Horst Stephan (theologian)
Horst Emil Stephan (born August 29, 1873 in Sayda ; † January 9, 1954 in Leipzig ) was a Protestant theologian and publicist.
Life
As the youngest of four children, Stephan graduated from the Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra in 1893 and studied theology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig from 1894 to 1898 . In 1898 he passed the first state examination and in 1900 the second state examination in Dresden as well as the theological licentiate examination . From 1898 to 1899 he was also the assistant editor of the magazine Christliche Welt in Frankfurt am Main . He spent his legal clerkship at the Christian-Weise-Gymnasium in Zittau . From Easter 1902 to Easter 1907 he taught at the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig.
After completing his habilitation , he was appointed private lecturer in church history by the theological faculty of the University of Leipzig in 1906 . In 1907 he received a private lecturer in systematic theology and modern church history at the University of Marburg . There he became associate professor in 1914 and full professor of systematic theology in 1919. From 1922 he taught dogmatics and systematic theology in Halle and from 1926 systematic and historical theology at the University of Leipzig. From 1931 to 1932 he was dean of the theological faculty at Leipzig University.
Stephan was in close contact with Martin Rade , the editor of the “Christian World”. In the twenties and thirties he wrote several theological textbooks (especially a "Doctrine of Faith") that were widely used. From 1920 he was editor of the magazine for theology and church ; He also belonged to the group of editors of the second edition of the concise dictionary "Religion in Past and Present".
Stephan is one of the co-founders of the Society for Church History .
The marriage entered into in 1902 with Hedwig Mayer, a daughter of the lawyer Otto Mayer , resulted in two children.
Works
- Schleiermacher's teaching of salvation. , Dissertation, Tübingen 1901
- Herder in Bückeburg and its significance for church history. Tubingen 1905
- Luther in the changes of his church. Giessen 1907
- Pietism as a carrier of progress in the church, theology and general spiritual education. Tubingen 1908
- Today's views of New Protestantism. Giessen 1911
- Religion and God in the modern spiritual life. Tubingen 1914
- Doctrine of faith. Giessen 1921.
- Protestantism on the way to unity. Berlin 1924
- Moral views of the present. (Ed.) Leipzig, Berlin 1924
- The systematic theology. Hall 1928.
- History of Protestant theology since German idealism. Berlin 1938.
- Doctrine of faith; The evangelical faith u. his understanding of the world. Berlin 1941.
- Luther in the changes of his church. Berlin 1951.
literature
- Matthias Wolfes : Protestant Theology And Modern World: Studies on History. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1999, ISBN 3-11-016639-9 .
- Klaus-Gunther Wesseling : STEPHAN, Horst. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 10, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-062-X , Sp. 1398-1402.
Web links
- Literature by and about Horst Stephan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Protestant Theology and the Modern World: Studies in History
- Horst Stephan (theologian) in the professorial catalog of the University of Leipzig
- Entry on Horst Stephan in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
Individual evidence
- ^ Rudolf Weinmeister: The teaching staff of the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium during the first 25 years of its existence (1902-1907) , in: Twenty-five anniversary of the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium in Leipzig 1927 , Edelmann, Leipzig 1927, p. 5f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stephan, Horst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stephan, Horst Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sayda |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1954 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |