despite public opposition, he took over the position of professor of theology at the University of Basel. Efforts to suspend him from office have failed.

In 1903 Bolliger was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology by the University of Bern . The following year he was elected rector of Basel University. In 1905, however, he gave up the post of professor to take over the Neumünster parish as pastor. As such, he stayed there until he retired in 1921 . He spent part of this in Uerikon, where he died on May 31, 1931 at the age of 77.

Works

  • Anti-Kant or elements of logic, physics and ethics (Basel 1882)
  • The message of the kingdom of God (Basel 1888)
  • Contributions to dogmatics and ethics (Aarau 1890)
  • The way to God for our gender, a piece of empirical theology (Frauenfeld 1899)
  • Markus, the editor of the Gospel of Matthew, old and new on the synoptic question, program for the rectorate celebration of the University of Basel (Basel 1902)
  • Free Will, A New Answer to an Old Question (Berlin 1903)
  • Three Eternal Lights: God, Freedom, Immortality (Berlin 1903)
  • A few grains of salt (Zurich 1907)
  • The Christian High Path (Zurich 1914)
  • Facts, The letter of the French Protestants to the Protestants of the neutral states answered by Adolf Bolliger (Konstanz 1915)
  • Germany's law, The polemic of the French Protestants, refuted by Adolf Bolliger (Konstanz 1916)
  • World War and the Kingdom of God (Zurich 1915)
  • Germany at the Crossroads, Contemporary Explanations (Munich 1918)
  • Germany's Last and Greatest Need (Basel 1918)
  • Jesus of Nazareth and his salvation (Zurich 1926)

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SURNAME Bolliger, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant theologian, pastor and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Holziken
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1931
Place of death Uerikon