Paul Gerhard Schoenborn

Paul Gerhard Traugott Schoenborn

Paul Gerhard Traugott Schoenborn (born October 25, 1934 in Bochum ) is a German Protestant pastor .

Life

Edmund and Emma Schoenborn's son grew up in Dinslaken on the Lower Rhine. He was active in the Christian Scout Association of Germany (CPD) and studied theology , philosophy and sociology in Wuppertal , Tübingen , Göttingen and Bonn , after the Vicariate in Berlin, Saarbrücken, Oberhausen and Bad Kreuznach he put the exam at the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland from . Schoenborn is married to a teacher.

From 1963 to 1973 he worked as a pastor in the workers' community of Rheinhausen-Friemersheim on the left Lower Rhine; from 1973 to 1981 student pastor in Wuppertal; from 1981 to 1995 pastor for adult education in Wuppertal. Together with his wife, Schoenborn was a member of the “Political Night Prayer” working group in Rheinhausen from 1969–1973. For many years he worked as a member of the German Evangelical Church Congress (Latin America Forum). He has been living in retirement with his wife in Wuppertal since 1995.

Journalistic activity

Schoenborn is a collaborator and author of periodicals from the left ecclesiastical spectrum (including Radius and Transparent ). He is the author or editor of non-fiction books, work aids and media packages on political theology (including on the topics of the church struggle and the Confessing Church , Barmer Theological Declaration, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Reichspogromnacht, peace work, Latin American liberation theology , grassroots communities in Latin America). From the 1980s to the present day, he has written numerous book presentations on these topics.

In 1996 Schoenborn's book Alphabets of Succession was published. Martyrs of the political Christ with a chapter each on Franz Jägerstätter , Kaj Munk , Dietrich Bonhoeffer , Óscar Romero and Margarida Alves. In 2012 Succession - Mystik - Martyrium, Studien zu Dietrich Bonhoeffer , an anthology with Schoenborn's work from three decades of preoccupation with the person, work and worldwide aftermath of this theologian and resistance fighter was published.

Working on Kaj Munk

In collaboration with the Danish Rolf Lehfeldt from South Schleswig , Schoenborn translated seven of the most important plays by the Danish pastor and poet Kaj Munk (1898–1944) into German. This was published as a book by Sydslesvigsk Forening , Flensburg, in 2003. In 2013 Kaj Munks published the "Oxford snapshots" he translated, and from 2015 several volumes with further translations of plays by the Danish poet pastor.

In 2004 the Kaj Munk honored Minnefond , Copenhagen, Schoenborn and the Essen actors Isabel K. Sandig and Ralf Gottesleben with the Scandinavian Kaj Munk Prize . In doing so, he paid tribute to their efforts to make Kaj Munk known in the German-speaking world. Schoenborn had provided information about Kaj Munk's poetry, theology and political struggle in many lectures and articles in the German-speaking area. Sandig and Gottesleben had staged Munk's play He sits at the melting pot in Schoenborn's translation more than a hundred and thirty times .

Memberships

Paul Gerhard Schoenborn is a member of the International Bonhoeffer Society , Section Federal Republic of Germany, and the Kaj Munk Society .

