Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach

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Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach (born August 30, 1932 in Stettin ; † May 16, 2013 in Roth ) was a German church historian .

Career

Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach studied Protestant theology and received his doctorate in Marburg in 1955 ; he completed his habilitation in Erlangen in 1956 . In 1958 he became professor for church and dogma history at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . In 1965 he was the first German to go to the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg as a professor for three years , then returned to Neuendettelsau and became rector of the university. He was a member of the Bavarian University Planning Commission.

In 1982 he was appointed to a chair for church history by Saarland University, which he held until his retirement in 1995.

Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach's scientific work comprises around 450 publications. His books have been translated into several languages. He was an honorary member of the Albert Schweitzer Society and since 1968, due to his outstanding achievements, a full member of the Commission for Bavarian State History at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . He was co-editor of the magazine for religious and intellectual history . During the Second Vatican Council he acted as a council observer. He was also a member of the III. World Conference of Churches .

Kantzenbach bequeathed his library on the subjects of art theory , architecture , painting , sculpture and handicrafts to the Saarlouis Institute for Contemporary Art in Saarland . A new library building was completed by March 2017.

Fonts (selection)

  • Gospel and dogma. Proof of the theological problem of the history of dogma in Protestantism , Verlagswerk Stuttgart, 1959.
  • The Confession Problem in 19th Century Lutheran Theology . Alfred Töpelmann Verlag, Berlin 1962.
  • Martin Luther and the beginnings of the Reformation . Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1965.
  • The Reformation in Germany and Europe . Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1965.
  • Orthodoxy and Pietism . Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1966.
  • Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher . With self-testimonials and picture documents (= Rowohlt's monographs). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1967; 8 1999.
  • Between awakening and restoration. Some chapters from the unknown church history of the 19th century . Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1967.
  • Figures and types of neo-Lutheranism . Contribution to the study of neoconfessionalism in the 19th century . Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1968.
  • The path of the Protestant church from the 19th to the 20th century . Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1968.
  • History of Protestantism from 1789 to 1848 . Gütersloh publishing house Mohn, Gütersloh 1969.
  • Programs of theology. Thinkers, schools, effects. From Schleiermacher to Moltmann . Claudius, Munich 1978; 3 1984. ISBN 3-532-71318-7 .
  • Johann Gottfried Herder . With self-testimonials and picture documents (= Rowohlt's monographs). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1970; 7 1999.
  • Resistance and solidarity of Christians in Germany 1933–1945. A documentation of the church struggle from the papers of Wilhelm Freiherr von Pechmann . Degener in commission, Neustadt / Aisch 1971 (reprint 2000).
  • Striving for Unity in the Change of Church History . Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1979. ISBN 3-579-04336-6 .
  • Evangelical Spirit and Faith in Modern Bavaria . Beck, Munich 1980. ISBN 3-406-10470-3 .
  • Creed. The Apostolicum and Christian Faith Today . Claudius, Munich 1985. ISBN 3-532-62034-0 .
  • Understand Christianity. Chances and conditions of modern Christianity history . Röhrig, Sankt Ingbert 1987.
  • Political Protestantism. From the wars of freedom to the Adenauer era . Dadder, Saarbrücken-Scheidt 1987; 2 1993. ISBN 3-926406-78-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Professor Friedrich Wilhelm Kantzenbach has passed away , press release from Saarland University, May 22, 2013, accessed on November 26, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Short biography at Bertuch-Verlag , accessed on February 14, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Kantzenbach, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2013
Place of death Roth