Evangelisches Pfarrerblatt

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Evangelisches Pfarrerblatt

description "Position and discussion field for the action of churches and Christians in the socialist society of the GDR"
Area of ​​Expertise Theology, church, society
language German
publishing company Union Verlag (VOB) Dresden
First edition 1959
attitude 1972
Frequency of publication per month
Sold edition 2000 copies
Editor-in-chief Karl Kleinschmidt (1959–1968), Herbert Reinelt (1968–1970), Günter Wirth (1970–1972)
editor Association of Protestant Pastors in the GDR (e.V.)
ISSN 0423-8494

The Evangelisches Pfarrerblatt (EvPf) was a monthly magazine published in the GDR from 1959 to 1972 that dealt with Christians and the Church in the GDR . A total of fourteen volumes appeared. The edition was around 2000 copies. The magazine was published by the Bund Evangelischer Pfarrer in der GDR (eV) and was regarded as its organ. The magazine was not only aimed at members of the Federation, but also at all Protestant officials in the GDR. This was also reflected in the fact that the group of employees was not limited to the members of the pastors' association.

prehistory

Magazine cover

In the GDR, two Protestant (monthly) magazines were founded in the 1950s, which appeared outside the church journalism and were regarded as "close to the state": 1955 (in VEB Verlag Max Niemeyer Halle, which in earlier times also published theological writings were) " Faith and Conscience ", four years later the EvPf (self-published) as an organ of the Federation of Evangelical Pastors in the GDR .

While the first-mentioned magazine was aimed more at parishioners and therefore offered a mélange of more edifying considerations as well as stories and articles related to current political and ecclesiastical issues, the EvPf focused on theological debates and intellectual-political disputes. In contrast to “Faith and Conscience”, the EvPf found a positive response in theology and the Church, albeit in a quantitatively limited framework.

Since both magazines, irrespective of the differentiation characterized, had aimed to ensure that the Protestant churches in the GDR should find and take their place in real socialist society, after the formation of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in the GDR (1969) and after the official acceptance of the federal government (1971), both magazines ultimately lost their ground. Successor magazine was the standpoint from 1973 .

Employee

A.o .: Walter Bredendiek , Erich Evers , Hans Giesecke , Hans-Hinrich Jenssen , Günther Kehnscherper , Karl Kleinschmidt , Carlordnung , Herbert Trebs , Gert Wendelborn , Günter Wirth

literature

  • Jens Bulisch: Evangelical press in the GDR. “The signs of the times” (1947–1990). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006 (Work on contemporary church history. Series B: Representations, Volume 43) ISBN 978-3-525-55744-0 (p. 172 ff. On the history and profile of the Evangelical Pastor's Gazette. )
  • Günter Wirth: Only in the “social mandate?” On the role of the “progressive” Christian magazines. In: Simone Barck , Martina Langermann, Siegfried Lokatis (eds.): Between “Mosaic” and “Unity”. Magazines in the GDR. Berlin 1999.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Caroline Bockmeyer: The Evangelical Pastor's Gazette . A magazine in the service of reorientation . Inaugural dissertation, Rostock 1988.