Hans Jürgen Baden

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Hans Jürgen Baden (born December 10, 1911 in Rotenburg (Wümme) , † November 18, 1986 in Celle ) was a German Protestant theologian .

Life

Hans Jürgen Baden studied Protestant theology and philosophy in Greifswald, Tübingen and Göttingen. From 1937 he was pastor in Wienhausen - with a four-year break in military service . In 1951 he moved to a parish in Hanover . From 1964 he had a teaching position for border areas between theology and literature at the University of Münster . In 1968 he was appointed honorary professor.

Baden is "one of the most important Protestant essayists in contemporary German literature". He became known to a wide audience as a regular speaker for the ARD program Das Wort zum Sonntag .

Honors

  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Münster

Works (selection)

  • The religious problem of the present with Jakob Böhme . Leipzig 1939.
  • The tragic . Berlin 1941.
  • Man and fate . Berlin 1943.
  • The adventure of truth . Hamburg 1946.
  • The meaning of the story . Hamburg 1949.
  • The location of the person . Hamburg 1950.
  • The silence . Gütersloh 1953.
  • Limits of fatigue . Gütersloh 1953.
  • End and beginning of humanity . Gütersloh 1955.
  • Curiosity and belief . Gütersloh 1959.
  • God in detail . Gütersloh 1962.
  • The secretive god . Gütersloh 1963.
  • The second explanation . In: Heinz Zahrnt , Axel Seeberg (ed.): Farewell to Christianity? . Hamburg 1964, p. 15ff.
  • Literature and suicide. Cesare Pavese . Klaus Mann . Ernest Hemingway . Klett, Stuttgart 1965.
  • The revolt of the individual . Hamburg 1973
  • The Poet's Faith . Hamburg 1975
  • The experience of God. What does the experience of mysticism mean to us? Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1981. ISBN 3-451-07853-8 .

References and comments

  1. ↑ Short biography in: Axel Seeberg, Heinz Zahrnt: Farewell to Christianity? Hamburg 1964, p. 281.
  2. ↑ Munzinger - Internationales Biographisches Archiv 48/1982 of November 22, 1982 .
  3. ↑ See speakers since 1954 .

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personal data
SURNAME Baden, Hans Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotenburg (Wümme)
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1986
Place of death Celle