Hans Steinacker

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Hans Steinacker (born February 17, 1932 in Gronau ) is a German publicist.

Life

Hans Steinacker, who has grown up in Gelsenkirchen-Buer since he was 6 , initially trained as an industrial clerk and worked in the export departments of larger companies. In 1962 he and others founded the non-profit association Bodenseehof in Friedrichshafen , of which he also became chairman. The association runs an international youth center and is affiliated with the mission society Torchbearers International (also: Torchbearers Movement ) founded by Major W. Ian Thomas . As managing director of the CVJM Westbund Wuppertal and the association's own Aussaat Verlag, he began his journalistic work for publishers with a Christian orientation. When Saat merged with the Gladbeck publishing mission publishing house , he became the sole managing director there too. From 1981 to 1994 Steinacker managed Brendow Verlag in Moers.

Steinacker has been working as a publishing consultant and journalist since 1994. He was and is a freelancer a. at the Rheinischer Merkur , the Börsenblatt for the German book trade , the industry magazine BuchMarkt and the radio. He also works as a book author and editor with a focus on book history, spirituality, biographies and travel.

From 1984 to 2007 Hans Steinacker was chairman of the Ernst Meyer-Maack Foundation for the promotion of the Westphalian Open-Air Museum of technical art monuments in Hagen . In this function he also published the annual Hagen + Mark home book. He is u. a. Member of the Eugen-Rosenstock-Huessy Society, the German Dostojewski Society and board member of the Inklings Society for Literature and Aesthetics. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Steinacker received the Diakonie's highest award in 2012 , the crown cross in gold.

Hans Steinacker has his residence in Witten .

Books

Monographs
  • Books bring a message. Aspects of Christian literary work . Moers: Brendow 1981, ISBN 3-87067-153-X .
  • God, if you exist ... 16 Witness Turning Points of the Century . Moers: Brendow 1987, ISBN 3-87067-313-3 .
  • Rose and dynamite. About the importance and dissemination of Christian literature . Moers: Brendow; Bielefeld: Missionsverlag 1993. 2nd, revised edition of “Books bring messages”, ISBN 3-87067-527-6 .
  • God is on my tail. 18 turning points for witnesses of the 20th century . Lahr: Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission 1996. 2nd expanded edition of “Gott, Wenn es Dich gives…”, ISBN 3-88002-612-2 .
  • Praise Jerusalem. 3000 years of the City of David . Lahr: Johannis 1996, ISBN 3-87067-313-3 .
  • Johann Hinrich Wichern. A human fisherman out of passion . Neuhausen; Stuttgart: Hänssler 1998, ISBN 3-7751-2834-4 .
  • CS Lewis. Life and works . Holzgerlingen: Hänssler 1999, ISBN 3-7751-3307-0 .
  • It makes holes in my heart. Importance and dissemination of Christian literature . Holzgerlingen: Hänssler 2000. 2nd edited edition of "Rose und Dynamit.", ISBN 3-7751-3613-4 .
  • Athos. Wisdom from silence . Gießen, Basel: Brunnen 2002, ISBN 3-7655-6373-0 .
  • My bible. A Lovestory. My life with the book of books . Foreword by Ulrich Parzany. Holzgerlingen: Hänssler 2002, ISBN 3-7751-3651-7 .
  • May the way open before you. Experience Ireland with heart and feet . Wesel: Kawohl 2004, ISBN 3-88087-561-8 .
  • From the happiness of reading. With 50 book recommendations . Moers: Brendow 2006, ISBN 3-86506-111-7 .
  • Assisi. Meet Francis today . Moers: Brendow; Paderborn: Bonifatius 2008, ISBN 3-89710-414-8 .
Anthologies (selection)
  • Turning points. Testimonies from contemporaries . Moers: Brendow, 1984, 1985, 1986 (3 editions), ISBN 3-87067-220-X .
  • The back door of Bethlehem. The other Christmas book . Moers: Brendow 1991, ISBN 3-87067-447-4 .
  • When God sets the course in life. 26 conversions . Moers: Brendow 1994 and 1997, ISBN 3-87067-558-6 .
  • The back door of Bethlehem . 2. change Edition. Lahr: Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission 1997, ISBN 3-88002-643-2 .
  • Lost property. A small hodgepodge from the kingdom of God . Metzingen / Württ .: Franz 1998, ISBN 3-7722-0320-5 .
  • From the sky without limits. Christmas all over the world . Lahr: Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission 2000, ISBN 3-88002-686-6 .
  • My story with God. 30 experiences . Holzgerlingen: Hänssler 2000 and 2001, ISBN 3-7751-3489-1 .
  • More stories with God. 12 experiences . Holzgerlingen: Hänssler 2001, ISBN 3-7751-3703-3 .
  • Because a new time begins. The reading book for Advent, Christmas and New Years . Wuppertal: R. Brockhaus 2003, ISBN 3-417-24745-4 .
  • Light refracts in many colors. Spiritual experiences from two millennia from Augustine to Mother Teresa . Giessen: Brunnen, ISBN 3-7655-1832-8 .

