Albert de Lange (church historian)

Albert de Lange (* 1952 in Zwolle , Netherlands) is a Dutch - German Protestant theologian and church historian .

Life

De Lange studied Protestant theology in Kampen / NL from 1970 to 1977 . From 1986 to 1990 he worked as a historian at the Società di Studi Valdesi in Torre Pellice in Italy. Since 1990 he has lived as a freelance church historian in Germany. The focus of research is the history of the Waldensians in modern times. He received his doctorate in 1987 from the University of Kampen on Johannes Hermanus Gunning (1829–1905). He published numerous independent and dependent works in Dutch, Italian and German, especially on the Waldensians. He is often active as an editor and editor of scientific books and popular scientific writings.

De Lange has been married to a German Protestant theologian since 1983.

Memberships

• Scientific director of the German Waldens Association (since 1995)
• Member of the Comitato redazionale del Bollettino della Società di Studi valdesi (since 1998)
• Member of the Comitato scientifico of the Opera Scelte di Filippo Melantone, 5 vols., Torino (Claudiana) (since 2009)
• Corresponding member of the commission for historical regional studies in Baden-Württemberg (since 2012)

Works

Monographs

• JH Gunning Jr. en het Spinoza-standbeeld te Den Haag, Mededelingen XLIV vanwege het Spinozahuis. Leiden 1982.
• De verhouding tussen dogmatiek en godsdienstwetenschap within de theology. A onderzoek naar de ontwikkeling van het theologiebegrip van JH Gunning Jr. (1829-1905). Proefschrift Johannes Calvijnstichting te Kampen 1987, Kampen 1987.
• Repeat the "Glorious Return" of the Waldensians. Torre Pellice (Società di Studi Valdesi) 1987. - Also in Italian and German, French translation: Amsterdam 1989.
• JH Gunning Jr. (1829-1905). Een leven in zelfverloochening. Vol. I: 1829–1861, Kampen 1995 ISBN 90-242-7758-2 (Vol. II: not yet published.)
• The Waldensians. The path of a religious minority in Europe. Lahr 1999 ISBN 3-7806-2493-1 .
• Identità e libertà. Trecento anni di presenza valdese in Germania. Torino 2000 ISBN 88-7016-330-X - with footnotes and T .: L'importanza della politica religiosa nell'asilo dei valdesi in Germania (1699) nei territori luterani. In: Bollettino della Società di Studi Valdesi (1999) No. 185, pp. 27-60.
• The Waldensians. History of a European Faith Movement in Pictures (four-language illustrated book), Karlsruhe 2000 ISBN 3-89116-048-8 . - Partly in Spanish transl. in: Los Valdenses. El camino de una minoría religiosa en Europa, Colonia Valdense (Comisión Sinodal de Publicaciones - Iglesia Evangélica Valdense del Río de la Plata) 2007.
• Martin Bucer (1491-1551). Looking to restore unity. Book accompanying the exhibition in Heidelberg University Museum. Nov. 9, 2001 - Jan. 24, 2002 (Archive and Museum of the University of Heidelberg, Writings No. 5), Ubstadt Weiher 2001 ISBN 3-89735-180-3 (in collaboration with Thomas Wilhelmi).
• Calvino, I Valdesi e l'Italia. Torino 2009. ISBN 978-88-7016-765-8 .
• (with Samuele Tourn Boncoeur) Sulle strade dei valdesi. Guida alla via dell'Esilio. Torino 2014 ISBN 978-88-7707-207-8 - German translation: hiking on the "Huguenot and Waldensian Path". From Saluzzo to Geneva - The way of the Waldensians into exile, Ötisheim-Schönenberg (German Waldensian Association) 2015.
• Stadtmuseum / -archiv Baden-Baden (ed.): Reformation with obstacles. 500 years of evangelical faith in Baden-Baden . Text: Albert de Lange with the collaboration of Heike Kronenwett and Dagmar Rumpf, Baden-Baden (Stadtmuseum / -archiv Baden) 2017. ISBN 978-3-00-056442-0

Editor, collaborator, translator (selection)

