Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History

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Evangelical Working Group
for Contemporary Church History
Chairman of the

Commission:

Harry Oelke
Founding year: 1955
Address: Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 Munich
Website: https://www.kirchliche-zeitgeschichte.info
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The Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History (EvAKiZ) deals with the development of German Protestantism in the 20th century. The working group includes representatives from theology , history , sociology and art history .

organization

The Evangelical Working Group consists of a commission with twelve members and three guests who are connected to church contemporary history through their research or professional activity, as well as a research center for church contemporary history , which is located at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ludwig- Maximilians University in Munich . The working group is an institution of the Evangelical Church in Germany and works scientifically independently. According to the regulations of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History of January 23, 2003, its commission is appointed by the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany for a period of six years. The incumbent commission was appointed in March 2016. The commission decides on the research contracts and publications. The research center implements these projects, carries out research tasks in the field of contemporary church history as well as the management of the commission. It consists of a director and several academic staff.

people

Members of the Commission
Veronika Albrecht-Birkner Seminar for Protestant Theology, Faculty I, University of Siegen
Gisa Bauer Evangelical Theological Faculty, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Klaus Fitschen Faculty of Theology, University of Leipzig
Andreas Gestrich University of Trier
Siegfried Hermle Institute for Protestant Theology, Philosophical Faculty, University of Cologne
Dorothee Godel Church Office of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Hanover
Andreas Mueller Evangelical Theological Faculty, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Harry Oelke Evangelical Theological Faculty, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich
Antje Roggenkamp Evangelical Theological Faculty, Westphalian Wilhelms University , Münster
Kornelia Sammet Institute for Cultural Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Leipzig
Eva-Maria Seng Historical Institute, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Paderborn University
Thomas Martin Schneider Institute for Protestant Theology, Faculty 2, University of Koblenz-Landau
Permanent guests
Norbert Friedrich Fliedner Cultural Foundation, Düsseldorf
Peter Morée Evangelická teologická fakulta, Praha (Evangelical Theological Faculty, Charles University Prague )
Henning Pahl Evangelical Central Archive , Berlin

Previous chair

Previous deputy chair

Former committee members (selected)

Scientific staff at the research center

tasks and goals

“Communications on contemporary church history” - Vol. 9/2015

The Protestant Working Group for Contemporary Church History has the task of promoting research into contemporary church history through the suggestion, implementation and publication of academic work, in a scientifically independent manner. It strives to clarify basic scientific questions, promotes the international exchange of work results and strives for cooperation with other institutions of contemporary history research as well as the coordination of contemporary history research projects within the Evangelical Church in Germany.

The working group carries out its own research projects at its research center and organizes specialist conferences. With source editions, contemporary historical research is provided with an empirical material basis for further investigations. The studies developed within the framework of the working group cover the broad field of church historiographical , individual questions based on the source material to theoretical basic problems of one's own discipline.

Separate series of publications are available for both the source editions and the monographic representations: the works on contemporary church history, series A sources and series B representations. The annual reports on contemporary church history contain essays on the German and European church and denominational history of the 20th century; its report and news section provides information on ongoing activities in the field of contemporary church history.

Research projects

Ongoing research projects:

  • Online exhibition: Resistance !? Evangelical Christians under National Socialism
  • Memorial sites of the Protestant resistance against National Socialism
  • Christianity and Social Change in the 1960s and 70s
  • Social integration and national identity
  • "Guest workers become citizens". The contribution of Protestantism to questions of the integration of migrant workers in the Federal Republic of Germany (1955–1981)
  • The Protocols of the Reich Brotherhood Council of the German Evangelical Church (1934–1937) and the Brother Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (1945–1952) - Critical Edition
  • Biography of Hans Meiser (1881–1956)
  • Hermann Kunst : Reports on the situation 1951–1977
  • The Evangelical Churches in Germany 1918 / 19-1949 - Vol. 2: State Church Offices, Institutions and Associations
  • Documents on Church Policy of the Third Reich 1933–1945
  • Responsibility for the Church - Stenographic notes and transcripts from Regional Bishop Hans Meiser 1933–1945
  • Consent, Adjustment and Opposition. Sources on the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria during the time of National Socialist rule

Publications

Work on contemporary church history :

  • Sources (series A): Vol. 1-19.

Since 1975 Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht has published the "Works on Church History" on behalf of the consortium. The editors are the respective chairmen of the working group. Series A publishes sources from church history in the 20th century.

  • Representations (row B): Vol. 1–61.

Series B contains monographs and anthologies on the history of German Protestantism and its international relations since 1918.

Christianity and contemporary history :

The series has been published by the Evangelische Verlagsanstalt in Leipzig since 2017. It deals in a concise form with contemporary historical topics and their Christian elements and church references. Published by Harry Oelke and Siegfried Hermle on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History.

