Hanne Koehler

Hanne Köhler (* 1958 in Miltenberg ) is a German Protestant theologian. She became known through numerous publications of liturgical texts and for the organization of services, as well as the editor of the Bible in fair language .

Life and focus of work

Hanne Köhler was born in Miltenberg in 1958 and grew up in Hochheim am Main . From 1977 to 1983 she studied Protestant theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and at the Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg and was a scholarship holder of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst . In 1983 she passed the first theological exam at the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau and continued her studies at the United Theological Seminary in Dayton (Ohio) / USA with the help of a grant from the World Council of Churches . After graduating with the Master of Divinity in 1984, a teaching vicariate followed in Schwalbach am Taunus and the second theological exam in 1986. From 1987 to 1991, Hanne Köhler worked as a parish pastor in a district of Neu-Isenburg . She then worked from 1991 to 2001 as a consultant for church services in the advice center for church services and other community events (today: Center Annunciation of the EKHN ) in Frankfurt am Main , and in recent years also as its director. From 2001 to 2006 she was responsible for the Bible in Just Language project at the Evangelical Academy Arnoldshain .

Hanne Köhler became known as the author of liturgical texts and drafts for services. Her aim is to combine tradition and innovation . It is particularly important to her to use a contemporary language in worship that takes on board the realities of life and people's experiences. Your liturgical texts and suggestions are not only taken up in the Evangelical regional churches of the EKD , but also in others, such as B. the Roman Catholic Church or the Evangelical Reformed Churches in Switzerland . From 2002 to 2007 she was co-editor of the magazine for worship and sermon (ZGP).

Hanne Köhler is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, married and the mother of two sons.

Works (selection)

• Hildburg Wegener / Hanne Köhler / Cordelia Kopsch (eds.): Women demand a just language, Gütersloh 1990 ISBN 978-3579004846 .
• Heidi Rosenstock / Hanne Köhler: You God, friend of people. New texts and songs for prayer and worship, Stuttgart 1991, 4th edition 1998 ISBN 978-3783111071 .
• Ulrike Hofmann / Hanne Köhler: Well-known and unknown women in the Bible - material for group work on the year with the Bible, advice center for design material booklet 64, Frankfurt 1992.
• Hanne Köhler / Divine Service Working Group: Funeral Service, Burial, Advice Center for Design Materialheft 67, Frankfurt 1993.
• Hanne Köhler (ed.): Services and celebrations in the school year, advice center for design material booklet 74, Frankfurt 1995.
• Hanne Köhler / Divine Service Working Group: Additions to the church year: Advent to Pentecost, Advice Center for Design Materialheft 77, Frankfurt 1996.
• Hanne Köhler / Ulrich Schwemer (eds.): January 27, Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism, Advice Center for Design Booklet No. 9, Frankfurt 1996.
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (eds.): The worship service. Liturgical texts in just language, Volume I: Der Gottesdienst, Gütersloh 1997 (also as CD-Rom) ISBN 978-3579030661 .
• Hanne Köhler / Divine Service Working Group: Approaches to the Church Year: Trinity to Dead Sunday, Advice Center for Design Material Booklet 83, Frankfurt 1998.
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (eds.): The worship service. Liturgical texts in just language, Volume II: The Last Supper / The Casualia, Gütersloh 1998 (also as CD-Rom) ISBN 978-3579030678 .
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (eds.): The worship service. Liturgical texts in just language, Volume III: The Psalms, Gütersloh 1998 (also as CD-Rom) ISBN 978-3579030685 .
• Hanne Köhler / Working Group Last Supper: Bread of Life - Chalice of Salvation, Advice Center for Design Materialheft 85, Frankfurt 1999.
• Martin Benn / Hanne Köhler (eds.): Give space - opportunities for the Protestant church space, advice center for design, booklet No. 12, Frankfurt 1999.
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (eds.): The worship service. Liturgical texts in just language, Volume IV: The readings, Gütersloh 2001 (also as CD-Rom) ISBN 978-3579030692 .
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (ed.): Workbook just language. Practical drafts for community work and worship, Gütersloh 2003 ISBN 978-3579055138 .
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (ed.): Service book in fair language. Prayers, readings, intercessions and blessings for the Sundays and public holidays of the church year, Gütersloh 2003 ISBN 978-3579055299 .
• Erhard Domay / Hanne Köhler (ed.): Festivals in the church year. Church services and explanations for celebrating in fair language, Gütersloh 2004 ISBN 978-3579055442 .
• Hanne Köhler: On the way to a Bible in just language, in: Dudenredaktion and Society for German Language (ed.), Series Subject German Vol. 5: Adam, Eva and the language. Contributions to gender research, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2004, 361-373 ISBN 978-3411042111 .
• Erhard Domay / Jungcurt, Burkhard / Hanne Köhler (eds.): Singing of your justice. The hymn book in just language, Gütersloh 2005 ISBN 978-3579055107 .
• Ulrike Bail, Frank Crüsemann, Marlene Crüsemann, Erhard Domay, Jürgen Ebach, Claudia Janssen, Hanne Köhler, Helga Kuhlmann, Martin Leutzsch and Luise Schottroff (eds.): Bible in just language, Gütersloh 2006, 3rd edition 2007 (also as CD - Rome available) ISBN 978-3579055008 .
• Hanne Köhler: Just language as a criterion for Bible translation. From the origin of the term to current practice, Gütersloh 2012 (plus Univ. Paderborn, Diss., 2011).

Web links

• Literature by and about Hanne Köhler in the catalog of the German National Library
• SWR1 Sunday morning encounters broadcast on October 29, 2006 Annette Bassler meets Hanne Köhler, pastor, project manager and co-editor of the "Bible in Just Language"

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1. ↑ Website of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau for the publication of the Bible in fair language  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ "Nevertheless" on the website www.katholische-kirche.de
3. ↑ Sendung und Blessing, Liturgy Commission of the Evangelical Reformed Churches in German-speaking Switzerland ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 99 kB)