Hans Bader (clergyman)

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Hans Bader (born January 30, 1875 in Bremgarten ; † June 6, 1935 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman who was involved in religious socialism .

Life

Hans Bader was the son of the pharmacist Gottlieb Bader and his wife Emma (née Dennler).

He studied theology at the University of Lausanne , then at the University of Basel and finally at the University of Zurich .

From 1900 to 1902 he worked as a pastor in the Reformed village church of Peist and then for a longer period from 1902 to 1911 in Degersheim ; There, in the first weeks of October 1906, he invited various Swiss pastors to his parsonage for an educational and social gathering, attended by Oskar Pfister , Rudolf Liechtenhan , Ludwig Köhler , Leonhard Ragaz and Hermann Kutter , among others . The later religious-social conferences arose from this meeting.

From 1911 until his death he was pastor in Zurich-Aussersihl and preached in the Church of St. Jakob and the Johanneskirche .

Bader was a member of the Swiss Social Democratic Party . In 1911 he was a co-founder of the religious and social faction in the Zurich Church Synod and on September 29, 1914 organized the first meeting on the behavior of Swiss socialists in the First World War . At a pastors' conference in Pratteln , however, he broke with the religious-social movement because he wanted to concentrate more on religion again. In the conflict between Hermann Kutter and Leonhard Ragaz, he was on the side of the former.

In 1919 he took part in Tambach, Thuringia, at the Tambach Conference, which was organized by the Association of Friends of the Christian Democrats . He gave a lecture on The Christian and the State and heard the seminal lecture of the radical democratic socialist Karl Barth The Christian and Society .

In 1922, Hans Bader invited Emil Brunner to join a discussion group that met alternately in different parsonages and discussed basic theological issues. Emil Brunner developed, due to his theological depth, to the dominant figure shortly afterwards and the later Brunner wreath emerged from this. He was very committed to the construction of a meeting house, which was finally realized in 1931 with the Limmathaus .

Hans Bader was married to Frieda Geister since 1905.

Honors

  • In the adjacent parish hall of the Johanneskirche in Zurich, the Hans-Bader-Saal was named after him, in which events with up to 300 people can take place.

Fonts (selection)

  • The church and the parsonage of the Protestant parish Degersheim. Zollikofer, St. Gallen 1908.
  • Alcoholism and the rule of God: A word to pastors and to all who are close to religious thinking . Helbing et al. Lichtenhahn, Basel 1908.
  • Alcoholism and Pastoral Care: A Basic Discussion. Scripture of the Alcohol Opponents Association; Letterpress RG Zbinden, Basel 1911.
  • A word about the Zurich general strike: the social democrat. Abstinentenbund to the Swiss workforce. Basel 1912.
  • with Robert Seidel, Fritz Brupbacher , Wilhelm Münzenberg : Early Red: Yearbook of the Social Democratic Youth Organization Zurich III. Conzett, Zurich [1912].
  • Kingdom of God: A Little Instruction Book. GA Bäschlin, Bern 1919.
  • Socialism, Christianity and the Church - as a contribution to the chapter: Renewal of the Church. Schulthess, Zurich 1919.
  • Evangelical instruction booklet. F. Reinhardt, Basel 1921.

literature

  • Pit Wyss: Religious-social humanity or from the life of Hans Bader, pastor 1875–1935 (= from the Wyss family archive. 21). Dielsdorf 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luca Stoppa: Engelstrasse 63: A niche for social engagement in Aussersihl . S. 19. Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 2019, ISBN 978-3-290-18285-4 ( google.de [accessed on October 14, 2019]).
  2. ^ Religious-Socialist Association of German-speaking Switzerland - History. Religious-Socialist Association of German-speaking Switzerland, accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Schildmann: Karl Barth's dreams: on the hidden psychodynamics of his work . S. 50. Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17353-1 ( google.de [accessed October 14, 2019]).
  4. ^ Frank Jehle : Emil Brunner: Theologe in the 20th century . P. 206. Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 2006, ISBN 978-3-290-17392-0 ( google.de [accessed October 14, 2019]).
  5. ^ Robert Walker: Expressive or factually modern. The Volkshaus Biel and the Limmathaus Zurich in comparison. In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland, 60, 2009, pp. 27–31.
  6. ^ Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Zurich Industry. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bader, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremgarten
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1935
Place of death Zurich