Heinz Zahrnt

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Heinz Zahrnt (2001)

Heinz Friedrich Bernhard Zahrnt (born May 31, 1915 in Kiel ; † November 1, 2003 in Soest ) was a German Protestant theologian , writer and publicist .

Career

Zahrnt came as the son of Julius Zahrnt, the manager of a bank branch, and his wife Margarete, b. Neumann, to the world. After graduating from a high school in Kiel, he studied Protestant theology, philosophy and history at the universities of Kiel , Marburg and Tübingen from 1933 to 1938 . In 1938 and 1939 he passed his theological exams and then worked briefly as an assistant at the University of Vienna . Between 1941 and 1945 he served as a soldier in World War II. After the end of the war, he initially took over a pastor's position in Rosenheim , but returned to his home town of Kiel in 1946, where he was a student pastor until 1951was active. During this time Zahrnt did his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg on Luther's interpretation of history as a Dr. theol. From 1950 onwards he wrote for 25 years for the Deutsche Allgemeine Sonntagsblatt in Hamburg and, as theological editor-in-chief, made a lasting contribution to establishing the paper as a political, cultural and religious forum.

From 1960 to 1999 Zahrnt was a member of the Presidium of the German Evangelical Church Congress , including from 1971 to 1973 as its President. With his theological work, Zahrnt succeeded in making the results of modern theology and their analysis of criticism of religion understandable to a broad audience . About his Jesus book Jesus from Nazareth. Ein Leben (1987) judged Klaus Wegenast : "I have to admit: The book by Heinz Zahrnt cast a spell over me, although I heard my 'historical conscience' call out again and again in many places."

He was a member of the PEN Center Germany . Margot Käßmann gave the speech at his funeral . His oldest son is the ancient historian Michael Zahrnt .

Awards

Works

  • The man on the border . Munich 1946
  • Theology between Faith and Science . Munich 1947
  • Luther interprets history . Munich 1952
  • Problems of elite education . Hamburg 1953
  • Man between the past and the future . Hamburg 1955
  • It started with Jesus of Nazareth . On the question of the historical Jesus. Stuttgart 1960
  • Waiting for God - Church before the Reformation . Stuttgart 1961
  • Philosophy and belief in revelation . A conversation with Karl Jaspers . Hamburg 1963
  • I ask you (an exchange of letters with Hans Asmussen ) . Hamburg 1964
  • Farewell to Christianity? (together with Axel Seeberg as publisher) Hamburg 1964
  • The thing with God. Protestant Theology in the 20th Century (1966)
  • God Can't Die (1970)
  • What is Christianity good for? (1972)
  • Why i believe My Thing With God (1977)
  • How can God allow this? Job - Man in the test of suffering or a trap? (1985)
  • Turning of God. Being a Christian between atheism and new religiosity , Piper, Munich, Zurich, 1989. ISBN 3-492-03345-8
  • Conjecture about God. The Theological Sum Of My Life (1994)
  • The life of god. From a Neverending Story (1997)
  • Faith under an empty sky , Piper, Munich, 2000. ISBN 3-492-04212-0
  • It's about the existence of God
  • Does God Descend from Man?
  • Jesus from Nazareth. One life
  • Live as if there is God

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catechetical Leaves 115 (1990) 657.
  2. ↑ http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/protestantismus-heinz-zahrnt-war-kein-politischer-theologe.886.de.html?dram:article_id=323860
personal data
SURNAME Zahrnt, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zahrnt, Heinz Friedrich Bernhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, writer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2003
Place of death Soest