• Oepke Noordmans: Verzamelde werken, dl. I en dl. III, Kampen 1978 en 1981 ( ISBN 90-242-2598-1 and 90-242-0235-3) (collaborator).
• JH Gunning Jr .: Brochures en brieven uit zijn Leidse tijd. Kampen 1984 ISBN 90-242-2903-0 (editor and author).
• Il Glorioso Rimpatrio dei Valdesi. Realtà ed Immagine. Catalogo della Mostra, Torre Pellice (Società di Studi Valdesi) 1989 (editor and author).
• Dall'Europa alle Valli Valdesi. Atti del XXIX Convegno storico internazionale: “Il Glorioso Rimpatrio (1689–1989). Contesto - Significato - Immagine ». Torre Pellice, September 3-7, 1989, Torino 1990 ISBN 88-7016-118-8 (editor and author).
• with Onno Zijlstra (Ed.): Als ik Job niet had. Tien thinkers over God en het lijden. Zoetermeer 1997 ISBN 90-211-3663-5 (editor and author).
• Three Hundred Years of Waldensians in Germany, 1699–1999. Origin and history. With a guide through the German Waldensian places. Karlsruhe 1998; 2., verb. Aufl. Karlsruhe 1999 ISBN 3-87210-365-2 (editor and author).
• Vincenzo Minutoli: Storia del ritorno dei Valdesi nella loro patria dopo un esilio di tre anni e mezzo (1698) con le relazioni dei partecipanti al Rimpatrio (Collana Storici Valdesi), a cura di Enea Balmas e Albert de Lange, Torino 1998 ISBN 88- 7016-297-4 (editor).
• with Günter Frank u. Gerhard Schwinge : The Waldensians. Traces of a European religious movement. Book accompanying the exhibition in Bretten, May 12th - August 1st, 1999, Bretten 1999 ISBN 3-9806510-1-0 (publisher and author).
• with Günter Frank u. Jörg Haustein : Asylum, Tolerance and Religious Freedom. Historical experiences and current challenges (= Bensheimer Hefte, No. 95), Göttingen (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) 2000 ISBN 3-525-87182-1 (publisher and author).
• with Andreas Flick: From Berlin to Constantinople. A collection of articles on the history of the Huguenots a. Waldensian (= history sheets of the German Huguenot Society, vol. 35), Bad Karlshafen 2001 ISBN 3-930481-15-4 (publisher and author).
• with Gerhard Schwinge: Contributions to Waldensian historiography, especially to German-speaking Waldensian historians from the 18th to the 20th century (= Waldensian studies, published by the German Waldensian Association, Ötisheim-Schönenberg, vol. 1), Ubstadt-Weiher (regional culture publisher) 2003, 188 S. ISBN 3-89735-235-4 (editor u. author).
• with Gerhard Schwinge: Pieter Valkenier and the fate of the Waldensians around 1700 (= Waldensian studies, published by the Deutsche Waldenservereinigung eV Ötisheim-Schönenberg, vol. 2), Heidelberg (regional culture publisher) 2004, 288 pages ISBN 3-89735-273- 7 (editor and author).
• with Martin Brückner: The Waldensians. A historical outline. Catalog for the exhibition in the Waldensian Museum in Ötisheim-Schönenberg, Ötisheim-Schönenberg (German Waldensian Association) n.d. [2005], 16 p. (Publisher and author)
• with Kathrin Utz Tremp: Friedrich Reiser and the "Waldensian-Hussite International". Files from the Ötisheim-Schönenberg conference, October 2 to 4, 2003 (Waldensian studies, published by the Deutsche Waldenservereinigung eV, Ötisheim-Schönenberg, vol. 3), Heidelberg (regional culture publisher) 2006, 344 pages ISBN 3-89735-433 -0 (editor and author).
• with Patrick Batarilo: The Legacy. A book for young people about the history of the Waldensians. Ötisheim-Schönenberg 2007. 2nd edition, Ötisheim-Schönenberg 2011, pp. 4–7, 153–172 (editor, foreword and appendix: “Overview of the history of the Waldensians”, pp. 83–92).
• Overcome boundaries. The importance of Philipp Melanchthon for Europe. From Wittenberg to Transylvania. International exhibition of the European Melanchthon Academy Bretten in cooperation with the archive of the Honterus community in Kronstadt. Bretten 2007. (texts and editing). - Hungarian translation: Albert de Lange u. Günter Frank (ed.),: A határok legyőzése. Philipp Melanchthon európai jelentősége, Bretten 2008.
• JH Gunning Jr .: Het Kruis the Loser (1861); De Prediking van de Toekomst des Heren (1888). Ingeleid door Albert de Lange, Leo Mietus, Barneveld (Nederlands Dagblad) 2008 (series: Klassiek licht). ISBN 978-90-72801-17-3 (editor and author: Introduction pp. 7-22).