Fonts

Books

• Base churches and liberation. Reader on theology and Christian practice in Latin America (Ed. With Antonio Reiser). Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1981.
• The meaning of life is life. Self-experience with the Bible. Burckhardthaus-Verlag, Gelnhausen 1981.
• Longing for the festival of free people. Prayers from Latin America (Ed. With Antonio Reiser). Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1982.
• The Barmen Theological Declaration. A helpful reminder - a dangerous reminder? dkv, Düsseldorf 1983.
• We reject the wrong teaching. Working and reading book on the Barmer Theological Declaration and on the Church Struggle (Ed. With Günther van Norden, Volkmar Wittmütz). Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1984.
• Barmen 1934-1984. Exhibition of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland on the Barmer Theological Declaration and the Church Struggle - Short Guide (Ed. With Günther van Norden, Volkmar Wittmütz). Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1984.
• Barmer Theological Declaration - Church Struggle. A collection of selected documents (Ed. With Günther van Norden, Volkmar Wittmütz). Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1984.
• Barmen 1934 - Confessing Church under National Socialism. Background - tendencies - inquiries (with Wilfried vom Bauer). av-edition, Munich 1984.
• Confession in the Resistance - 1934 and today (with Waltraud Hagemann). Burckhardthaus-Laetare Verlag, Gelnhausen 1984.
• Follow the nonviolent Jesus. Experiences with the Sermon on the Mount. Burckhardthaus-Laetare Verlag, Gelnhausen 1986.
• The cross, the hope of the poor. The farmers of Solentiname paint their way of the cross (with Peter Bock). av-edition, Munich 1987.
• When the houses of worship burned. What do we still care about the pogrom night of November 9, 1938? (with Wilhelm Böhm, Waltraud Hagemann, Elisabeth Zimmer). dkv, Düsseldorf 1988.
• Church of the Poor. Base communities and liberation (ed.). Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1989.
• From war to peace. A working aid for communities, schools, peace groups (Ed. With Wilfried Warneck). dkv, Düsseldorf 1989.
• Structural elements of the Latin American theology of liberation. Verlag Hartmut Spenner, Waltrop 1991 ( Interactions No. 4).
• Alphabets of Succession. Martyr of the political Christ. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1996.
• Kaj Munk: Drama. From the Danish by Rolf Lehfeldt and Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, with an essay by Arne Munk. AT-Edition by LIT-Verlag, Münster 2003.
• Succession - Mysticism - Martyrdom, Studies on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Edition ITP-Kompass, Münster 2012.
• Oxford snapshots of a playwright - translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, Edition ITP-Kompass, Münster 2013.
• Kaj Munk - the political pastor and poet shot by the SS , Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2014.
• Kaj Munk: "Das Wort" - translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn , Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2015.
• Kaj Munk: "Historical Dramas" (Phoenix Bird - The Cardinal and the King - The Victory - Ewald's Death) - translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2016.
• Kaj Munk: "He sits at the melting pot" - translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2017.
• Kaj Munk: "Danish Dramas" (In the Surf - Love - The Sea and the People - A Calendar Story The Pastor of Vejlby) - translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2017.
• "An idealist - some scenes from the life of a king" - translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, including: Arne Munk "The playwright Kaj Munk and the spiritual situation of his time", Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2018.
• "Five political sermons in an occupied country", translated and edited by Paul Gerhard Schoenborn, Nordpark Verlag, Wuppertal 2018.

Essays

• Legitimate form of preaching? Political night prayer in Rheinhausen. In: Wolfgang Schneider (Ed.): Community today. Analyzes - reports - models. Jugenddienst-Verlag, Wuppertal 1970, pp. 272–278.
• Misa Campesina Nicaragüense 1975/76 in: "Liberation takes place now and here" - On the practice of the theology of liberation in Nicaragua, Edition Nahua, Wuppertal 1982, pp. 81–88.
• Christians and Violence in Latin America. In: Brazil Dialog , Heft 3, Mettingen 1984, pp. 14-17.
• What happens to a “church-historical event of the century”? On the history and evaluation of the Barmer Theological Declaration of May 31, 1934. In: Günther van Norden (Hrsg.): Between Confession and Adaptation. Essays on the church struggle in Rhenish parishes in church and society. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1985.
• Change in society and communities. In: New Voice - Ecumenical Monthly on Questions in Church, Society and Politics , No. 10, Mainz 1987, pp. 5–10.
• There are times when you have to make a decision. In: Peace in your hand. Christianity today. Signalverlag, Baden-Baden 1987, pp. 98-107.
• Everything in nature, from electrons to humans, is a single psalm. Ecological Aspects in Liberation Theology. (with Hermann Schulz) In: Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel , No. 19, March 6, 1990, pp. 722–727.
• End of the story? End of solidarity? In: For a culture of justice. Positions of the Christian-Socialist Dialogue. Johannes Rau to the 60th Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1991, pp. 15-27.
• God on the streets of Latin America. In: Das Baugerüst Nr. 1, Nuremberg 1991, pp. 44–47.
• From life to the Bible - from the Bible to life. Use of Scripture in the Latin American base churches and in the theology of liberation. In: Circular letter of the working groups of the Solidarity Church of Westphalia and Lippe , No. 67, March 1992, Schwerte 1992, pp. 10-20.
• Justice to the poor. Ecumenical and theological reflections. In: Shalom - On the way to justice, peace and preservation of creation of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia , volume 3, Schwerte 1992, pp. 59–76.
• The third Kairos Document: "The Road to Damascus - Kairos and Conversion". Origin - Background - Consequences for us. In: Rosch Pina (inter alia): Exegetical excavations No. 16, Mülheim 1992, pp. 30–56.
• A dangerous book! The Bible in the base churches. In: Franziskaner Mission , Werl, Heft 4/1992, pp. 3–8.
• Bonhoeffer in Latin America. Relations between Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Christians and theology in Latin America. A workshop report. In: Hermann de Buhr, Heinrich Küppers, Volkmar Wittmütz (eds.): Church in the field of tension between state and society. Festschrift for Günther van Norden. Düsseldorf 1993 ( series of publications by the Association for Rhenish Church History Düsseldorf No. 111), pp. 395–446.
• Hope dies last. Accusation and protest, visions and utopias in the songs of Latin American grassroots communities. In: Franziskaner Mission , Werl, volume 3/1993, pp. 16-18.
• In time and forever. In: Environment learning , Heft 67, Paderborn 1993, pp. 34–35.
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer. El mártir. Presencia Ecuménica, Caracas 1995, pp. 27-31.
• Kaj Munk - Pastor, Prophet and Martyr In: Junge Kirche , Bremen 1995, pp. 505–509.
• Kaj Munk - Martyrs for the sake of the open word In: Orientation No. 13/14, 59th year, Zurich 1995, pp. 160–164.
• Bringing the people upset with God's help In: Publik-Forum Journal Oberursel, No. 13–1996, pp. 44–48.
• From the staying power of solidarity. For Marie Veit. In: CuS - sheets of the Federation of Religious Socialists in Germany e. V. , No. 4/96, Friedrichroda 1996, pp. 7-10.
• Ecumenical aspects of a theology of martyrdom using the example of Franz Jägerstätter and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Published in various and in some cases greatly abridged versions in: Orientation , Zurich, 22/1997, pp. 242–246; Imprimatur , Trier, 5-6 / 1997, pp. 205-215; Evangelical Aspects , Stuttgart, 4/1997, pp. 36–40; IBG - Bonhoeffer-Rundbrief , Düsseldorf, 55/1998, pp. 28-42; EEB North Rhine: Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Texts, materials and suggestions for community and adult education , 2005, pp. 20–28.
• Banish injustice and expose lies - Protestant pastor, poet and martyr: 100 years ago Kaj Munk was born on Lolland in Denmark. In: Der Weg , Düsseldorf, No. 3/1998, p. 16.
• With God's help, stir up the people. The rescue of the Danish Jews 1943 and the prophetic message of the martyr Kaj Munk , Transparent Extra pp. 1–12. In: Transparent No. 49, Duisburg 1998.
• Models of faith: Martin Luther King, Oscar A. Romero in: Christianity Understanding - Sympathiemagazin, 1998, pp. 44–45, Study Group for Tourism and Development e. V. Ammerland.
