Alexander Völker (theologian)
Alexander Völker (born November 1, 1934 in Spangenberg ; † December 7, 2017 ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and liturgist . He was the author and editor of numerous publications on the practice of worship .
Life
After studying Protestant theology in Marburg and Heidelberg , he was ordained in Hofgeismar on September 17, 1961 . He took up his first pastor's position in Windecken in Hesse . Since 1963 he was a member of the Evangelical Michael Brotherhood . In 1968 he moved to the Westphalian regional church and became pastor in Buchholz , in 1976 pastor and director of studies at the College for Church Music of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia in Herford . From 1980 until his retirement in 1997 he was superintendent of the Minden church district .
Völker became editor in 1974 and co-editor of the yearbook for liturgy and hymnology in 1977 , for which he wrote numerous articles. From 1991 to 2001 he was chairman of the Lutheran Liturgical Conference . Until 2005 he taught liturgy and hymnology at the church music college in Herford and was also its deputy director. He was a contributing member of the Societas Liturgica .
Publications (selection)
- (with Walter Blankenburg , Herwarth von Schade , Kurt Schmidt-Clausen ) Kerygma and Melos . Festschrift for Christhard Mahrenholz , 1970
- (with Karl Lehmann and Hans Dombois ) Ordination today . 1972
- Common Creed: Common wording of the Apostolic and the Nizano-Constantinopolitan Creed for the churches of the German-speaking area . Edited on behalf of the Protestant members of the Working Group for Liturgical Texts in the German Language Area, 1974
- Living liturgy: for worship in traditional and special form . 1975
- The celebration of Easter vigil . 1983
- (with Günther Hinz ) On singing the psalms. A workshop report . 1990
- Compline: a draft for the daily prayer of the Evangelical Michael Brotherhood . 1993
Web links
- Golden ordination anniversaries in St. Marien. Minden church district, December 3, 2014, archived from the original on March 1, 2016 ; Retrieved on December 11, 2017 (with a short biography Völker).
- Alexander Völker: The Year of the Church . In: Quatember 1973, pp. 67-75
- Alexander Völker: Liturgy at the main churches of Minden. Some qualitative considerations . In: Yearbook for Liturgy and Hymnology 2014, ISBN 978-3-647-57224-6 , pp. 53–63
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituaries in the Mindener Tageblatt , December 9, 2017, accessed on December 11, 2017.
- ^ Association history. 2002: 50th anniversary . Website of the Windecken Trombone Choir, accessed December 11, 2017.
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↑ Alexander Völker . Verlagsgruppe Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, accessed on December 11, 2017.
College for Church Music: New lecturers . KM Umschau: Messages from the church music associations in the Evangelical Church of Westphalia, 4/2005, December 2005, p. 13, accessed on December 11, 2017 (pdf; 878 kB).
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SURNAME | Peoples, alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and liturgical scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Spangenberg |
DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 2017 |