Johannes Althausen

Johannes Althausen (real name Johannes Curt Theodor Althausen ; born January 18, 1929 in Germany , † November 15, 2008 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian and church historian .

Life

Johannes Curt Theodor Althausen studied Protestant theology after obtaining his university entrance qualification . During his studies at the Martin Luther University in Halle in 1952 he got caught up in the dispute between the GDR government and the youth groups of the Protestant churches, in which he worked on a voluntary basis. He was arrested along with others on charges of subversive activity. After these anti-church attacks were corrected by the so-called " New Course " in June 1953, the investigations were discontinued and no charges were brought.

After successfully completing his studies, he was accepted into the vicariate of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg . After serving as a vicar, he was ordained a pastor . During this time he prepared his thesis before a church historical theme and became a doctor of theology doctorate . From 1983 to 1993 he was director of the Paulinum Protestant training center in Berlin.

He was a member of the GDR regional committee of the Christian Peace Conference .

When the "Berliner Gesellschaft für Missionsgeschichte eV" was founded in 1994, he took on the role of chairman, which he held until 2000.

Publications

All the world in sight: memories from smaller Germany . Ernst Lange Institute for Ecumenical Studies, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 2003, ISBN 3-928617-27-3
What comes after the Volkskirche ? Or: How can structures be outwitted? (= Ecumenical Studies, 6). Ernst Lange Institute for Ecumenical Studies, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1997, ISBN 3-928617-18-4
Philip A. Potter : Preacher d. Solidarity . Union Verlag , Berlin, 1st edition 1976; DNB 760384614 , 2nd edition 1979, DNB 810287684
The Church in Conversation with the Churches: Ecumenical Issues . Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin, 1975, DNB 760144494
Christians in Africa on the Way to Freedom: 1955–1969 . Union-Verlag, VOB, Berlin, 1971, DNB 730041433 . Verlag der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Mission, Erlangen, 1971, DNB 730041433
Church for the One Humanity: Selected Speeches and Writings / Willem Adolf Visser 't Hooft . Evangelische Verlags Anstalt, 1970, DNB 576801356
Church societies in Berlin from 1810 to 1830: A contribution to the history of the revival movement and the lay apostolate in the Protestant churches of the 19th century . Halle, 1966, DNB 481399585 . Dissertation at the theological faculty of the University of Halle on June 8, 1966
Prayers for the unity of the church: Ut omnes unum sint . Together with Ernst-Eugen Meckel, Walter Verwiebe, Christel Steinbrink and Walter Johannsmeier. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin, 1962, DNB 450059855
Broadcast songs . Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin, 1960 [ed. 1961], DNB 571703798

As a co-author

Institute for Comparative State-Church Research (Ed.), Issue 19: State-Church Models in United Europe
Institute for Comparative State-Church Research, Volume 20: About God and the World. Conversations with Johannes Althausen, Reinhard Höppner , Paul Oestreicher and Gregory Sandfort .
Institute for Comparative State-Church Research, Volume 21: Churches and Church Politics in Times of the Cold War
Institute for Comparative State-Church Research, Volume 22: Churches and Crises in Communism .

Essays

The GDR churches and ecumenism . In: Religions for peace. Information No. 80 (2009)
Project: Interreligious Europe . Together with Michael Lechler . In: Religions for peace. Information no. 66/2003
10 years participation in WCRP . In: Religions for peace. Information no. 63/2002

Web links

Literature by and about Johannes Althausen in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Sturm-Berger : In memory of Dr. Johannes Althausen (1929-2008) . In: RfP Berlin (Religions for Peace) Religions for Peace: Bulletin No. 32 October 2009, pp. 1–3 (pdf; 282 kB).
↑ Richard Schröder : The Church must not make martyrs: Not everything that is correctly quoted is true. An answer to Gerhard Besier . Die Welt , June 24, 2003
↑ Ulrich van der Heyden : The first chairman of the Berlin Society for Mission History eV Johannes Althausen . In: Communications from the Berlin Society for Missionary History e. V. Number 8, February 2001, ISSN 1616-4911
↑ A general overview of the volumes published in the series plus a table of contents can be found at http://www.staat-kirche-forschung.de/ .

personal data
SURNAME	Althausen, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Althausen, Johannes Curt Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Germany
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 2008
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Michael Sturm-Berger : In memory of Dr. Johannes Althausen (1929-2008) . In: RfP Berlin (Religions for Peace) Religions for Peace: Bulletin No. 32 October 2009, pp. 1–3 (pdf; 282 kB).

[2] Richard Schröder : The Church must not make martyrs: Not everything that is correctly quoted is true. An answer to Gerhard Besier . Die Welt , June 24, 2003

[3] Ulrich van der Heyden : The first chairman of the Berlin Society for Mission History eV Johannes Althausen . In: Communications from the Berlin Society for Missionary History e. V. Number 8, February 2001, ISSN 1616-4911

[4] A general overview of the volumes published in the series plus a table of contents can be found at http://www.staat-kirche-forschung.de/ .