Works on the history of the church struggle :

Between 1958 and 1975 the "Works on the History of the Church Struggle" appeared in 29 volumes along with a register volume. They contain u. a. Documents on the most important synods of the Confessing Church, texts from the time of the church committees (1935–1937) as well as individual presentations on territorial history or subject matter. In the "supplementary series" published since 1964, contemporary witnesses mainly published representations of the history of the territory and took over important publications from the GDR. Editing: Vol. 1–21: Published on behalf of the "Commission of the Evangelical Church in Germany for the History of the Church Struggle" in conjunction with Heinz Brunotte and Ernst Wolf by Kurt Dietrich Schmidt. Vol. 22-27: Founded by Kurt Dietrich Schmidt. Published on behalf of the "Commission of the Evangelical Church in Germany for the History of the Church Struggle" by Heinz Brunotte and Ernst Wolf. Vol. 28–30: Founded by Kurt Dietrich Schmidt. Published by Heinz Brunotte and Ernst Wolf on behalf of the "Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History". Publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen

Communications on contemporary church history : [Forerunner: Communications from the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History 1, 1978ff.]

The annually published “Mitteilungen zur Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte” contain articles on the German and European church and denominational history of the 20th century; Its report and news section offers a wealth of information on ongoing activities in the field of contemporary church history. They are published by Claudia Lepp and Harry Oelke on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History.

literature

  • Carsten Nicolaisen: Between Theology and History. To contemporary church history today. In: Der Evangelische Erzieher 42, 1990, pp. 410–419
  • Joachim Mehlhausen: The Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History and Research into Church History in the GDR. In: Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History. Mitteilungen 13, 1993, pp. 1-6
  • Leonore Siegele-Wenschkewitz: Problems of church contemporary history research. In: Leonore Siegele-Wenschkewitz (Ed.): The Protestant Churches and the SED State - a topic of contemporary church history ( Arnoldshainer texts. 77). Frankfurt / M. 1993, pp. 142-151
  • Jochen-Christoph Kaiser: Science Policy in the Church. On the creation of the “Commission for the History of the Church Struggle in the National Socialist Era”. In: Anselm Doering-Manteuffel, Kurt Nowak (ed.): Church contemporary history. Formation of judgment and methods. (KoGe 8) Stuttgart u. a. 1996, pp. 125-163
  • Harry Oelke: Theses on Catholicism Research - a Comment. In: Wilhelm Damberg, Joseph Hummel (ed.): Catholicism in Germany. Contemporary history and the present. Paderborn 2015 (VKZG.B 130), pp. 163–168

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Claudia Lepp - Research Center for Contemporary Church History
  2. ↑ Dr. Karl-Heinz Fix - Research Center for Contemporary Church History
  3. ↑ Dr. Dagmar Pöpping - Research Center for Contemporary Church History
  4. ^ Nora Andrea Schulze - Research Center for Contemporary Church History
  5. ↑ Sources from the church history of the 20th century
  6. ↑ Monographs and anthologies on the history of German Protestantism and its international relations since 1918
  7. ↑ Ongoing research projects of EvAKiZ. Accessed on December 9, 2015.
  8. ↑ Resistance !? Exhibition on the resistance of Protestant Christians under National Socialism
  9. ↑ Memorial sites of the Protestant resistance against National Socialism
  10. ^ Christianity and social change in the 1960s and 70s
  11. ^ Social integration and national identity
  12. ↑ "Guest workers become citizens" The contribution of Protestantism to questions of the integration of migrant workers in the Federal Republic of Germany (1955–1981)
  13. ^ The protocols of the Reichsbruderrate of the German Evangelical Church (1934-1937) and of the Brothers Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (1945-1952) Critical Edition
  14. ^ Biography of Hans Meiser
  15. ↑ Hermann Kunst: Reports on the situation 1951-1977
  16. ^ The Protestant Churches in Germany 1918 / 19-1949 Vol. 2: State Church Offices, Institutions and Associations
  17. ↑ Documents on Church Policy of the Third Reich 1933-1945
  18. ↑ Responsibility for the Church Stenographic records and transcripts from Regional Bishop Hans Meiser 1933–1945
  19. ^ Sources of agreement, adaptation and contradiction to the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria during the time of National Socialist rule
  20. ↑ Editing : Vol. 1–3: Published on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History by Georg Kretschmar and Klaus Scholder; Vol. 4–6: Published by Joachim Mehlhausen and Leonore Siegele-Wenschkewitz on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History; Vol. 7–10: Published by Carsten Nicolaisen and Harald Schultze on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History; Vol. 11ff: Published on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History by Harry Oelke and Siegfried Hermle.
  21. ↑ Sources from the church history of the 20th century
  22. ↑ Vol. 1–15: Edited by Georg Kretschmar and Klaus Scholder on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History; Vol. 16–34: Published by Joachim Mehlhausen and Leonore Siegele-Wenschkewitz on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History; Vol. 35–43: Published by Carsten Nicolaisen and Harald Schultze on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History; Vol. 44ff: Published on behalf of the Evangelical Working Group for Contemporary Church History by Harry Oelke and Siegfried Hermle
  23. ↑ Monographs and anthologies on the history of German Protestantism and its international relations since 1918