Friedrich Wilhelm Haack (theologian)

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack (born August 11, 1935 in Grünberg in Silesia , † March 4, 1991 in Munich ) was a German theologian and sect critic. He shaped the apologetics of the Protestant Church in the last decades of the 20th century.

Life

Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack was born in Silesia. He fled to Thuringia in 1945 and attended high school in Eisenach . Then he studied Protestant theology and journalism in Heidelberg , Neuendettelsau and Nuremberg , was ordained in 1964 and from 1965 was a pastor in Hof and a part-time commissioner for sects and ideological issues of the United Ev.-Luth. Church of Germany . In 1965 he founded the working group for religious and ideological issues in Munich. In 1969 he became a full-time representative for sect and ideological issues of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church in Bavaria . In 1981 he co-founded and Vice President of Dialog Center International, in 1985 he was appointed to the Committee for Dialogue of World Religions of the Lutheran World Federation and was a member of the advisory board of the American Family Foundation (now the International Cultic Studies Association).

He founded the first self-help initiative for parents whose children got caught up in a youth sect. On December 12, 1989 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. Haack was considered one of the most profound experts in the field of modern religions, sects and worldview issues.

In his book The Mun Empire , he explained the purpose of his work:

“Everyone has to form his own opinion. But the formation of opinions often depends on the information available. This applies even more clearly to beliefs, as the consequences of opinions. The information and considerations presented here should not be anything other than, if necessary, material for forming one's own opinion. Whether or not they are accepted is up to the individual user. "

- Friedrich Wilhelm Haack

Fonts

  • Youth Religions , 1979
  • Leaders and seduced , 1980
  • Wotan's return , 1981
  • Scientology - Magic of the 20th Century , 1982
  • Guruism and Guru Movements , 1982
  • Punished curiosity - Munich: Evang. Press association for Bavaria, 1989, 1st edition.
  • Being sick - getting well - Munich: Claudius-Verl., 1990
  • Religion and Decoration - Munich: ARW, 1990
  • Scientology, Dianetics and other Hubbardisms - Munich: Evang. Press association for Bavaria, 1990, 2nd edition.
  • Therapy as a substitute for religion - Munich: ARW, 1990
  • The Mun Empire , 1991
  • Youth sects , 1991
  • Europe's New Religion , 1991
  • Notes on being a Christian - Munich: Claudius-Verl., 1991
  • Notes on Satanism - Munich: Working Group for Religious and Weltanschauung questions, 1991
  • Guru movements and psycho cults - Munich: Evang. Press association for Bavaria, Dept. of Schriftenmission, 1991, 1st ed.
  • Gabriele Wittek's “Universal Life” - Munich: Evang. Press association for Bavaria, Dept. of Scripture Mission, 1992,
  • New Apostolic Church - Munich: Evang. Press association for Bavaria, 1992, 6th edition, 21st - 25th thousand
  • Rendezvous with the beyond - Munich: Working group for questions of religion and belief, 1992, 3rd ed
  • Transcendental Meditation - Munich: Evang. Press association for Bavaria, Dept. of Schriftenmission, 1992, 6th, revised. and exp. Ed.
  • What makes me think - Munich: Working group for religious and ideological issues , 1992
  • Freemasons. Munich series, ISBN 3-583-50616-2 Evangelical Press Association for Bavaria 1975, 43 pages; 9th edition 1993 (71 pp.).
  • Jehovah's Witnesses  : Evang. Press association for Bavaria, 1993, 15th, again updated edition, 103th - 106th thousand

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ DIED Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack . DER SPIEGEL 11/1991. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Haack, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haack, Friedrich-Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and sect critic
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünberg in Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 4th 1991
Place of death Munich