Hans-Eckehard Bahr

Hans-Eckehard Bahr (born February 6, 1928 in Petershagen , Kolberg-Körlin district ; † February 6, 2019 ) was a German Protestant theologian and professor of practical theology .

Life

Hans-Eckehard Bahr was born in 1928 as the son of pastor Hans-Joachim Bahr (1895–2001) and Gertrud Bahr nee Schöne (1897–1992) in Petershagen / Kolberg-Körlin district. Growing up in Jassow near Cammin , he was drafted as an anti-aircraft helper in early 1944 when he was just under 16 . After his family had fled from the approaching Red Army, he passed his Abitur in Eckernförde in 1949 . He studied two semesters at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and served in the Foreign Legion in 1951 . After studying Protestant theology in Kiel and Heidelberg , Hans-Eckehard Bahr received his doctorate in Kiel with “Poiesis. Theological investigation of art "and completed his habilitation in Hamburg in 1965 with" Annunciation as Information. On public communication in a democratic society ”.

In 1966 he took over the chair for Christianity and Culture at the University of Chicago and worked for Martin Luther King . From 1966 to 1967 he was director of the Institute for Church Building and Church Art of the Present in Marburg . From 1967 to 1993 he was professor for practical theology at the Protestant Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum . In 1971 he became curator of the German Society for Peace and Conflict Research in Bonn. In 1982/83, Hans-Eckehard Bahr was an expert on the Bundestag Enquete Commission for “Youth Protest in the Democratic State”. For many years he led the research project "Youth Violence and Urban Peace" at the Ruhr University in Bochum. Hans-Eckehard Bahr participated in many radio broadcasts and published numerous books a. a. on church art, political theology as well as peace and conflict research .

Hans-Eckehard Bahr lived with his second wife Rosemari Ochs-Bahr in Bochum . He died in February 2019 on his 91st birthday.

Works (selection)

• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Poiesis. Theological investigation of art, Evangelisches Verlagswerk, Stuttgart 1961.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Total Leisure Time, ed. from the Evangelical Central Office for Weltanschauung questions, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1963.
• Gerd Heinz-Mohr and Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Brothers of the World. Orders and communities of our time, Furche, Hamburg 1965.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Annunciation as information. On public communication in a democratic society (Concretions. Volume 1), Furche, Hamburg 1968.
• Hans-Jürgen Benedict and Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Churches as carriers of the revolution. A political model of action using the example of the USA (Concretions. Volume 3), Furche, Hamburg 1968.
• Hans-Jürgen Benedict and Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Interventions in the armaments industry. Initiatives from below (Theology and Politics. Volume 9, Luchterhand Collection 186), Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1975.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr, Heike Mahlke, Gottfried Mahlke, Dorothee Sölle , Fulbert Steffensky : Franziskus in Gorleben. Protest for creation (Fischer-Taschenbücher. Volume 4051, fischer alternative), Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1981.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Reconciliation and Resistance. Religious and political rules of the game for non-violent action (Forum Politische Theologie. Volume 7), Kaiser, Munich 1983.
• Dorothee Sölle and Hans-Eckehard Bahr: How people grow wings. On turning back from the system of violence (Kaiser tracts 81), Kaiser, Munich 1984.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Alone. I listen to the Leise, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1987.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Hope. Stories of a successful life, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1988.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Trust. Where the saving grows, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1989.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr and Verena Kast : love - let go and connect, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1990.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Look, here comes the dreamer. Out and about with Martin Luther King, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1990.
• Johann Baptist Metz and Hans-Eckehard Bahr: eyes for others. Latin America - a theological experience, Kindler, Munich 1991.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Living with the Wolf. The man from Assisi, Kreuz, Stuttgart 1992.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Revolt against the death instinct. The Great Faith Themes (Herder Library. Volume 1770), Herder, Freiburg 1992.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: The prodigal son or the injustice of love. The parable of Jesus today, Herder, Freiburg 1993
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Aggression and lust for life. Cooperate instead of confronting, Patmos, Düsseldorf 1994.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Have mercy on America. German alternatives. Structure, Berlin 2003.
• Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Martin Luther King. For another America. Structure, Berlin 2004.

Honors

• 2005 Robert Geisendörfer Prize of the Evangelical Church in Germany together with Antonio Pellegrini for the broadcast of Bayerischer Rundfunk “And I saw an animal rise from the sea. Apocalyptic visions in contemporary world views ».

literature

• Fulbert Steffensky, Big Sister Hope. On defeats and successes (current diagnoses), LIT, Münster 2004. (Festschrift for the 75th birthday of Hans-Eckehard Bahr)

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans-Eckehard Bahr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Hans-Eckehard Bahr  in the German Digital Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Hans-Eckehard Bahr at perlentaucher.de
• Lecture on Südwestrundfunk Fernsehen , accessed on May 22, 2016.

References and comments

1. ↑ Hartmut Rudolph: Evangelical Church and Expellees 1945 to 1972. Church in the new home. Volume 2 (work on contemporary church history. Series B. Volume 12), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984, p. 337. ( digitized version )
2. ^ Obituary for Hans-Joachim Bahr by Baldur Ingólfsson in the online edition of Morgunbladid of March 6, 2001, accessed on May 22, 2016.
3. ↑ Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Children of War. Life energies in dark times, contribution to Deutschlandradio Kultur on June 25 , 2005 , accessed on May 26, 2016.
4. ↑ Andreas Fasel: The old America. The Bochum theologian Hans-Eckehard Bahr evokes the tradition of the USA that is ready for reconciliation, online edition of Welt am Sonntag of February 8, 2004 , accessed on May 26, 2016.
5. ↑ Hans-Eckehard Bahr: The dark forts in Africa. Conversations with Foreign Legionnaires, Zeit-Online January 10, 1952 , accessed on May 26, 2016.
6. ↑ Hans-Eckehard Bahr: Martin Luther King. For another America, Aufbau, Berlin 2004, p. 2.
7. ^ Obituary for Hans-Eckehard Bahr by Willi Winkler in the online edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on February 12, 2019, accessed on February 15, 2019.
8. ↑ Internet page ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Robert Geisendörfer Prize, accessed on May 22, 2016.