• with Jürgen Hanßmann: I cannot be silent. Tullio Vinay (1909-1996). Stuttgart (publisher and bookstore of the Evangelical Society) 2009. ISBN 978-3-7918-8019-8 (editor and author).
• with Jürgen Eschmann: Jean Henry Perrot (1798–1853): The last Waldensian schoolmaster in Württemberg. Heidelberg (regional culture publisher) 2011 (= Waldensian studies, published by the German Waldensian Association eV Ötisheim-Schönenberg, vol. 4). ISBN 978-3-89735-616-0 (editor and author).
• Martin Bucer's German Writings. Vol. 15: Writings on the imperial religion policy of the years 1545/1546. Edited by Susanne Haaf with the assistance of Albert de Lange, Gütersloh (Gütersloher Verlagshaus) 2011. ISBN 978-3-579-04880-2 (editor).
• Stefan Rhein , Stephan Dorgerloh u. Johannes Schilling (Ed.): Wittenberg (= Places of the Reformation, Journal 4). Leipzig (EVA) 2012. ISBN 978-3-374-03001-9 (editorial and picture editing).
• Johannes Ehmann (Ed.): Heidelberg and the Electoral Palatinate (= places of the Reformation, Journal 6). Leipzig (EVA) 2013. ISBN 978-3-374-03144-3 (editing and picture editing; author)
• Christoph Strohm with the assistance of Albert de Lange a. Johan Volker Knöppel, Burkhard zur Nieden a. Wolf-Friedrich Schäufele (Ed.): Marburg (= Places of the Reformation, Journal 9) Leipzig (EVA) 2013. ISBN 978-3-374-03232-7 (editorial and picture editing).
• Anne-Kathrin Kruse u. Frank Zeeb (Ed.): Schwäbisch Hall (= Places of the Reformation, Journal 10). Leipzig (EVA) 2013. ISBN 978-3-374-03236-5 (editorial and picture editing).
• Church history on the Upper Rhine - ecumenical and cross-border. On behalf of the Working Group of Christian Churches (ACK) ed. by Klaus Bümlein , Marc Feix, Barbara Henze u. Marc Lienhard . Ubstadt-Weiher (Regional Culture Publishing House) 2013. ISBN 978-3-89735-773-0 (editing and picture editing; author). - Of which French translation: Franchir les frontières. Histoire des Églises dans l'espace du Rhin supérieur, Strasbourg (Éditions du Signe) 2015 ISBN 978-2-7468-3381-4 .
• J. Marius J. Lange van Ravenswaay , Klaas-Dieter Voss a. Wolfgang Jahn (Ed.): Emden (Places of the Reformation, Journal 13). Leipzig (EVA) 2014. ISBN 978-3-374-03731-5 (editorial and picture editing).
• Preservation and Renewal. Promoter of German Waldensianism. Articles on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Deutsche Waldenservereinigung e. V. 2011 and the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of the Henri Arnaud House in Schönenberg as a museum in 2014 (Waldensian studies, vol. 5), Heidelberg et al. (Verlag Regionalkultur) 2014. ISBN 978-3-89735-797-6 (publisher , Editor and author).
• Allies in heaven. Religious motifs in sculptures from the First World War. Catalog of the exhibition at the Melanchthon House in Bretten, ed. by Günter Frank u. Albert de Lange, Karlsruhe (Verlag 89) 2014. ISBN 978-3-942301-37-4 (publisher, editor and photo editor).
• Martin H. Jung u. Friedrich Pannemann (Ed.): Osnabrück (= Places of the Reformation, Journal 20). Leipzig (EVA) 2015. ISBN 978-3-374-04028-5 (editorial and picture editing).
• Søren Schwesig u. Frank Zeeb (Ed.): Stuttgart (= Places of the Reformation, Journal 22) Leipzig (EVA) 2015. ISBN 978-3-374-04064-3 (editorial and picture editing).
• Volker Jung u. Ulrich Oelschläger (Ed.): Worms (= Places of the Reformation, Journal 25). Leipzig (EVA) 2015. ISBN 978-3-374-04115-2 (editorial and picture editing).
• with Michael Welker , Michael Beintker : Europa reformata. Reformation cities of Europe and their reformers. Leipzig (EVA) 2016. ISBN 978-3-374-04119-0 (publisher, editor, photo editor).
• Matthieu Arnold and Marc Lienhard (eds.): Straßburg / Strasbourg (= places of the Reformation, Journal 31). Leipzig (EVA) 2016. ISBN 978-3-374-04064-3 (editorial and picture editing).

Web links

• Albert de Lange website
• Author's website at the regional culture publishing house

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the German Waldens Association .