Karl-Alfred Odin

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Karl-Alfred Odin (born June 4, 1922 in Leipzig ; † February 12, 1992 in Hanau ) was a German theologian , journalist and publicist .

Life

After completing a theology degree, Odin worked as a political editor for a Nuremberg newspaper. From 1953 to 1961 he headed the Hesse editorial team of the Evangelical Press Service (epd) . Since 1961 he was a member of the political editorship of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . In addition to general political issues, he devoted himself particularly to religious development and church issues. In the course of his work he also discussed many Christian and theological books (e.g. by Dorothee Sölle ).

In 1989 Odin was the recipient of the Foundation Prize of the Bible and Culture Foundation .

Fonts (selection)

  • The memoranda of the EKD (ed.), Neukirchen-Vluyn 1966.
  • Church in the media . Luther, Bielefeld 1979.
  • How Conservative is Protestantism? in "What does conservative mean today?" The month new episode 291, Beltz, 1984, pp. 156-164
  • The answer of the festivals: Symbols through the year . Herder, Freiburg 1990.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Christian Widmann: Change with Violence ?: German Protestantism and the politically motivated use of violence in the 1960s and 1970s . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2013, p. 598.
  2. ^ Evangelical Commentaries 25 (1992), p. 186 .
  3. ↑ List of authors in How Conservative is Protestantism? in "What does conservative mean today?" The Month New Episode 291, Beltz, 1984.
  4. ↑ Review: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 18, 1965, p. BuZ5 , accessed on January 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ List of the winners of the Foundation Prize of the Bible and Culture Foundation ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2015 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. , accessed January 3, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frei-kunst-galerie.de
personal data
SURNAME Odin, Karl-Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, journalist and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1992
Place of death Hanau