Esther Maria Magnis
Esther Maria Magnis (* 1980 in Ostwestfalen , Germany ) is a German religious scholar , historian, author and writer who became known in 2012 with her first work, God needs you not .
Life
Magnis grew up in a mixed denominational family with an older sister and a younger brother. The mother was Catholic and the father was Protestant; he fell ill with a cancerous tumor. Her father died when she was 17 years old, and a few years later her brother also developed cancer and succumbed to the disease.
She studied comparative religion and history. Alexander Fest, head of Rowohlt Verlag , became aware of an essay by her, whereupon the book God doesn't need you was created in 2012, was published and received widespread attention.
God doesn't need you
Magnis first work is an autobiographical criticism of society, church and religion. It is a description of how to deal with God, with yourself and with those closest to you. This path of faith is shaped by tragic cancers and deaths in the family, i.e. by existential personal blows of fate. It led them to deep disappointments, blunt anger, prolonged accusations, and alienating questions from God. The conclusion of Magnis is that there is a loving God who is greater and more sovereign than her feeling, belief and thought can pretend and allow.
Fonts
- God doesn't need you. A conversion , Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2012, paperback 2014, ISBN 978-3-499-62436-0
Translations
Dutch
- Mintijteer: roman , Uitgeverij Van Wijnen, 2015. ISBN 978-9-051-94491-4 (Translator: Dingeman van Wijnen)
Portuguese
- Deus Não Precisa de Ti , Presença, 2013, ISBN 978-9-722-35129-4 (Translator: Mercês Peixoto)
literature
Heike Bertsch-Nödinger, Martin Neher and Nelia Stark: God doesn't need you: A teaching unit for the book of the same name by Esther Maria Magnis for secondary level II , Calwer materials, Calw 2016, ISBN 978-3-766-84393-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nelli Bangert: "Faith is not a wellness product." Esther Maria Magnis got to know God anew in suffering , Interview, ERF Wetzlar September 10, 2013
- ^ Author Esther Maria Magnis at Rowohlt Verlag
- ↑ Esther Maria Magnis: God is wild and strange. But what if the church conveys a completely different image, that of an unsorted philistine wearing slippers? Die Zeit, Hamburg September 27, 2012
- ↑ Esther Maria Magnis: What does not make me an atheist. The difficult path to God , Deutschlandfunk Kultur, December 14, 2014
- ↑ Tobias Faix's blog about God doesn't need you, December 17, 2012
- ↑ Sabine Kuschel: I decided to believe Mitteldeutsche Kirchenzeitungen, November 26, 2013
- ↑ Esther Maria Magnis on Tobias Lampert's blog ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ilka Scheidgen: God doesn't need you - a provocative and disturbing debut
- ↑ Christoph Schrodt: Naked Kings. A sermon on believing doubts and doubting faith and the remarkable book by Esther Maria Magnis , magazine AufAtmen 2/2017, pages 8-13
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magnis, Esther Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German religious scholar, historian, author and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Westphalia , Germany |