Regine Schindler

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Regine Schindler-Hürlimann (born May 26, 1935 in Berlin ; † June 8, 2013 in Uerikon near Zurich ) was a Swiss German scholar and writer . She was particularly known as an author of religious books for children and young people and an expert on children's Bibles .

Life

Regine Schindler was born in Berlin as the daughter of the publishers Martin and Bettina Hürlimann . After the family moved to Switzerland, she spent her school days in Zurich . She studied German and history in Zurich and Berlin; In 1962 she did her doctorate under Emil Staiger with a thesis on Wieland's view of man. In 1959 she married the theologian and church historian Alfred Schindler, who died on November 19, 2012 . With him she ran a reformed student house in Zurich from 1967 to 1970. Since 1992 she lived in Uerikon on Lake Zurich . On November 15, 2007, she handed over her 1700-title collection of historical and current children's Bibles to the Practical Theological Seminar of the University of Zurich in the hands of Prof. Thomas Schlag . There it is maintained as the “Regine Schindler Collection” and is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Based on this collection, several dissertations on Swiss children's Bibles were written at the University of Zurich .

From 1983 to 1991, Regine Schindler worked as editor of the ecumenical journal steps into the open . Between 1984 and 2001 she was on the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Youth Book Institute . She was a member of the Swiss authors ' association . She found her final resting place in the Enzenbühl cemetery in Zurich .

Awards (selection)

Works (selection)

Prose works

  • Child and king . Stories. Reinhardt, Basel 1987
  • On the road with God. The Bible retold for children and adults , illustrations by Štěpán Zavřel . Bohem Press, Zurich 1996; 8 A. 2007, ISBN 3-85581-402-3
  • Johanna Spyri - search for clues. A biography in the form of a novel . Pendo, Zurich 1997
  • Alina and the night eye of God. Conversations with a grandchild . TVZ, Zurich 2003; 3rd A. 2007, ISBN 3-290-17279-1
  • King Herod and the nightingale. Christmas message stories . TVZ, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-290-17362-3

Non-fiction

  • Educate to hope. On the way to God with children . TVZ, Zurich 1977
    • New edition as Educate to Hope. God in everyday life . TVZ, Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-7806-2492-3
  • Our child is baptized - a journey begins (with Alfred Schindler). Kaufmann, Lahr 1983, ISBN 3-7245-0514-0
  • What children expect from God. Prayer texts from children and what they want to tell us with them . Kaufmann, Lahr 1993

Editing

  • Newer children's Bibles. Description - criticism - recommendations. (with F. Jehle et al.) Switzerland. Youth Book Institute, Zurich 1972.
  • Christmas is at hand. Poems, stories and folk customs from Switzerland . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1981.
  • Tears that flow inward. Confronting death with children. Experience reports from affected children and parents . Kaufmann, Lahr 1993.
  • The Old Testament in children's Bibles. A didactic challenge in the past and present. (Ed. With Gottfried Adam and Rainer Lachmann.) TVZ, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-290-17253-8 .
  • The contents of children's Bibles. Criteria of their selection. (Ed. With Gottfried Adam and Rainer Lachmann.) Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 3-89971-489-X .

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personal data
SURNAME Schindler, Regine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hürlimann, Regine (single name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Germanist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 2013
Place of death Uerikon near Zurich