Karl Anton (theologian)

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Karl Anton (born June 2, 1887 in Worms , † February 21, 1956 in Weinheim an der Bergstrasse) was a German theologian , university professor of musicology and National Socialist .

Life

Anton passed his Abitur and studied Protestant theology and musicology. He was particularly interested in liturgy . After submitting a thesis on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach , he became a doctor of theology doctorate . He received a teaching position at the Badisch-Palatinate University of Music in Mannheim and qualified as professor of musicology. In his theological thinking he found connection to the völkisch - nationalistic positions of the German Christians . In 1939 he declared his collaboration with the Institute for Research and Elimination of the Jewish Influence on German Church Life . He had been a member of the NSDAP since 1930, and from 1940 he headed the Franz Hauser Archive in Weinheim (Bergstrasse). In 1952 he retired.

His estate is kept in the Darmstadt University and State Library.

Fonts

  • Luther and music: a gift to the German people on the anniversary of the Reformation. Herrmann, Zwickau 1916.
  • Hans Thoma's religious mission to the German people: War devotion. Müller & Fröhlich, Munich 1916.
  • War Christmas / sermon for home and field by Karl Anton. Müller & Fröhlich, Munich 1916.
  • On the blessed sense of child and laughter of the soul: A sermon to Germany's women in difficult times go to Baden-Baden. Falken, Darmstadt 1916.
  • War-Religion-Art: A future consideration using explanations d. Court deacon August Hausrath about d. Topic religion a. Art. Falken, Darmstadt 1916.
  • Applied liturgy. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1919.
  • Hans Thoma the painter as musician, poet and person. With 20 pictures by Hans Thoma. Braun, Karlsruhe 1919.
  • with Karl Arper: Out of deep need! Liturgical aid book for the time of reconstruction. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1919.
  • About the form of cult and its importance for awakening and enhancing religious life. Lecture at the Mannheim District Synod on September 24, 1924. Landeskirchliche Blätter, Mannheim 1925.
  • Singing and Health: New Paths to Singing Practice. Society for Medical Apparatus, Berlin-Schlachtensee 1929.
  • Hans Thoma a master of humanity. Braun, Karlsruhe 1924.
  • Luther and the music. Edited at the instigation of the Ev.-luth. Free Church. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, - Berlin 1957.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Prolingheuer: We went astray. Cologne 1987, p. 150.
  2. ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 17
  3. ^ Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 2003, p. 17.
personal data
SURNAME Anton, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1956
Place of death Weinheim (Bergstrasse)