Karl Hartenstein

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Karl Hartenstein (born January 25, 1894 in Cannstatt , † October 1, 1952 in Stuttgart ) was a German Protestant theologian and shaped the Protestant mission of the 20th century as a mission inspector of the Basel Mission and member of the International Mission Council.

life and work

Karl Hartenstein was the eldest of three sons of the Hartenstein banking family. After graduating from high school in 1912, the usual military year followed. During this time he began to deal more intensively with faith and religion, and the desire to study theology arose. During his studies in Tübingen, he was a member of the 1913 Schwarzenburg Bund - connection Nicaria . After the first semester in Tübingen (winter 1913/14), Hartenstein took part in the First World War on the western front from 1914 to 1918 . Then he finished his theology studies in Tübingen and went to church service. After his exams he took over the inconsistent parish ministry in Calw in 1921 and a short time later in his home parish Bad Cannstatt. In 1922 he began teaching as a repetitionist at the Tübingen monastery . He took up his first permanent pastor's position in Bad Urach in 1923 . In 1933 he received his doctorate in Tübingen with the thesis The mission as a theological problem: Contributions to the fundamental understanding of mission.

Hartenstein was called to Basel as a mission director in 1926 and was thus also a member of the German Evangelical Mission Council. He traveled to the countries where the missionaries were deployed and took part in a number of conferences, including the World Mission Conferences in Madras in 1938, Whitby in 1947 and Willingen in 1952. As a representative of the Basel Mission - German Branch, he tried to secure the mission society's assets from Stuttgart in 1939. Because of the Second World War , he resigned from office in 1939. From 1941 he worked from Korntal as prelate of Stuttgart and preacher. In 1945 he campaigned for the Stuttgart confession of guilt to come about . In 1948 he refused the office of regional bishop, but became a member of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany and took part in international missionary events , for example in 1948 at the founding assembly of the World Council of Churches in Amsterdam. He organized major church events in 1952, such as the World Mission Conference in Willingen (Hesse) and the German Evangelical Church Congress in Stuttgart, before he died unexpectedly in the autumn of the same year.

Private

Hartenstein married his wife Margarete Umfrid in 1923, with whom he had three sons.

Works (selection)

  • Mission as a theological problem: Contributions to the fundamental understanding of mission , Furche-Verlag, Berlin 1933.
  • God's ways with the world mission 1910-1938 , Evang. Missionsverlag, Stuttgart 1938.
  • The early mission among the Teutons and our mission today , Evang. Missionsverlag, Stuttgart 1938.
  • The returning gentleman . A series of publications explaining the Revelation of John, Issues 1 to 10, Evang. Missionsverlag, Stuttgart 1940; The returning gentleman. An interpretation of the Revelation of John for the community , Evangelischer Missionsverlag im Christl. Publishing house, Stuttgart 4th revised. 1983 edition, ISBN 978-3-767531697 .
  • The Basel Mission at the turn of the year 1946/47 , Bauer Verlag, 1946.
  • How is our Basel mission today? , Bauer Verlag, 1947.
  • Church on the Way to Unity: A Report on the World Church Assembly in Amsterdam, Summer 1948 , Evang. Missionsverlag, Stuttgart 1948.
  • The becoming of the Christian West , Evang. Missionsverlag, Stuttgart 1949.
  • with Walter Freytag : The new hour of world mission today , Evang. Missionsverlag, Stuttgart 1952.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund . 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 78 No. 1088.
  2. ^ Hartenstein: Biographical information  in the German Digital Library , accessed on May 24, 2015.


personal data
SURNAME Hartenstein, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and mission director
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Cannstatt
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1952
Place of death Stuttgart