Hagen Staack

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Alfred Hagen Karl Staack (born July 28, 1913 in Berlin ; † October 2, 1991 in Topton (Pennsylvania) ) was a Protestant theologian ( church historian ).

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Hagen Staack was born in Berlin as the son of a businessman. He attended the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Hamburg and passed the school leaving examination there in 1933. He then studied at the University of Hamburg and from April 1935 to March 1937 at the University of Rostock philosophy, theology, mathematics, physics and art studies. The Gestapo interrogated him at that time because of its membership in the Confessing Church several times. At Hamburg University, he received his doctorate in 1938 at Hermann Noack and Joachim Ritter Dr. phil. and then taught from April 1938 to August 1939 at the Theological College of the Confessing Church in Berlin. On September 15, 1939, he passed the first theological exam at the local brotherhood council .

During the Second World War , Staack did military service from September 1939 to July 1945. He then worked as a vicar at the St. Johanniskirche in Hamburg-Eppendorf and passed the second theological exam in 1946. In 1947 he received a pastor's position at the St. Johannis Church in Harvestehude and worked from 1945 to 1949 as a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Hamburg . The initiative for this came from Wilhelm Flitner . Staack saw himself as a scientist determined by the church. From 1948 to 1950 he taught as a part-time lecturer at the church college in Hamburg . During his time in Hamburg he was chairman of the Evangelical Association in Hamburg and was involved in the Christian scouting as deputy regional leader in Nordmark.

From September 1949 to June 1950 attended Staack with the financial support of the World Council of Churches , the Princeton University . There he gave a lecture on medieval church history. In November 1950 he received a pastor's position at the bilingual St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Allentown and taught from 1955 as a professor at Muhlenberg College . There he headed the "Religion Department" and gave science courses for prospective teachers, which were held as part of the "Temple University's General Education Program". He held this position until his retirement in 1983. He was also an honorary doctor of Roanoke College .

Staack was an observer to the Second Vatican Council , which was held from 1962 to 1965. In the USA he gained national fame through radio and television broadcasts. From 1963 to 1966 he was on the show Frontiers in Faith and in March 1966 in The Holy Seasons on NBC . The American Association of Catholic Broadcasters presented him with a 1964 "Gabriel Award" for the best Protestant television program. Staack had his own 30-minute radio show in which he covered religious topics for more than 30 years. He also gave a daily morning devotion for nine years, which was broadcast on the radio. It was important to him to emphasize that, from his point of view, religion is a significant part of human existence.

Hagen Staack died on October 2, 1991 in Topton, Berks County .

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  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal ; Staack also has an entry in the non-Aryan / foreigner register
  2. ↑ A published dissertation is not listed under this author
personal data
SURNAME Staack, Hagen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Staack, Alfred Hagen Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant church historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1991
Place of death Topton, Pennsylvania