Johannes Wallmann

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Johannes Wallmann (born May 21, 1930 in Erfurt ; † January 2, 2021 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian and full professor of church history at the Ruhr University in Bochum .

Life

After studying philosophy and evangelical theology in Berlin ( Humboldt University ), Wallmann received his doctorate in 1961 under Gerhard Ebeling in Zurich . After fleeing the GDR, he continued his studies at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen , completed his habilitation in 1968 at the Evangelical Theological Faculty at the Ruhr University Bochum (with a study on Philipp Jakob Spener that had already begun in Tübingen ) and was initially there associate professor for church history in 1971 until he retired in 1995 . He refused calls to Tübingen and Berlin.

His research focus was, in addition to the Reformation , the history of Lutheran Orthodoxy and Pietism . A long-term project was the edition of Philipp Jakob Spen's letters . He was co-editor of the yearbook Pietism and Modern Times as well as the Halle Researches . Udo Sträter and Martin Friedrich were among his students .

Wallmann was an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki , a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts and, since 2002, honorary professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

In 1963 Wallmann married Ingeborg Posselt, who died in 1996. He had two children with her. Since 1999 he was married to the theology professor Dorothea Wendebourg .

Johannes Wallmann died in January 2021 at the age of 90 from complications from COVID-19 .

Publications (selection)

  • The concept of theology in Johann Gerhard and Georg Calixt . Mohr (Siebeck), Tübingen 1961 (Diss., Zurich)
  • Philipp Jakob Spener and the beginnings of Pietism. Mohr (Siebeck), Tübingen 1986 (2nd edition).
  • Church history in Germany since the Reformation . 7th edition (expanded from 5th edition). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2012 (UTB; 1355), (1st edition 1973), ISBN 978-3-8252-3731-8 , 351 pp.
  • Pietism. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1990; New edition 2nd edition 2019 (UTB 2598), ISBN 987-3-8252-5085-0.
  • Theology and Piety in the Age of Baroque , Collected Essays, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1995, ISBN 978-3-16-146351-8 .
  • with Udo Sträter (Ed.): Halle and Eastern Europe: on the European radiance of Halle Pietism . Niemeyer-Verlag, Tübingen, 1998, ISBN 3-484-84001-3 .
  • Pietism Studies. Collected essays Vol. 2. Mohr Siebeck. Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-16-149504-5 .
  • Pietism and Orthodoxy . Collected essays Vol. 3. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-16-150259-0 .
  • From the Reformation to the present. Collected essays Vol. 4. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-157523-5 .
  • The Protestant Congregation Theresienstadt. How the Protestant Church deals with its history. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2019, ISBN 978-3-374-06000-9
  • Martin Luther's writings on Jews. Study series Luther Vol. 18. 2nd edition. Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 2019, ISBN 978-3-7858-0718-7

literature

  • Martin Brecht u. a. (Ed.): Pietism and modern times. A yearbook on the history of modern Protestantism. Vol. 21: Festschrift for Johannes Wallmann on his 65th birthday . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996, ISBN 3525558937 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vademecum of the historical sciences 2006/2007 . Franz Steiner Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3515088091 .
  2. Martin Brecht, 1996, p. 9.
  3. Philipp Jakob Spener, Letters. Mohr Siebeck, August 13, 2015, accessed January 5, 2021 .
  4. ^ Bettina Bartz (Red.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 19th edition. KG Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-23607-7 .
  5. ^ Pietism researcher Johannes Wallmann celebrates his 90th birthday. In: idea.de. May 18, 2020, accessed January 5, 2021 .
  6. Thomas Kaufmann : Johannes Wallmann has died. In: sueddeutsche.de . January 4, 2021, accessed January 5, 2021 .