J. Jürgen Seidel

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Johannes Jürgen Seidel (born February 24, 1945 in Dorfstadt , Saxony ; citizen of Selma GR ; † October 25, 2019 ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian and church historian .

Life

Seidel studied from 1964 at the Theological Seminary in Leipzig and the University of Leipzig . He passed his theological state examination in 1970 and was ordained in 1974 . He then worked as a parish priest in Davos Platz, Valzeina , Schaffhausen (an St. Johann ) and Zurich-Leimbach . From 1983 to 1985 he carried out research on the history of the Protestant Church in the Soviet Zone / GDR from 1945 to 1953 on behalf of the Swiss National Fund and received his doctorate in theology in 1985 from the Theological Faculty of the University of Zurich . In 2001 he completed his habilitation at the same faculty with a thesis on Pietism in Graubünden .

From 2008, Seidel was titular professor for modern church history at the theological faculty of the University of Zurich and head of the research center there on the history of radical pietism , which he founded in 2009. He was the author of several books, especially on Swiss and German church history from the 17th to the 20th centuries.

Seidel wrote numerous articles in the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL).

Fonts (selection)

  • Moritz Mitzenheim - bishop and father of the country . In: Lutheran Church in the World. Jahrbuch des Martin-Luther-Bund 32 (1985), pp. 69–81.
  • Christians in the GDR . SOI-Verlag, Bern 1986.
  • “New beginning” in the church? The Protestant regional and provincial churches in the Soviet Zone / GDR in the social context of the post-war period (1945–1953) . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1989.
  • Valzeina. A Walser village in the Prättigau . Verlag Buchdruckerei Schiers AG, Schiers 1990.
  • The Görlitz Church and its beginnings in 1945 . In: Yearbook for Silesian Church History NF 73 (1994), pp. 125–145.
  • Servant of two masters? Theologians as “unofficial employees” (IM) of the Ministry for State Security (MfS) of the GDR in Zurich . Pano Verlag, Zurich 2002.
  • With sound and glory. The bells and their language in the center of the Reformed Church in Zurich Leimbach . dreamis publishing house, Zurich 2004.
  • Baron de Campagne and the Gichtelians . A contribution to radical pietism in the Zurich Oberland . dreamis publishing house, Zurich 2006.
  • The beginnings of Pietism in Graubünden . Chronos Verlag, Zurich 2001.
  • Dorothea Trudel (1813–1862). Head of the "Prayer Sanatorium" in Männedorf . In: Peter Zimmerling (ed.): Evangelical pastors. Biographical sketches, texts and programs . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005, pp. 175–194.
  • Heaven's breath - earth weight. Faith and life questions as a source of thanks . dreamis, Zurich 2011.
  • The Berleburger Bible (1726–1742) in Switzerland A nil . In: Ulrich Gäbler et al. (Ed.): Swiss Church History - Newly Reflected (FS Rudolf Dellsperger on his 65th birthday). Bern 2011, pp. 225–242.
  • Dark nights - bright stars. dreamis, Baden 2015, ISBN 978-3-905473-23-0 ; 2nd extended edition, dreamis, Zurich 2016.
As editor
  • Jenins in the Bündner Herrschaft. Views and Insights . Evangelical Church Congregation, Jenins 1993.
  • From the rubble in 1945. Personnel reconstruction and denazification in the Protestant church in the Soviet zone of occupation in Germany. Introduction and documents . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1996.
  • Against the current. Proceedings on radical Pietism for the conference at the University of Zurich . dreamis, Zurich 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Seidel, J. Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seidel, Johannes Jürgen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Reformed theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Village City
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2019