Adolf Köberle

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Adolf Köberle (born July 3, 1898 in Berneck , Upper Franconia ; † March 22, 1990 in Munich ) was a Protestant theologian , teacher, head of a missionary seminar and professor of systematic theology in Basel and Tübingen .

Live and act

Adolf Köberle was a son of Hermann Köberle, a pastor and dean in Bavaria. From 1916 to 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War. From 1919 he studied philosophy and theology in Munich, Erlangen and Tübingen . From 1922 to 1926 he was a teacher at a Munich high school. From 1926 to 1930 he was director of the Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Seminar in Leipzig . In 1928 he received his doctorate in Tübingen with the thesis “The relationship between justification and sanctification in its meaning for the Christian faith. A biblical, theological history and systematic investigation ”. The book was later published under the title Justification and Sanctification. From 1930 to 1939 he was associate professor for systematic theology in Basel, he held an endowed professorship of the Association for Christian Theological Science. During this time he was also a guest lecturer at the theological seminary of St. Chrischona , giving sermons, lectures and seminars. From 1939 to 1966 he was Karl Heim's successor and full professor of systematic theology in Tübingen. He also worked on contributions in the areas of dogmatics, ethics, apologetics and denominational studies. In 1963 the emeritus moved to Munich.

Teaching

In his work Justification and Sanctification, Köberle emphasized the love of Christ and gratitude to God as the basic motives of Christian action - not obedience or fear. With this he developed a description of Christian existence on a biblical and Reformation basis, from which he thought through wide areas of cultural life. He also dealt critically with anthroposophy .

Köberle was considered to be a representative and sensitive interpreter of the Swabian- Pietist and Lutheran heritage. He was also a member of the Evangelical Michael Brotherhood .

In his book Die Seele des Christianentums , which appeared for the first time in 1932, his anti-Semitism and his arrogance towards the Jews were expressed, which he justified theologically.

Obituary of the Leipzig Missionary Organization

  • Adolf Köberle was one of the unforgettable witnesses of this century, which is now coming to an end, with all the ups and downs that have been personally experienced and suffered. But he remained a tireless ambassador of the Gospel until he was 92, primarily on the chair of the university, shaping many young people, but also in countless committees, back and forth in lectures and almost to the last breath by publishing many mainly pastoral accentuations Fonts. All of them had that convincing density of thinking faith and a structured, credible piety. Adolf Köberle remained impressively the same until the end ... Adolf Köberle always remained connected to the Leipzig Mission . In the last year of his life he was able to confess very directly: Oh, I often feel a longing for Leipzig, for my old friends there on the mission.

Fonts (selection)

  • Justification and sanctification. A biblical, theological history and systematic investigation . 2nd edition: Leipzig 1929. 4th edition: Gießen 1987.
  • The soul of Christianity. Contributions to understanding faith in Christ and following Christ in the present . Furche, Berlin 1932. 5th edition: Berlin 1935.
  • The God-seeking man and the man-seeking God. Questions and answers . Furche, Berlin 1938.
  • God's government in world affairs. The rule of God and the power of evil in the world. (= Calwer booklets for the promotion of biblical faith and Christian life. Booklet 28.) Calwer Verlag , Stuttgart 1959.
  • Christian thinking. From knowledge to realization . Furche, Berlin 1962.
  • Biblical realism. Contributions to the universalism of the Christian message , R. Brockhaus Verlag , Wuppertal 1972. ISBN 3-417-00374-1
  • The mysterious realm of the soul. Experiences of the psyche in the border areas of life . Herder Verlag , Freiburg 1984.
  • Back to the symbolic language of the Bible. Cosmos and logos meet each other . Stuttgart 1987 (EZW-Texte. Impulse. No. 26).
  • Karl Heim. Life and thought . Steinkopf, Stuttgart 1988.

literature

  • G. Müller (Ed.): Justification, Realism, Universalism in Biblical View. Festschrift for Adolf Köberle on his eightieth birthday. Darmstadt 1978 (with bibliography).
  • Jochen Eber:  Adolf Köberle. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 24, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-247-9 , Sp. 953-963.
  • "Adolf Köberle - called home. Born on July 3, 1898, died on March 24, 1990." Obituary by EB in "Ährenlese" 3/90 July - September (1990), News from the Evangelical Lutheran Mission , pages 23–24.
  • Albrecht sachet : Gerhard Ebeling . A biography , Mohr Siebeck Verlag , Tübingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-161-50447-1 , pp. 96–158
  • Claudius Kienzle: Mentality shaping in social change. Protestant pastors in a growth region of Württemberg in the early Federal Republic , Kohlhammer Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-170-23129-0
  • Gunther Schendel: The Hermannsburg Missionary Institution and National Socialism. The path of a Lutheran milieu institution between the Weimar Republic and the post-war period , Volume 16 of sources and contributions to the history of the Hermannsburg Mission and the Evangelical Lutheran. Missionswerkes in Niedersachsen, Volume 16 of sources and contributions to the history of the Hermannsburg Mission, LIT Verlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-825-80627-9 , pp. 376–389: The relationship to racial anti-Semitism and social-cultural hostility towards Jews

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the obituary by EB in "Ährenlese" 3/90 July - September (1990), News from the Evangelical Lutheran Mission, pages 23–24, March 24, 1990 is given as the date of death.
  2. ^ Joachim Januschek: Biographical Notes. Retrieved June 12, 2017 .
  3. ^ Thomas K. Kuhn: Köberle, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ↑ Gunther Schendel: The Hermannsburg Mission and National Socialism: the path of a Lutheran milieu institution between the Weimar Republic and the post-war period , Volume 16 of sources and contributions to the history of the Hermannsburg Mission and the Evangelical Lutheran. Missionswerkes in Niedersachsen, Volume 16 of sources and contributions to the history of the Hermannsburg Mission, LIT Verlag, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-825-80627-9 , pp. 376–389: The relationship to racial anti-Semitism and social-cultural hostility towards Jews
  5. ↑ David Tréfás: German Professors in Switzerland: Case Studies from the History of the University of Basel in the 19th and 20th Centuries , Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 109, Basel 2009, pp. 122–125, accessed May 16, 2018
  6. ↑ Excerpt from: "Adolf Köberle - called home." by EB in "Ährenlese" 3/90 July - September (1990), news from the Evangelical Lutheran Mission, pages 23–24.
personal data
SURNAME Köberle, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, teacher, head of mission and professor of systematic theology
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Berneck , Upper Franconia
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1990
Place of death Munich