Klaus Bäumlin

Klaus Bäumlin (* 1938 ) is a Swiss Protestant Reformed theologian and pastor. Among other things, he worked at the Nydegg Church in Bern .

Live and act

Bäumlin was editor of the magazine Reformatio from 1972 to 1983 and for a long time also the church magazine Saemann .

He is co-editor of Kurt Marti's column work, which was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize.

As a pastor at the Nydegg Church in Bern , he was considered a pioneer of same-sex marriage because in 1995 he held a blessing ceremony for the partnership of two men.

2018 awarded him the University of Bern , the honorary doctorate , honoring his "commitment to marginalized groups."

Bäumlin is married to the politician ( SP ) Ursula Bäumlin and has two children. He lives in Bern.

Fonts

• Racism : a workbook for self-information and community work, 1971
• May 20, 1973 as an ecumenical challenge. Observations and reflections of an evangelical reformist, 1973
• The conciliar way and the Swiss churches, 1975
• Jura Perspektiven 1978. Theses, Comments, Opinions, 1978
• Dear Church: Letters from Berners, 1978
• With the little people. Visit to Emil Zbinden , 1979
• People come to us ..., people stay ..., people leave ... Contribution of the Reformed parishes to the reception and integration of foreigners in our communities, 1979 and 1982
• "Kirche Wohin?", A political action. Critical examination of a combative club, 1989
• The Gospel of Mark read today, in 2019

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Bäumlin in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Barbara Spycher: Klaus Bäumlin, retired pastor: "Anyone who has a lot is obliged to material solidarity." (PDF; 1.5 MB) In: SPITEXT: The information magazine of Spitex Bern 2/2005, pp. 16-17.
• Klaus Bäumlin: Blessing celebration for a lesbian couple (PDF; 37 kB).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.drs.ch/www/de/drs/219916.kurt-marti.html
2. ↑ Markus Dütschler: "I was not looking for confrontation". In: The Bund . 1st December 2018.