Hans Urner
Hans Wilhelm Victor Urner (born May 21, 1901 in Breslau ; † November 5, 1986 in Berlin ) was a German practical theologian and university professor .
Life
Hans Urner was born in 1901 as the son of the construction engineer Wilhelm Urner and his wife Helena Franziska nee Schroeter. He studied Protestant theology at the University of Berlin and at the Bethel Theological School . In 1928 he married in Berlin-Friedrichshagen . From 1928 to 1934 he worked as a pastor in Panthenau , Silesia , and from 1934 to 1952 as a hospital chaplain at the Paul-Gerhardt-Stift in Berlin. During the Nazi era , Uri was a member of the Confessing Church and the Pastors' Emergency Association .
1948 Uri was a study on the reading in worship in the subject Practical Theology at Wilhelm Stählin at the University of Münster Doctor of theology doctorate . After a period as a lecturer , he was appointed full professor of practical theology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg from 1953 to 1966 , although his residence was in West Berlin . From 1954 to 1957 Urner was a member of the church leadership of the Evangelical Church in the Church Province of Saxony . In 1958 Urner was one of the founders of the Christian Peace Conference . At their meeting as well as at the II. All-Christian Peace Assembly in Prague in 1964 he was involved as a discussant.
From 1950 to 1986 Uri was a member of the editorial board of the magazine Diezeichen der Zeit and a permanent member of the Evangelical Publishing House . He showed particular interest in modern German literature , to which he devoted numerous essays and in them addressed the relationship between religion and literature. He was also interested in the history of Pietism , which was expressed in numerous publications.
Fonts (selection)
- As an author
- Studies on Extra-Biblical Reading. OO [1947] (dissertation, University of Münster, 1947).
- About the meaning of the Sunday liturgy. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1950.
- The extra-biblical reading in Christian worship. Their prehistory and history up to the time of Augustine (= publications of the Evangelical Society for Liturgy Research. Issue 6). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1952.
- Pietism. Heilmann, Gladbeck 1952.
- God's word and our sermon. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1961.
- Way and community. Articles by and for Hans Urner. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1976.
- As editor
- Series of theological works. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin
- Friedrich Schleiermacher : Sermons. Selected by Hans Urner. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1969.
literature
- In the mirror of criticism: Hans Urner. In: Adalbert Stifter Institute of the State of Upper Austria : Quarterly journal. Vol. 27 (1978), episode 3/4, p. 165.
- Friedemann Stengel: The theological faculties in the GDR as a problem of church and university policy of the SED state up to their transformation into sections 1970/71 (= work on the history of church and theology. Vol. 3). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3-374-01708-8 , p. 29.
- Michael Bauer: Urner, Hans. In: Religion Past and Present . 4th edition. Vol. 8 (2005), p. 836.
- Urner, Hans. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2nd edition. Vol. 10 (2008), p. 203 ( limited preview in Google book search).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Urner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urner, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Urner, Hans Wilhelm Victor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German practical theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1986 |
| Place of death | Berlin |