Ilse Jonas (pastor)

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Ilse Jonas (born March 9, 1900 in Fürstenau , Silesia; † February 12, 1997 in Gnadau ) was a German Protestant pastor.

Life

After graduating from high school, Jonas first attended a social pedagogical seminar in Breslau , then switched to studying law and finally to studying Protestant theology, which she began in Breslau and graduated in Marburg on December 15, 1927 with the faculty examination. Since 1925 she was a member (soon also 2nd chairwoman) of the Association of Protestant Theologians . After her teaching vicariate in Düsseldorf, she passed the Second Theological Examination in front of the Koblenz Consistory in 1930 and was consecrated as "Vicar" in 1931.

From 1933 to 1936 she worked for the Evangelical Women's Aid in Essen and during this time she joined the Confessing Church . Until 1944 she worked at the Bible School of Women's Aid in Potsdam, then in the women's service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony . She was ordained here in 1948 , but had no opportunity to exercise a parish office due to the opposition of the pastors. From 1949 she worked as a hospital chaplain in Chemnitz , from 1955 to 1960 in Dresden .

Jonas published several books, including a biography of Jochen Klepper , with whom she had been friends since studying together in Breslau.

Fonts (selection)

  • Sick letters . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1964 (2nd edition 1967).
  • Jochen Klepper: poet and witness. A picture of life . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1966 (licensed edition of Christian Zeitschriftenverlag, Berlin 1967).
  • Silence for the day. Devotions . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1972.

literature

  • Elisabeth Ihmels: Ilse Jonas . In: Hannelore Erhart (ed.): Lexicon of early Protestant theologians. Biographical sketches . Neukirchener, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2005, p. 196.
  • Anja Funke: "Pulpit strikers". The history of the ordination of women in the Ev.-Luth. Regional Church of Saxony from 1945 to 1970 (= Leipzig Theological Contributions). Edition Kirchhof & Franke, Leipzig 2011, esp. Pp. 50–65.

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personal data
SURNAME Jonas, Ilse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant pastor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenau , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1997
Place of death Gnadau