Hans Schomerus

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(Johannes Menko Siegfried) Hans Schomerus (born March 20, 1902 in Villupuram , East India; † May 20, 1969 in Schielberg ) was a German Lutheran theologian and director of the academy. He is considered a prominent representative of the Conservative Revolution . Schomerus is the author of numerous theological, contemporary and cultural history books and articles.

life and work

After studying theology, Schomerus was first assistant chaplain in Hildesheim (1926 to 1927), then from 1928 to 1936 pastor in Wahrenholz / Hanover. From 1936 to 1938 he was cathedral preacher at Braunschweig Cathedral , from 1938 to 1945 he was Ephorus and director of studies at the Wittenberg seminary . 1945 to 1948 he was pastor in Reinbek near Hamburg. In 1948 he was one of the co-founders of the newspaper Christ und Welt , later editor (editor) and author. In 1951, Schomerus succeeded Friedrich Schauer as head of the Baden Evangelical Academy in Bad Herrenalb , and from 1955 to 1967 he was director of the academy.

On September 22, 1961, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Tübingen . Schomerus was a member of the Occidental Academy and from 1961 to 1969 a member of the Ambassador Club Karlsruhe.

Publications

  • Emperor and Citizen. Change of shape of German rule in history. Hanseatic Publishing House, Hamburg 1934
  • End of secularism. Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg 1935
  • Of German honor and a Christian conscience. Bonn Univ. Buchdr., Bonn 1936
  • The new image of reality. Nölke, Hamburg 1947
  • The guard at the border. Furche-Verlag, Tübingen 1948 (under the pseudonym Jan Coster)
  • Realistic life. Evang. Publishing company, Stuttgart 1958
  • Spiritual currents of the present. Gütersloher Verl.-Haus G. Mohn, Gütersloh 1966
  • Abundance of the world. The Lord's Prayer in our time. Claudius-Verlag, Munich 1969

literature

  • Evangelical Academy Baden (ed.): Der Horizont Volume 10. Festgabe for Hans Schomerus on his 65th birthday on March 20, 1967. Evangelical Academy Baden (Bad Herrenalb), Karlsruhe 1967
  • Evangelical Academy Baden (ed.): Whoever speaks, loves. 50 years of the Evangelical Academy Baden. Review and perspectives. Evangelical Academy Baden, Karlsruhe 1997, ISBN 3-89674-500-X
  • Gertraud Grünzinger-Siebert, Hannelore Braun (edit.): Lexicon of persons on German Protestantism 1919-1949. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 978-3525557617
  • Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 978-3100393098
personal data
SURNAME Schomerus, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schomerus, Johannes Menko Siegfried (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and director of the academy
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Villupuram , East India
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1969
Place of death Schielberg