Claus Bernet

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Claus Bernet (* 1970 in Nuremberg ) is a German historian with a focus on historical peace churches, pietism, city history and cooperatives.

Life

Claus Bernet studied history, art history and urban planning in Berlin, Vienna and Birmingham. The dissertation in the field of early modern times took place in 2005 at the Martin Luther University Halle . In addition, he studied education at the Free University of Berlin . In 2007 he did his doctorate with a thesis on social institutions in building cooperatives. In 2008 Bernet received a grant from the Marbach Literature Archive for a study of German-Italian intellectuals around 1900. From 2008 to 2012, he worked for Lebenshilfe eV in Berlin and now works for the Sehstern association .

Bernet wrote numerous articles in the Biographical-Bibliographical Church Lexicon (BBKL).

Memberships and functions

  • Member of the German Annual Assembly (Quakers)
  • Since 2004 member of the Board of Trustees at Woodbrooke ( Quaker College ) in Birmingham.

Research priorities

  • Early modern age
  • Historical peace churches
  • Pietism
  • City history
  • Cooperative system

Publications (selection)

  • German Quaker bibliography. Complete list of German Quakers from its beginnings around 1660 to the "Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) eV". Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2006, ISBN 3-88309-363-7 (2nd, extended edition with author and subject index. Ibid 2011, ISBN 978-3-88309-648-3 ).
  • Quakers from politics, science and art. 20th century. A biographical lexicon. Traugott Bautz, Nordhausen 2007, ISBN 978-3-88309-398-7 .
  • as editor: German Quaker writings of the 18th century (= German Quaker writings. Vol. 2). Georg Olms, Hildesheim et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-487-13408-6 .
  • Cultural institutions of the building and housing cooperatives from the German Empire to National Socialism. Using the example of the Berliner Spar- und Bauverein (1871–1945) (= Marburg writings on the cooperative system. 105). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-525-86086-1 (also: Berlin, Free University, dissertation, 2007).
  • Rufus Jones (1863-1948). Life and Bibliography of an American Scholar, Writer, and Social Activist. Foreword by Douglas Gwyn. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-58930-4 .
  • as editor with Olaf Radicke: William Penn : No crown without a cross. Study edition. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-2608-0 (several editions).
  • Ludwig von Hofmann's “dreaming”. A Berlin picture story. Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86599-142-3 .
  • Who dances with the light. Quaker wisdom from 350 years. Gerhard Hess, Bad Schussenried 2012, ISBN 978-3-87336-938-2 .
  • as editor with Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski : Emil Fuchs : The Gospel according to Matthew. An interpretation of the gospel in the context of persecution and resistance (1933–35) (= series of publications Theos. 102). Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8300-6434-3 .
  • as editor: German Quaker writings of the 17th century (= German Quaker writings. Vol. 1). Georg Olms, Hildesheim et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-487-13569-4 .
  • as editor with Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski: Emil Fuchs: The happy message after Lukas. An interpretation of the gospel in the context of persecution and resistance (1939–41) (= series Theos. 129). Dr. Kovač, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8300-9278-0 .

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personal data
SURNAME Bernet, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and educator
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg