Otto Kirn

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Otto Kirn (born January 23, 1857 in Heslach , † August 18, 1911 in Leipzig ) was a German Lutheran theologian and university professor .

Life

Kirn went through the seminars in Blaubeuren and Maulbronn , where he was trained by the philosopher Karl Christian Planck , among others . He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tübingen from 1875 to 1880 and was then a repetiteur at the Tübinger Stift from 1881 to 1884 . In 1886 he acquired the degree of Lic. Theol. with the work The Christian Perfection and in 1889 he was finally awarded Dr. phil. with the dissertation transcendental dialectic Kant in their importance to the religious philosophy doctorate . During his time as a PhD studenthe worked as a deacon in Besigheim from 1885 to 1889 .

After receiving his doctorate, Kirn turned to Basel . There he began in 1889 as a private lecturer in New Testament and systematic theology, became an associate professor in this field in 1890 and finally in 1894 a full professor at the University of Basel . Just one year later, he moved to the theological faculty of the University of Leipzig as a full professor for systematic theology . He was Dean of the Faculty in 1900/1901 and 1906/1907 . He died in office.

In 1896 the University of Tübingen awarded him an honorary theological doctorate ( Dr. theol. Hc ).

Publications (selection)

  • Goethe's wisdom in its relationship to Christianity , Leipzig 1900.
  • Outline of Protestant dogmatics , Leipzig 1905.
  • Outline of theological ethics , Leipzig 1906.
  • The Leipzig Theological Faculty in Five Centuries , Leipzig 1909.
  • The moral demands of Jesus , Berlin 1910.

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SURNAME Kirn, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lutheran theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Heslach
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1911
Place of death Leipzig