Alfred Raddatz

Alfred Raddatz

Alfred Raddatz (born March 15, 1928 in Berlin ; † June 7, 2006 in Vienna ) was a Protestant church historian.

Life

After studying theology, art history and Christian archeology at the Humboldt University in Berlin , Raddatz received teaching positions at the University of Greifswald and the Humboldt University from 1959 . 1963 followed the habilitation in Berlin, since 1966 he worked there as a lecturer. In 1971 Raddatz was appointed to the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna , where he became the first full professor of the newly founded Institute for Church History, Christian Archeology and Church Art. In 1996 he retired .

He was a legal knight of the Order of St. John (Austrian commander).

In addition to his particular interest in church art, Raddatz was committed to the dialogue with Judaism , initially on the board of the coordination committee for Christian-Jewish cooperation in Vienna, of which he was vice-president from 1974. From 2001 to 2003 he was its President.

Alfred Raddatz was buried at the Dornbacher Friedhof in Vienna.

Works

• The creation of the motif “Ecclesia and Synagogue”. Historical background and interpretation. Dissertation Berlin 1959.
• Western Roman Empire and Roman Episcopate. A contribution to the question of the origin of the pre-medieval papacy. Habil. Berlin 1963.
• Ed. (Together with Kurt Lüthi ): Evangelical faith and history. Festschrift Grete Mecenseffy. Vienna 1984.

literature

• Kurt Lüthi (Ed.): The Christian Faith and Its Shape [in honor of Hans-Christoph Schmidt-Lauber and Alfred Raddatz on the occasion of their 65th birthday]. Vienna 1993.
• 11-13 Symposium of the International Commission for Comparative Church History - Sub-Commission Austria: Alfred Raddatz on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Vienna 1994.

Web links

• Literature by and about Alfred Raddatz in the catalog of the German National Library