Okko Herlyn

Okko Herlyn (* 1946 in Göttingen ) is a German Protestant Reformed theologian and literary cabaret artist and songwriter.

Scientific career

Herlyn studied Protestant theology from 1966 to 1972 in Wuppertal , Göttingen , Zurich and Tübingen . From 1972 to 1974 he worked as an assistant at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal under Professor Eberhard Jüngel and did his vicariate in Schöller . After receiving his doctorate in Tübingen, he was parish priest in Duisburg- Wanheim from 1977 to 1994 . Since 1991 he has been a lecturer at the Evangelical University of Applied Sciences Rhineland-Westphalia-Lippe in Bochum , where he was appointed professor of ethics , anthropology and theology in 1994 . After his habilitation in 1996, he also worked as a private lecturer for practical theology at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum . He has been retired since 2011.

The small literary artist

Okko Herlyn has also been active as a small literary artist and cabaret artist in the entire German-speaking area for over 20 years .

Awards

• 1997: Lower Rhine literature prize " Dormagener quill pen "
• 2000: 1st prize DGB and church competition "A song connects"
• 2011: 2nd prize of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in the christening song competition
• 2012: NRW Prize "Culture shapes!" for the children's musical "Die goldene Wasserschale" (text and music)
• 2018: Sexau community award for theology for the book "What is actually Protestant?"

Publications

Reference books

• Religion or prayer. Karl Barth's importance for a “religionless Christianity” , Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1979, ISBN 3-7887-0557-4 .
• "Singing under the branches". Considerations on dealing with new and old sacred songs in a theologically responsible manner , Theologischer Verlag, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-290-17131-0 .
• Theology of Divine Service . 2nd Edition. Neukirchener Verlag, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1992, ISBN 3-7887-1274-0 .
• Pray. What's the point of talking to God? Wuppertal / Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-417-20451-8 .
• Necessary nuances. On the history, character and function of the “new spiritual song” . Waltrop 1995, ISBN 3-927718-62-9 .
• Matter of the community. Studies in a practical theology of the “common priesthood” . Neukirchen-Vluyn 1997, ISBN 3-7887-1629-0 .
• Because there is still something outstanding. Contradicting sermons . (Foreword by Manfred Kock ). Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 978-3-7858-0476-6 .
• Church in times of the market. An attempt to interfere . together with Hans-Peter Lauer, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2004, ISBN 978-3-7887-2053-7 .
• His word a fire. Blunt sermons . Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-7858-0599-2 .
• What use is it to you A short introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism . Neukirchen-Vluyn 2013, ISBN 978-3-7615-6027-3 .
• What actually is Protestant? An orientation . Neukirchen-Vluyn 2015, ISBN 978-3-7615-6241-3 .
• The Lord's Prayer. Understand what we are praying . Neukirchen-Vluyn 2017, ISBN 978-3-7615-6446-2 .
• The Ten Commandments. Understand what we can do . Neukirchen-Vluyn 2019, ISBN 978-3-7615-6645-9 .

Fiction

• Blues in green. Wording from the Lower Rhine and elsewhere . 2nd Edition. Gilles and Francke, Duisburg 2000, ISBN 3-925348-28-X .
• Lower Rhine deity with two letters . 2nd Edition. Gilles and Francke, Duisburg 1997, ISBN 3-925348-42-5 .
• How should you be? More from the Lower Rhine and elsewhere . Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-87463-516-5 .
• Hopelessly at home. From the Lower Rhine and other physical attacks . Duisburg 2001, ISBN 3-87463-324-1 .
• Here I am, I can do it differently. Luther incorrect . Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-94689-504-6 .
• a smile. a fear. (Ed.) Selection from the poetic texts by Hans-Joachim Barkenings, Mercator-Verlag, Duisburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-49689-520-6 .

CDs

• Let me lie Songs & cabaret . Düsseldorf 2003, ISBN 3-927563-22-6 .
• My wondrous advent calendar . Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 978-3-927563-33-9 .
• Head meets willow. More about the Lower Rhine . Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-927563-53-7 .
• Here I am, I can do it differently. Luther incorrect . Düsseldorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-927563-54-4 .
• My God! Psalms and Music (together with Nikolaus Schneider, Steffi Neu and Andreas Enthöfer), Düsseldorf 2013, ISBN 978-3-927563-65-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Okko Herlyn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Okko Herlyn's private website
• Page about Herlyn at EFH Bochum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sexau Community Prize goes to the theologian Okko Herlyn , ekiba.de, message from December 1, 2018.