Oswald Eggenberger

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Oswald Eggenberger (born August 4, 1923 in Schwanden ; † February 2003 ) was a Reformed pastor , founder of the Evangelical Information Center: Churches - Sects - Religions and author of numerous books about sects and new religious movements .

Life

Oswald Eggenberger received his doctorate in church history and was ordained in 1948 . He was parish priest in Davos Frauenkirch , Richterswil , Mönchaltorf and Zurich-Wollishofen . In 1984 he became dean of the Zurich chapter to the left of the Limmat.

In 1963 he founded the "Evangelical Orientation Center: Churches, Special Groups, Religious Movements". Six years later his handbook The Churches, Special Groups and Religious Associations was published , which for the first time gave an overview of the religious landscape in Switzerland. Until 1994 he published five further editions of this book, which was completely revised in 2003 by Georg Schmid and his son Georg Otto Schmid as churches, sects, religions .

His book ... In addition to the churches , which deals in more detail with some Christian free churches , had nine editions from 1979 to 1990. He also published books on the New Apostolic Church , the Pentecostal movement and popular missionary movements in Switzerland.

Works

  • The New Apostolic Congregation. Their history and teaching are presented and assessed . Kaiser (Contributions to Protestant Theology 18), Munich 1953
  • How do you judge a sect? Zwingli, Zurich 1955
  • Evangelical Faith and Pentecostal Movement. With special consideration of the conditions in Switzerland . EVZ, Zollikon 1956
  • Little sect lore . Young Church Publishing House, Zurich 1963
    • 7th revised and supplemented edition as: Sektenkompass . Young Church / Zwinglibund, Zurich 1996
  • New Apostles? Presentation and criticism of the New Apostolic community . Cross, Stuttgart 1964
  • The free churches in Germany and Switzerland and their relationship to the people's churches . Zwingli, Zurich 1964
  • The churches, special groups and religious associations. A manual . 6th, revised and expanded edition, TVZ, Zurich 1994 (first edition 1969), ISBN 3-290-11639-5 .
    • New edition as: churches, sects, religions. Religious communities, ideological groups and psycho-organizations in the German-speaking area. A manual . 7th, revised and expanded edition. TVZ, Zurich 2003, ISBN 978-3-290-17215-2 .
  • The evangelistic and people's missionary companies in Switzerland . Evangelical Orientation Center, Mönchaltorf 1971
  • ... next to the churches. Communities that want to live their faith in a special way. Information, aids to understanding, discussion, critical questions (with Hans D. Reimer). Christian Publishing House, Constance 1979; 9 A. 1990
    • “Catholic edition” as a detour to salvation? , ed. by Friederike Valentin. Herold, Munich / Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-7008-0191-2 .

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