Articles (selection)

  • Crooks, God and Green Men : Epilogue to the Perelandra Trilogy (Volume 1). Moers: Brendow 2005
  • Word capers from the Holy Spirit. Kurt Marti on his 80th birthday . Signs of the times 1/2001
  • God also works in the novel. Religious topics in fiction and non-fiction . Rheinischer Merkur 6/2001
  • Reading makes you happy . Documentation of the literature forum Frankfurt Book Fair of the "Rheinischer Merkur" with Dr. Manfred Lütz and Hans Steinacker. Rheinischer Merkur December 15, 2000.
  • Water of life in the tropical forest. John Grisham and his bestseller “The Testament” . Rhenish Mercury August 11, 2000
  • In the omnipresence of hell. For Julien Green's 100th birthday . The signs of the times 9/2000
  • The beautiful sin. Why Protestants have a broken relationship with fiction . Rhenish Mercury 42/2000
  • Intoxication at the roulette table. The rediscovery of Dostoevsky . Rhenish Mercury 17/2000
  • Queens have to pay their price . Interview with the Dostoevsky translator Swetlana Geier. Rhenish Mercury 17/2000
  • The genius in the gulag. Priest and scientist Pavel Florensky . MUT 6/2000
  • The life novel of a contested love of God. On the 50th anniversary of the death of the ecumenical frontier worker Joseph Wittig . MUT 8/1999
  • A Victorian visionary. For the 175th birthday of the Scottish writer George MacDonald . Steps July / August 1999
  • Strange owl of God. GK Chesterton for 125th birthday . MUT 5/1999
  • Beginning of a journey of fate. Conversions in Literature . MUT 1/1999
  • Manfred Hausmann . Documentation press service S. Fischer Verlag 1998
  • The lovable bookworm from Oxford (CS Lewis). Voices of the time 9/1998
  • Pubs, professors and poets. The Inklings' Oxford Literature Club . on 3/1998
  • The pastor's delight in the fall of man. Ulrich Knellwolf and the fascination of the bad guys . Börsenblatt for the German book trade 19/1998
  • The Belfast Bookworm. On the 100th birthday of CS: Lewis . Börsenblatt for the German book trade 19/1998
  • Between Byzantium and Futurism. Pavel Florensk. The Russian Leonardo Voices of the Time 7/1997
  • Addictive grip on Monday. 50 years of the news magazine “Der Spiegel” . PRO 3/1997
  • Readers in the service of the state authority. Blackers of pious books in the former GDR . German daily mail February 22, 1997
  • The "irrelevant suggestion" of Baron Karl Hildebrand or: How the first Bible Society was founded 300 years ago . Börsenblatt des Deutschen Buchhandels 25/1994
  • From the journey into hell of self-knowledge to enlightenment via the enlightenment (Georg Hamann). Börsenblatt des Deutschen Buchhandels 25/1994
  • Literary work . Contribution to the Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation (Volume 2). Wuppertal and Zurich: R. Brockhaus 1993
  • Peter Wimsey - A lord needs his murder. For the 100th birthday of Dorothy L. Sayers . Voices of the time 6/1993
  • Colorful pictures lead to God. A plea for Christian science fiction and fantasy literature . Rheinischer Merkur 40/1992
  • Over 450 years of Biblia deutsch: Martin Luther . Börsenblatt for the German book trade 20/1992
  • Between evaporation of faith and narrowing of the market. A publisher on the Christian book on the threshold of the new millennium. Interim balance . Festschrift for Fritz Laubach's 65th birthday . Stuttgart: German Evangelical Alliance 1991
  • Books bring a message (interview). Börsenblatt for the German book trade. 23/1988

watch TV

  • Dear guests . Jürgen Werth in conversation with Hans Steinacker. Bible TV (ERF), September 8, 2008

stage

  • Naughty speeches before God . Contemplative cabaret programs with chansons and texts. Evangelical Church Congress Frankfurt / Main and Ecumenical Church Congress Berlin 2003
  • Tranquilidad . A reading of sensitive texts by Hans Steinacker, musically accompanied by Luis Maeso, Sina Benner and Alexandra Hoos. (So ​​far three programs)

Award

Literature (selection)

  • Kürschner's German Non-Fiction Calendar, 2001/2002
  • Kürschner's Literature Calendar 2002/2003
  • Hans Steinacker 70 . Appreciation from Dr. Peter Sagittarius. Hagen: Ernst Meyer-Maack Foundation - Heimatbuch Hagen + Mark 2001
  • Alfred Müller-Felsenburg: Hans Steinacker. A life in the service of the book , in: Hagen: Ernst Meyer-Maack Foundation. Heimatbuch Hagen + Mark 2002
  • Written in Witten. Bibliography from 1833 to the present . Edited by Wolf-Dieter Lepiorz. Ruhrstadt Verlag, Witten 2002

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personal data
SURNAME Steinacker, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Gronau (Westphalia)