Johann Christoph Hampe

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Johann Christoph Hampe ( pseudonym : Echtermann Larsen , born January 23, 1913 in Breslau ; † June 27, 1990 in Schäftlarn an der Isar ) was a German Protestant theologian , journalist and writer .

Life

Johann Christoph Hampe was the son of a judge . Hampe attended high schools in Breslau, Magdeburg and Kiel . After graduating from high school , he began a commercial apprenticeship and then switched to training as a bookseller , which he completed in Königsberg , Breslau and Munich . From 1939 he took part in the Second World War in France , on the Eastern Front and in Italy as an officer in the Wehrmacht ; he was taken prisoner of war , from which he was released in 1946.

From 1946 to 1953 Johann Christoph Hampe studied Protestant theology , philosophy and Romance studies at the universities in Göttingen , Geneva and Tübingen ; He took his theological exams in 1951 and 1953 in Göttingen . After his ordination in 1953, he worked as a Lutheran pastor in Bremen . From 1954 to 1962 he was part of the editorial team of the German general Sunday newspaper . At times he worked as a foreign correspondent in the United States and Italy. From 1962 he lived as a freelance writer in Schäftlarn in Upper Bavaria and later temporarily in Munich (Waldperlach). From 1962 to 1965 he was a council observer at the Second Vatican Council in Rome .

In addition to journalistic and theological work, Johann Christoph Hampe has written narrative works for young and adult readers, radio plays and scripts for television plays as well as hymns . He is represented in the Evangelical Hymnbook with three translations of foreign language songs . 1956 was the work published by Hampe Your day is dawning on the shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize . His book Die is quite different. Experiences with one's own death in 1975 ( 9 1982) is considered a “classic” of the near-death experience .

Works

  • The Contested , Hamburg 1948
  • The brother from over there , Berlin-Dahlem 1949
  • The blue saddle cloth and other stories , Hamburg 1951
  • The Christmas of the boy Michael , Wuppertal-Barmen 1951
  • The fourth sage , Göttingen 1952
  • Barbara von Bacharach , Bielefeld 1953
  • The hand on your head , Bethel near Bielefeld 1953
  • The family ring , Bielefeld 1954
  • Reichenbacher jubilation , Wuppertal-Barmen 1954
  • The star trail , Hamburg 1954
  • Indian lilies , Witten / Ruhr 1955
  • Pharmacist Therese , Berlin 1956
  • Journey and odyssey , Witten / Ruhr 1956
  • Light of the World , Wuppertal-Barmen 1956
  • Christmas stories , Berlin 1956
  • Time is the only coat , Stuttgart 1956
  • Under the cross , Wuppertal-Barmen 1957
  • Friendship with foreigners , Stuttgart 1958
  • Mr. Simroth is a poor man. The good Lord from the last house , Wuppertal 1959
  • Paulus , Hamburg 1960
  • Called by your name , Stuttgart 1961
  • Shouts from Babylon , Hamburg 1961
  • Beginning, goal and middle , Stuttgart 1962
  • God radiates worldliness , Constance 1965
  • What do we expect from the changing church? , Meitingen [u. a.] 1969
  • Honor and misery of the Enlightenment yesterday and today , Munich 1971
  • A new church for a new time , Meitingen [u. a.] 1971
  • The reason and the joy , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1975
  • Dying is completely different , Stuttgart 1975
  • Doors to the outdoors , Munich 1976
  • What we believe , Gütersloh 1977
  • Confession to Matthias Claudius , Munich 1979
  • What the world offers me , Wuppertal 1979
  • So on earth too , Wuppertal 1981
  • Foundations and Limits , Stuttgart 1984
  • Way of the Cross and Resurrection , Stuttgart 1985 (together with Walter Habdank )
  • And I said to my heart: Let's stick together , Wuppertal 1985
  • Lilac over the garden fence , Wuppertal 1986 (together with Werner Richner)
  • The night with the Buddha , Stuttgart 1987
  • Reichenbacher jubilation and other Christmas stories , Stuttgart 1987
  • Summer thunderstorm , Stuttgart 1988

Editing

  • The morning star appeared , Stuttgart 1953
  • He beats and heals wounds , Wuppertal-Barmen 1954
  • I don't want to waver from you , Wuppertal 1954
  • Before you life , Stuttgart 1954
  • Your day is dawning , Stuttgart 1955
  • That should stay with you , Stuttgart 1956
  • To comfort all those who are sad , Stuttgart 1957
  • Joseph Wittig : Life of Jesus in Palestine, Silesia and elsewhere , Heilbronn 1958
  • End of the Counter Reformation? , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1964
  • The Authority of Freedom , Munich
    • 1 (1967)
    • 2 (1967)
    • 3 (1967)
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer : From good powers , Munich 1976
  • The Gift of Tears , Stuttgart 1988

literature

  • Detlev Block : Hampe, Johann Christoph . In: Wolfgang Herbst (Ed.): Who is who in the hymnal? Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, p. 130 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ No. 454 Open and Open Your Heart (Str. 1, 2 and 6) according to John Milton's Let us with a gladsome mind ; also in the regional part of Rhineland-Westphalia-Lippe No. 609 You have united in all zones according to the French Sur ton Église universelle and No. 610 Jesus has ordered his rule according to Jesus shall reign where'er the sun by Isaac Watts .
  2. ↑ See network near-death experience ( memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.netzwerk-nahtoderlebnis.org

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personal data
SURNAME Hampe, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larsen, real man
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1990
Place of death Schäftlarn on the Isar