Otto Haendler (theologian)

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Gravestone of the Otto and Erika Haendler family in Neuenkirchen

Otto Haendler (born April 18, 1890 in Löwenhagen , Königsberg district ; † January 12, 1981 in Berlin ) was a German Protestant theologian and university professor .

Life

Otto Haendler was a son of Wilhelm Haendler (1863–1938), pastor in Löwenhagen and Bromberg , then Superintendent of Potsdam and finally General Superintendent of Berlin-Land.

Otto Haendler studied theology from 1909 to 1913 in Berlin and Tübingen with Adolf von Harnack , Adolf Schlatter and Reinhold Seeberg . Then he began his pastoral training at the Berliner Domkandidatenstift under the direction of Ernst Dryander , where he was ordained in 1916 . In 1919 he became pastor in Gumtow and in 1925 moved to the St. Nikolai Church in Stralsund . In 1931 he took over the leadership of the Szczecin Preachers' Seminary , which he had to give up after conflicts with the German Christians . From 1935 to 1949 he was pastor in Neuenkirchen (near Greifswald) .

Haendler was already in Berlin in 1925 for his Lic. Theol. and had completed his habilitation for practical theology in Greifswald in 1930 . From 1935 to 1937 completed training as a psychotherapist . After the end of the Second World War, he became an associate professor and, in 1946, a full professor of practical theology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald . From 1951 until his retirement in 1959 he was professor for practical theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

He is considered one of the fathers of pastoral psychology .

One of Haendler's sons is the church historian Gert Haendler .

Fonts (selection)

  • The sermon. Depth psychological basics and basic questions . Berlin 1941, 3rd edition 1960
  • Peter. From the legacy to the legacy . Berlin 1954
  • Outline of Practical Theology . Berlin 1957
  • Depth Psychology, Theology and Pastoral Care . Göttingen 1971, ISBN 3-525-62140-1
  • Meditation as a life practice . Göttingen 1977, ISBN 3-525-63339-4

literature

  • Kerstin Voigt: Otto Haendler - life and work . 1993, ISBN 978-3-631-45188-5 .
  • Michael Meyer-Blanck : Depth psychology and structural theology: Otto Haendler . In: Christian Grethlein , Michael Meyer-Blanck (ed.): History of practical theology. Shown using their classics . Leipzig 2000, pp. 389-431.
  • Michael Meyer-Blanck:  Haendler, Otto . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 3, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2000, Sp. 1371-1372.
  • Christian Plate: Haendler, Otto, practical theologian . In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 34, Bautz, Nordhausen 2013, Col. 470-477.
  • Christian Plate: preaching in person. Theory and practice of the sermon in the complete works of Otto Haendler . Leipzig 2014, ISBN 978-3-374-03745-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dealer, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Löwenhagen , Koenigsberg district
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1981
Place of death Berlin