Heiko Augustinus Oberman

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Heiko Augustinus Oberman (born October 15, 1930 in Utrecht , † April 22, 2001 in Tucson , Arizona ) was a Dutch church historian .

Life

After studying at the Universities of Utrecht and Oxford, he received his doctorate in Utrecht in 1957 with a thesis on the scholastic theologian Thomas Bradwardine . From 1956 to 1966 he taught at the Divinity School of Harvard University , most recently as Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. In 1964 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . As the successor to Hanns Rückert , Oberman taught from 1966 to 1984 as a professor of church history at the Protestant theological faculty in Tübingen and headed the Institute for the Late Middle Ages and Reformation. Under his leadership, Tübingen became the world's most important center for research into late medieval and Reformation theology. He was particularly concerned with Martin Luther . From 1984 until his death, he taught as Regents Professor of Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation History at the University of Arizona . He was married to Geertruida (* 1929) and had four children. His son Gerrit-Willem is a pastor in the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.

In 1963 he became a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) and in 1964 a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1988 he became a corresponding member of the British Academy . Since 1991 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1963.
  • Becoming and evaluating the Reformation. From a dispute to a religious struggle. Mohr, Tübingen 1977.
  • Roots of anti-Semitism. Fear of Christians and the plague of Jews in the age of humanism and Reformation. Severin and Siedler, Berlin 1981, 2nd edition 1983, ISBN 3-88680-023-7 .
  • Luther - man between God and the devil. Severin and Siedler, Berlin 1982.
  • Two reformations. Luther and Calvin. Old and new world. Severin and Siedler, Berlin 2000

literature

  • Kenneth Hagen (Ed.): Augustine, The Harvest, and Theology (1300-1650): Essays Dedicated to Heiko Augustinus Oberman in Honor of His Sixtieth Birthday. Brill, Leiden 1990.
  • Robert James Bast, Andrew Colin Gow (Eds.): Continuity and Change: The Harvest of Late Medieval and Reformation History: Essays Presented to Heiko A. Oberman on His 70th Birthday. Brill, Leiden 2000.
  • Berndt Hamm : Nekrolog Heiko Augustinus Oberman 1930-2001. In: Historische Zeitschrift , Vol. 273 (2001), pp. 830-834.
  • Jaroslav Pelikan : Obituary . In: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 147 (2003), pp. 293-296 (PDF; 3.0 MB).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Malessa: A flower for Zehra. Love to the gates of hell. Munich 2019. p. 57f.
  2. ^ Past Members: Heiko Augustinus Oberman. KNAW, accessed January 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter O. (PDF; 289 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved January 23, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Oberman, Heiko Augustine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oberman, Heiko; Oberman, Heiko A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch church historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2001
Place of death Tucson