Richard Grützmacher

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Richard Heinrich Grützmacher (born December 3, 1876 in Berlin ; † June 11, 1959 there ) was a Protestant theologian and university professor.

Life

Grützmacher was born the son of a Berlin businessman. After graduating from high school in 1895, he studied theology in Heidelberg and Berlin . He performed his vicariate in Friedersdorf . In 1901 he received his doctorate in Berlin as a licentiate in theology. After his 2nd theological exam, which he passed in 1901 at the University of Greifswald , he became inspector of the local theological study house . After his habilitation in 1902, he was a private lecturer at the university for a year. In 1903 he became associate professor for systematic theology at the University of Rostock and from 1907 was a full professor. His teaching and research focus were Old and New Protestantism. In 1912 he moved to Erlangen , where he retired early in 1924. During his time in Erlangen, he was rector of the university from 1914 to 1916. From 1930 to 1945 he conducted research as the scientific director of the Lessing University in Berlin and in 1945 became a lecturer at the Berlin Adult Education Center .

Fonts (selection)

  • Word and spirit. A historical and dogmatic inquiry into the means of grace of the word . Leipzig 1902.
  • Studies in systematic theology. 1st booklet: The source and the principle of theological ethics in the Christian character . Leipzig 1905.
  • Studies in systematic theology. 2. Booklet: Main Problems of Current Dogmatics. The demand for a modern positive theology . Leipzig 1905.
  • Studies in systematic theology. 3rd booklet: Characteristics and problems of positive theology . Leipzig 1909.
  • Text book on systematic theology and its history. Leipzig, Erlangen 1919, (4th edition 1955, edited by Gerhard Muras).
  • Old and New Protestantism: an examination of the history of the humanities and theology . Leipzig, Erlangen 1920.
  • This world and the hereafter in the intellectual history of mankind . Berlin 1932.
  • Friedrich Nietzsche . Unity and contradiction of his thoughts . Leipzig 1939.
  • The religions in the view of Goethe . Baden-Baden 1950.

literature

  • Eckhard Lessing : History of German-speaking Protestant Theology . Volume 1. Göttingen 2005, p. 299.
  • Peter Heinrich Grützmacher . In: The professors and lecturers of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen 1743-1960 , Part 1: Theological Faculty, Law Faculty. Erlangen 1993. ISBN 3-922135-92-7

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personal data
SURNAME Grützmacher, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grützmacher, Richard Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1959
Place of death Berlin