Renatus Hupfeld

Renatus Hupfeld (born December 3, 1879 in Schleusingen , † February 15, 1968 in Heidelberg ) was a Protestant theologian .

Live and act

Hupfeld's father was the superintendent David Hupfeld (1836–1916), his grandfather the orientalist Hermann Hupfeld . The mother was a daughter of the theologian Julius Müller . After attending school, Hupfeld studied Protestant theology in Tübingen , Halle (Saale) , Marburg and Greifswald . During his studies he became a member of the Schwarzburgbund - connections Nicaria Tübingen (1898), Tuiskonia Halle (1900) and Sedinia Greifswald (1905). In 1912 he became pastor in Barmen and in 1916 in Bonn. In 1925 he was given an extraordinary professorship in Bonn and a semester later a full professorship for practical theology at the University of Rostock . In 1942 he moved to Heidelberg University , where he retired in 1950.

In the period of upheaval at the end of 1918, Hupfeld co-founded the Rhenish regional group of the German National People's Party (DNVP). He belonged to this party until 1929, after which he was a member of the Christian People's Service and for a short time also chairman of its Mecklenburg regional association. When the People's Service supported Reich Chancellor Brüning in 1932 , he left the party again.

During the years of the church struggle , Hupfeld belonged to the Confessing Church .

Publications

The ethics of Johann Gerhard. A contribution to the understanding of Lutheran ethics, Berlin 1908.
Basic questions of the Christian way of life (science and education. Volume 179), Leipzig 1922.
The Lutheran Man (Writings of the Rhenish Association of Evangelical Lutherans. No. 1), Elberfeld 1924.
Cult and hymn , Essen 1926.
How should we organize our church services ?, Gütersloh 1926.
The present task of the children's service to our people (building blocks for work in the children's service. No. 5), Gütersloh 1926.
Jesus as a pastor (doctor and pastor. No. 16), Schwerin 1928 [Second edition: Schwerin 1929].
The question of confession in the new German Evangelical Church, Gütersloh 1934.
In memory of Hermann Hupfeld, b. on May 22, 1917, found. on June 10, 1942 in Donez, Heidelberg undated [1942].
Liturgical aberrations and ways: A friendly word of warning, Velbert 1952.
Forty years ago. Memories from my tenure in Bonn , Bonn 1962.

literature

Leonore Siegele-Wenschkewitz : The theological faculty in the Third Reich. Bollwerk against Basel, in: Wilhelm Doerr (Ed.): Semper Apertus. Six hundred years of Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1386-1986. Volume III: The Twentieth Century 1918-1985 , Berlin / New York / Tokyo 1985, 504–543.

Dagmar Drüll: Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon 1803-1932, Berlin / New York Tokyo 1986.

Karl-Heinz Fix: University Theology and Politics. The Heidelberg Theological Faculty in the Weimar Republic (Heidelberg Treatises on Middle and Modern History. Volume 7), Heidelberg 1994.

Christian Weise, Matthias Wolfes : Renatus Hupfeld. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 19, Bautz, Nordhausen 2001, ISBN 3-88309-089-1 , Sp. 727-745. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Individual evidence

^ Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 87 No. 1385.

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personal data
SURNAME	Hupfeld, Renatus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schleusingen
DATE OF DEATH	15th February 1968
Place of death	Heidelberg

[1] Hermann Goebel (ed.): Directory of members of the Schwarzburgbund. 8th edition, Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 87 No. 1385.