Robert Rast

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Robert Rast (* 1920 ; † May 16, 1946 ) was a Swiss activist and soul mate of Hans Urs von Balthasars .

biography

Rast grew up in a noble Lucerne family. He graduated high school diploma at the Benedictine monks in the monastery Engelberg . He then studied at the universities of Basel and Freiburg i. Üe. "Philosophy of Civilization". His goal was to become an ambassador of Christianity in order to start a spiritual dialogue with National Socialism . Together with Hans Urs von Balthasar, he founded a “training community” (SG) in 1941, became its first director, and soon afterwards the “Academic Working Group” (AAG).

He wrote articles, his most important work Vom Sinn der Kultur as well as, in the "Klosterberg" collection, selected texts by Johann Gottfried von Herder . After receiving his doctorate , he decided to join the Jesuit order . Soon afterwards his lungs became sick , after which he spent a year in the sanatorium of Leysin , where he devoted himself to the translation of Louis Lallemant's Doctrine spiritual . He died on May 16, 1946; his grave is close to that of Hans Urs von Balthasar at the Lucerne court church .

Fonts (selection)

  • From the sense of culture. Räber, Lucerne 1941.
  • Epilogue and editing: Johann Gottfried von Herder : Spiegel der Humanität. Schwabe, Basel 1943.
    • New edition with foreword by Günter Arnold: Schwabe, Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7965-2663-3 . (= Schwabe Reflexe , 7.)
  • Spirit and creature. Stocker, Lucerne 1945.
  • The call of the Lord. From letters from Robert Rast. Published by Hans Urs von Balthasar. Räber, Lucerne 1947.
  • As translator and editor: Louis Lallemant : The spiritual teaching. Räber, Lucerne 1948.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruedi Keel: 60 years of training community and academic working group, founded by Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert Rast. Lecture on the occasion of the autumn conference 2001 and the 60th anniversary of the Academic Working Group (AAG), Lucerne, October 21, 2001. ( available online ) (→ Events → Lecture manuscripts from conferences → 2001).
  2. ↑ Life data of Hans Urs von Balthasar (→ 1941) on the website of the Hans Urs von Balthasar Foundation, accessed on June 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Aloïs M. Haas et al. (/ Co-editor): Mission et mediation: Hans Urs von Balthasar . Symposium on Balthasar's 90th birthday, Friborg, September 27-29 , 1995. ISBN 978-2880111342 . P. 23.
personal data
SURNAME Rast, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Jesuit and activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1946