Franklin H. Littell
Franklin Hamlin Littell (born June 20, 1917 in Syracuse , † May 23, 2009 in Merion Station, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) ) was an American Methodist theologian .
Vita
The American church historian Franklin H. Littell worked in Germany after the Second World War, first in the US military government , from December 1949 in the High Commission and finally in the "Foundation for a United Germany in a United Europe". Its task was to maintain the connection to the Protestant churches and religious communities.
Littell was involved in the establishment of the Evangelical Academies as well as in the formation of the Working Group of Christian Churches and the establishment of the societies for Christian-Jewish cooperation. He worked closely with the first church president of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau , Martin Niemöller , and the first president of the German Evangelical Church Congress , Reinold von Thadden-Trieglaff . With the first general secretary of the Kirchentag, Hans Hermann Walz, he published the reference work "Weltkirchenlexikon".
In 1969 Littell began organizing the "Annual Conference on Holocaust and Church Struggle". He was the first to offer courses on the subject, first from 1959 at Emory University , later at Temple University . President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the US Holocaust Memorial Council in 1978. Littell was the first Christian called to serve on the advisory board of the Yad Vashem Jewish memorial in Jerusalem.
Honors
Littell received the Great Federal Cross of Merit for his diverse services . In 1996 he was awarded the Buber Rosenzweig Medal . In 1957 the Philipps University of Marburg awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Publications
- with Erich Geldbach (ed.): Atlas for the history of Christianity. Wuppertal 1990: R. Brockhaus ISBN 978-34172-4606-3 .
- with Hans Hermann Walz (ed.): Weltkirchen Lexikon. Handbook of Ecumenism. Stuttgart 1960: cross
- From State Church to Pluralism. A Protestant Interpretation of Religion in American History. New York 1971: de Gruyter, ISBN 978-02023-0921-7 .
- The Anabaptist View of the Church. Paris (Arkansas) 2000: The Baptist Standard Bearer ISBN 978-55511-2496-2 .
Web links
- Franklin Littell, Scholar of Holocaust, Dies at 91 , in: The New York Times, May 30, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Littell, Franklin H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Littell, Franklin Hamlin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syracuse |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 2009 |
| Place of death | Merion Station , Pennsylvania |