• An ecumenist of charity. Walter Zielke 1932–1987 - Protestant deacon, religion teacher, youth and student pastor. In Kirche im Revier - messages from the Association for Research into the Church and Religious History of the Ruhr Area V. , Bochum, year 1999, pp. 15–51.
• Kaj Munk: Danish pastor, poet and martyr (1898-1944) In: Freiburger Rundbrief, new series , Freiburg 1999, pp. 250-258.
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer's resistance to the persecution of the Jews in the Third Reich , Transparent-Extra In: Transparent No. 54, Duisburg 1999, pp. 1–28.
• Martyrs of the open word - Kaj Munk and the rescue of the Danish Jews 1943 in: Diakonia, pages 293-297, 30th year, volume 4, pages 293-297, Mainz / Freiburg 1999.
• Everything is politics, but politics is not everything! Eberhard Bethge on his 90th birthday , in: Evangelical Aspects, 3/99, pp. 50–51, Stuttgart 1999.
• Marie Veit on her 80th birthday , Transparent-Extra p. 1–2. In: Transparent No. 63, Duisburg 2001.
• Mysticism and struggle for life. In: RheinReden - series of publications by the Melanchthon Academy , Cologne 2004, pp. 31–40.
• Kaj Munk. Truth witnesses in the resistance. Introduction to the life and work of the poet, pastor and martyr. In: Pfälzisches Pfarrerblatt No. 5/2006, Kaiserslautern 2006, pp. 189–198.
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The decision-making path of a Lutheran theologian. In Imprimatur - News and Critical Opinions from the Catholic Church , Trier, issue 1/2008, pp. 21–26 and issue 2/2008, pp. 92–95 (the lecture at a Jägerstätter symposium in Graz 2007 also appeared as a banner Extra No. 88, Duisburg, April 2008, and in the Pfälzisches Pfarrerblatt , 98th year, No. 4/2008, Kaiserslautern 2008.).
• Oscar Arnulfo Romero. The Defender of the Poor. In: Søren Dosenrode (Ed.): Christianity and Resistance in the 20th Century. From Kaj Munk and Dietrich Bonhoeffer to Desmond Tutu. Leiden / Boston (Brill) 2009, pp. 233-260.
• Zielke, Walter. In: Protestant profiles in the Ruhr area. Five hundred life pictures from five centuries. Hartmut Spenner, Kamen 2009, pp. 666–668.
• Political protest and Christian martyrdom. Kaj Munk, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Oscar Romero and many others ". In: Hans Jochen Tambour, Friederike Immanuela Popp (ed.): Stories change history. Festschrift for Friedrich Dobberahn. Via Verbis Verlag, Taufkirchen 2010, pp. 372–384.
• Kaj Munk. The political pastor and poet shot by the SS , Transparent-Extra p. 1–12. In: Transparent No. 98, Marburg 2010.
• "Recordare sanctae crucis" - Obituary for Arne Munk . In: MUNKIANA No. 46, Volume 15, pp. 8–11, Aalborg-Denmark 2011.
• "The dispute about the ordination of women" - an ecumenical memorandum , in: "On the opposite course" A memorial and memorandum for the 100th birthday of Pastor Dr. hc Ilse Härter, Logos Verlag, Berlin 2011, pp. 125–129.
• He is sitting at the melting pot - memories of the Danish pastor and poet Kaj Munk , in: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt, issue 1/2014, 114 year, Speyer, pp. 14-20.
• Kaj Munk - Resistance with the open word , in: Kreuz und Rose CuS, Heft 1/2014, 67th year, pp. 38–44.
• Valuable trace security - notes on a volume about Bonhoeffer's texts from Finkenwalde , in: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt, issue 4/2014, 114 year, Speyer, pp. 234–236.
• Min vej til Kaj Munk - mine veje med Kaj Munk in: Jon Høgh, Carl P. Behrens, Lisbeth Lunde Lauridsen (eds.): "Vedersø Lolland retur", Ringkøbing 2014, pp. 58–72.
• Gütekraft , in: Kreuz und Rose CuS, issue 1/2015, 68th year, pp. 58–62.
• Comments on "On the opposite course" A memorandum and memorandum for the 100th birthday of Pastor Dr. hc Ilse Härter , in: KZG (Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte) Dresden, 26th year 2015, pp. 163–168.
• Findes the med baggrund i Bekendelseskirkens kamp et historisk based forbillede for people biskop Beugel i Skuespillet 'Han sidder ved Smeltediglen'? In: MUNKIANA No. 59, Volume 20, pp. 30–37, Aalborg (Denmark) 2016.
• Oscar Arnulfo Romero - Defender of the Poor , in: Commemorates the canonization of Oscar Romero by the poor of this earth. - Documentation of the Ecumenical Call for May 1st, 2011, ed. by Peter Bürger, Friedhelm Meyer, Christian Weisner, edition pace 3, BoD Norderstedt 2018, pp. 141–168.
• Political protest and Christian martyrdom using the example of Oscar Romero , in: Commemorates the canonization of Oscar Romero by the poor of this earth. - Documentation of the Ecumenical Call for May 1st, 2011, ed. by Peter Bürger, Friedhelm Meyer, Christian Weisner, edition pace 3, BoD Norderstedt 2018, pp. 169–186.
• Hvordan en amatør kom til at oversætte Kaj Munk , In: MUNKIANA No. 65, 22nd year, pp. 13-18, Tim-Denmark 2019.

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Gerhard Schoenborn in the catalog of the German National Library