Konrad Eißler
Konrad Eißler (born December 18, 1932 in Oberndorf am Neckar ) is a German Protestant theologian, non-fiction author and journalist with a pietistic character.
Life
Eißler comes from a pietistic family. His brother was the lawyer Hans Eißler , who died in 2005, and his grandfather was the theologian Wilhelm Busch . Konrad Eißler grew up in Oberndorf am Neckar, attended the Evangelical Monastery in Tübingen and studied theology in Tübingen, Hamburg and in the USA. After a traineeship at the Stuttgarter Zeitung , he took over the editorial management of the Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt for Württemberg in 1969 . In 1974 he became a pastor at the Stuttgart collegiate church .
Konrad Eißler was known as a preacher and evangelist far beyond the borders of Württemberg, and he gained a special reputation for his oratory. More than 2000 people regularly attended the Stuttgart Youth Service, which takes place four times a year and which he founded. He was chairman of the Württemberg Bible Society , long-time chairman of the YMCA State Association of Württemberg and from 1974 to 1987 board member of the YMCA Association in Germany .
Konrad Eißler wrote numerous devotional books.
After his retirement he moved in with his wife Jutta, b. Flöther, with whom he has been married since 1964, to Hülben . They have seven children together.
Web links
- Literature by and about Konrad Eißler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Konrad Eißler in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nathanael Volke: Pastor Konrad Eissler's 80th birthday , CVJM-Blog.de , December 20, 2012
- ↑ a b Jakob Tscharntke: Johannes Eißler - Konrad Eißler, Hans Eißler - a spiritual family tragedy , website of the Evangelical Free Church in Riedlingen, March 9, 2015
- ↑ a b Reinhard Breymayer : "Dees ischd a 'Abbild dessa' vom": On the pietistic use of language in a Swabian hour of development in the 20th century. In: Irmtraut Sahmland, Hans-Jürgen Schrader: Medical and cultural-historical connections of Pietism: healing art and ethics, arcane traditions, music, literature and language: in memoriam Christa Habrich. Festschrift, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-525-55844-7 , p. 374; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ a b c d Konrad Eißler turns 80 , Südwest Presse , January 22, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eißler, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian and pastor of many years at the Stuttgart collegiate church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberndorf am Neckar |