Carl Heinz Ratschow

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Carl Heinz Ratschow (born July 22, 1911 in Rostock ; † November 10, 1999 in Marburg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and religious philosopher.

Life

Ratschow was one of five children of Ernst Ratschow (1865–1937), a businessman, and Clara Hoffschlaeger (1878–1956, married Ratschow). Carl Heinz Ratschow studied Oriental Studies in Leipzig and Göttingen. Under the influence of the Old Testament scholar Albrecht Alt (1883–1956), he later also studied Protestant theology . After moving to the University of Rostock in 1933, he received his first theological exam in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mecklenburg . 1936 Ratschow with a thesis on the philosophy of Ludwig Klages ' in the subject Systematic Theology in Rostock for Lic. Theol. PhD. His habilitation took place in Göttingen in 1938 in the subject Old Testament with a thesis on the verb “hajah” ( Hebrew היה, dt. "to be"). In 1939 Ratschow became a university lecturer in Göttingen, where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate. From 1935 to 1939 he was the monastery inspector of the theological monastery in Göttingen . From November 1939 to May 1945 he was a soldier and a prisoner of war. He passed his second theological exam in Hanover in 1945. In 1946 he followed a call to the University of Münster . From 1962 until his retirement in 1979 he was Professor of Systematic Theology, History of Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Philipps University of Marburg .

plant

Besides his authorship, Ratschow was a great organizer of science. He was editor of the main works of Paul Tillich , founder and co-editor of the New Journal for Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion, editor of the Handbook of Systematic Theology and founder and co-editor of the Theological Real Encyclopedia .

Honors

  • Dr. theol. hc Rostock 1951
  • Dr. theol. hc Lund 1966

Works (selection)

  • The unity of the person. 1938.
  • Magic and religion. 1947.
  • The Contested Faith. 1957.
  • Lutheran dogmatics between the Reformation and the Enlightenment (Part I + II) . 1964/66.
  • God exists. 1966.
  • Atheism in Christianity? A discussion with Ernst Bloch. 1970.
  • Of the changes of God, Btrr. z. Systemat. Theol. , ed. v. C. Keller-Wentorf u. M. Repp. 1986.
  • From the development of man, Btrr. z. Anthropology and Ethics , ed. v. C. Keller-Wentorf u. M. Repp. 1987.
  • God's Spirit and Christian existence. Trinity Sermons. 1991.
  • When euthanasia is allowed to kill. Ethical considerations on euthanasia. 1992.
  • As editor: Handbook of systematic theology. 1979 ff.

literature

  • Alf Christophersen:  Ratschow, Carl Heinz Franz Johann Gustav. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 185 ( digitized version ).
  • Hannelore Braun / Gertraud Grünzinger, Personal Lexicon on German Protestantism 1919-1949 (AKIZ A12), Göttingen 2006, 202 f.
  • Katrin Bosse, Art. Ratschow, Carl Heinz, in: RGG 4th edition, Vol. 7 (2008), 60 f.
  • Oswald Bayer (Ed.), New Journal for Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion 43 (2001). Special issue in memory of Carl Heinz Ratschow July 22, 1911 to November 10, 1999. Speeches at the commemoration of the Theological Faculty of the University of Marburg on November 15, 2000, Berlin / New York 2001.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ His middle brother Ernst Ratschow (1907–1987) took over the family business, the older Max Ratschow became a doctor. Cf. Ratschow, Carl Heinz Franz Johann Gustav in der Deutschen Biographie , accessed on October 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ The father ran a linen, linen and bedding business in Rostock, located in the Ratschow house , Kröpeliner Straße 82.
  3. ↑ Cf. Ratschow, Carl Heinz in der Deutschen Biographie , accessed on October 18, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Ratschow, Carl Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and religious philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1999
Place of death Marburg