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Reinhard Deichgräber (born September 18, 1936 in Marburg ) is a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian, was a teacher at the Hermannsburg Missionary Seminar and is a spiritual writer.

Live and act

Deichgräber, son of the married couple Prof. Karl and Ilse Deichgräber (née Lammers), grew up in Göttingen . From 1956 to 1962 he studied Protestant theology in Göttingen and Heidelberg . After receiving his doctorate in 1965 at the University of Heidelberg in the subject of the New Testament with a thesis on early Christian hymns, he was theological lecturer in the Old Testament, ethics, pastoral care and life studies at the Hermannsburg Missionary Seminar from 1965 to 1995. In addition, he exercised the office of householder on the campus in Hermannsburg . From 1984 to 1987 he completed additional training in logotherapy in Hamburg . From 1995 until his retirement in 1998 he worked in the education department of the Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Organization (ELM) in Hermannsburg. For many years he was visiting professor in South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia and Central Asia. He was one of the founding members of the Gethsemane Brotherhood, called Koinonia from 1966 onwards . He also directed many retreats.

In 2003, Deichgräber founded a non-profit foundation, the Donamus aid project, into which the net proceeds of its media flow. This supports children in need, especially AIDS orphans, in southern Africa.

Private

At the beginning of his retirement he lived in Hafkamp near Malente in Holstein Switzerland , later he returned to Hermannsburg. He is unmarried and belongs to the Epiphany circle, which is part of the Koinonia community .

Teaching

As early as 1967, Deichgräber pointed out in his dissertation, Divine Hymn and Hymn of Christ in Early Christianity , that the New Testament congregation was essentially a praising congregation. The Bible is not primarily communication, not even revelation, but praise to God. The didactic and parenetic parts of the New Testament letters are evidence of this . The praise is, as it were, a bracket, a framework that encompasses everything, penetrates everything and gives everything measure and direction. Letters begin with thanks and eulogies , and doxologies are the last word. Because God's action is praiseworthy, it can only be recognized as praiseworthy. The praise becomes the place of the act of God, of his mercy, of the eschatological turning point. The worship service is to be determined by the praise of the congregation and consequently to be designed accordingly. Christian preaching is basically public praise, which is also based on the apocalyptic idea that the earthly cult is an image of the heavenly worship. People would go into praise as the medium, the place of salvation and the presence of God's mercy, and only through this would they become a community. Praise be on the downward slope and create the downward slope; God can only be praised from a higher level. Consequently, the praise of God can only come from God himself. Only the word of God can praise God. But the word of God, in the beginning with God, becomes flesh in Jesus Christ , whereby nothing less than the glory of God, the praise of God, is to be seen. The praise of God be Christ, and the church live in Christ when it enters into the praise of God. There is no other legitimate way to speak of God than by praising and honoring him. In praise it is said that God is everything in everyone.

In his more recent works, Deichgräber mainly dealt with topics such as prayer , meditation and spirituality from a Christian perspective. He wants to inform the reader about the diversity of Christian spirituality and guide them to concrete, practical steps.

Works

  • Hymn of God and Hymn of Christ in early Christianity. Investigations into the form, language and style of the early Christian hymns. (also dissertation) Göttingen 1967.
  • To live is to see. Guide to meditation. (together with Olav Hanssen), Göttingen 1968.
  • God is enough. Song meditations based on Gerhard Tersteegen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen, 1975. 2nd edition 1997. ISBN 978-3-52560-395-6 .
  • Growing rings. The Bible teaches to pray. (1983) Göttingen, 4th edition 2002. 5th slightly edited edition, Niederbüren, Esras.net , 2018 under the title: Growing Rings. Learn to pray with the Bible. ISBN 978-3-03890-011-5 .
  • From the gift of everyday life. Finding God in familiar ways . Herder , Freiburg i. Br. 1990.
  • From the time that is mine (1985) Göttingen, 4th edition 1992.
  • Consolation of the night. Thoughts about sleep and insomnia. Göttingen, 1993. New edition: SCM Hänssler , Holzgerlingen, 2007. ISBN 978-3775147934 .
  • I am happy that I am here. How people deal with themselves. Göttingen 1995.
  • Listen with the ears of the heart. Instructions for meditating biblical texts. Göttingen 1999.
  • Days of contemplation with biblical stories. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2000. ISBN 978-3-52501-827-9 .
  • The day is not far off. Reflections on songs by Jochen Klepper. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2002. (2nd revised edition 2003) ISBN 978-3-52560-406-9 .
  • Refuge. Göttingen 2002.
  • Joy in the Eucharist. Meditative approaches to the celebration of the Lord's Supper. (together with Anselm Grün), Göttingen 2003.
  • Knowing and doing God's will. Live spiritually. Brunnen , Giessen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-7655-5482-7 . 4th edition, Niederbüren, Esras.net , 2015. ISBN 978-3-905899-39-9 .
  • Biotopes for the soul. Experience healing landscapes. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2005. ISBN 978-3-52563-367-0 .
  • Nothing takes my courage away. Paul Gerhardt as a master of the Christian art of living. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 2006. ISBN 978-3-52563-373-1 .
  • Little wisdom from Paul Gerhardt. Brunnen, Giessen, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7655-6475-8 .
  • Nobody has to be perfect. Ways out of the trap of perfectionism. Brunnen, Giessen, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7655-5456-8 .
  • All my thoughts are with you Live in God's presence. (Ed.) Neufeld Verlag , Schwarzenfeld, 2009, ISBN 978-3-937896-56-4 .
  • You can only hear well with the heart: suggestions and prayer impulses for a whole year. Giessen 2009. ISBN 978-3-7655-1723-5 .
  • And on the way you become a different person. From the miracle of change - living spiritually. Brunnen, Giessen, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7655-5484-1 .
  • Levels of Faith - Levels of Life. Live spiritually. Brunnen, Giessen, 2011. ISBN 978-3-7655-5489-6 .
  • HE give us a happy heart. Sing, pray, praise. Selected essays, contributions and meditations. hg.v. Detlev Graf von der Pahlen and Reiner Andreas Neuschäfer, Mission Society, Neuendettelsau 2016. ISBN 978-3-946083-10-8 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Doctor of Theology: Writer Reinhard Deichgräber is 80 , Idea , message from September 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ Reinhard Deichgräber website
  3. ↑ Peter Lincoln: From Time That Is Mine. A day with Reinhard Deichgräber , Aufatmen magazine , 1/2000.
  4. ↑ Reinhard Deichgräber: Divine Hymn and Christ Hymn in early Christianity. Investigations into the form, language and style of the early Christian hymns. Göttingen 1967, pages 188-214
  5. ↑ Georg Gremels (Ed.): Reinhard Deichgräber: Teacher, Brother, Companion , Verlag der Francke-Buchhandlung, Marburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86827-605-3 , pages 46-50: Stephan Weyer-Menkhoff: Gott loben, that is our office - discoveries in his dissertation .
  6. ↑ Peter Lincoln: From Time That Is Mine. A day with Reinhard Deichgräber , Aufatmen magazine , 1/2000.
personal data
SURNAME Dike diggers, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Evangelical Lutheran theologian and spiritual writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg