Albert Jan Rasker
Albert Jan Rasker (born February 10, 1906 in Zwolle , † June 23, 1990 in Enschede ) was a Dutch Protestant theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church and university professor .
Life
After receiving his university entrance qualification, Rasker studied Protestant theology at the Imperial University of Groningen . After passing the examination at the Reich University on the subject of "Godgeleerdheid", he was awarded his diploma in 1935 . With his dissertation on Kant's philosophy of religion , he became the doctor of theology doctorate . He later completed his habilitation with systematic-theological work and was appointed professor .
Rasker was one of the founding fathers of the Christian Peace Conference (CFK). He already participated in the second preliminary conference for the convening of an “ All-Christian Peace Assembly ”. He was also elected to a committee to continue work.
In the discussion at the Third CFK in 1960, he addressed the meaning of the symbol " swords to plowshares ":
“ In the United Nations building in New York there is a large bronze picture depicting this promise from Isaiah . There you see a big, strong blacksmith who is forging a sword into a plow. And there is something like this below: Let us forge the swords to plow. It is very strange that this picture is a gift from the Soviet Union , that it was not given to the United Nations by Christian churches. I think that is a shameful thing for us Christians. Now, of course, one can say that the communists took it up, instead of God's promise just written a human plan underneath it and thus secularized the whole thing . Isn't that also our fault as Christians that such a promise has been secularized to humanistic ideals? "
Publications
- The ethic en het problem van het booze. Een study naar aanleiding van de ethische en godsdienstphilosophische Geschriften van Immanuel Kant (diss.), Assen 1935
- The power of reconciliation and the powerlessness of violence , Zurich: Vereinigg "Friends of New Ways", [around 1959]
- Theology and Revolution , Hamburg: Reich, 1969
- We choose the dangerous life , Munich: Kaiser, 1961, [by the author exp., Neubearb. u. trans. Output]
- Letter to Milan Machovec = (Mistr dialogu Milan Machovec: sborník k nedožitým osmdesátinám českého filosofa / [editoři Kamila Jindrová, Pavel Tachecí, Pavel Žďárský], pp. 226–233)
- De Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk vanaf 1795. Geschiedenis, theologische ontwikkelingen en de verhouding dead hair zusterkerken in de negentiende en twintigste eeuw , Kampen 1986
- Calvinus oecumenicus, = In de waagschaal , 15 (1), 11-13, 1959
literature
- Johannes Jacobus Poortman: Repertorium der Nederlandse wijsbegeerte , Verlag Wereldbibliotheek, 1948
- KE Biezeveld: RASKER, ALBERT JAN . In: Biografisch Lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands Protestantisme. Uitgeverij Kok, Kampen 2001, ISBN 90-435-0384-3 , Vol. 5, pp. 416-418
Individual evidence
- ↑ Only future. Documents of the third session of the Christian Peace Conference , Prague 1960, p. 110
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rasker, Albert Jan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rasker, Albert J. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch evangelical reformed theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1906 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwolle |
DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1990 |
Place of death | Enschede |