Robert Stupperich
Robert Stupperich (born September 13, 1904 in Moscow , † September 4, 2003 in Münster ) was a German Protestant theologian .
Life
Robert Stupperich was born the son of a pharmacist and his wife. He first grew up in Russia and could therefore speak perfect Russian. He first studied Protestant theology in Berlin and then history and Slavic studies and received his doctorate in both subjects (1930 Dr. theol. , 1933 Dr. phil. ). In addition to his pastoral office , he completed his habilitation in Eastern European history in 1940 and became a lecturer in 1942. During the time of National Socialism he was an employee of Otto Dibelius and a member of the Confessing Church .
In 1946 Stupperich became a professor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . Until 1972 he was director of the Seminary for Medieval and Modern Church History. His main area of research was the history of the Reformation . In 1953 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Humboldt University in Berlin. From 1957 to 1976 he was head of the Eastern Church Institute , which was devoted to research into Orthodoxy and the German churches in Eastern European areas.
Stupperich had been a member of the Historical Commission for Westphalia since 1950 . From 1958 to 1974 he was a member of the board, in 1982 he was made an honorary member. Since 1968 he was a member of the Historical Commission for East and West Prussian State Research and a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences .
His son is the archaeologist Reinhard Stupperich .
Fonts
- State thought and religious policy of Peter the Great. Dissertation, University of Berlin 1934
- Union negotiations between Catholics and Protestants in the years 1530–1540. Dissertation, ibid. 1936
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The beginnings of peasant liberation in Russia ; Habilitation thesis, ibid. 1940
- 2. new. Edition: Jurij Samarin and the beginnings of peasant liberation in Russia. Writings of the Working Group for Eastern European Studies at the University of Münster , o. No. - Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1969 ISBN 3447008318
- Bolshevism and Science ; The Reichsstudentenführer, Office for Cultural Exchange , Berlin 1941 (translations into French, Czech, Spanish, Italian and Swedish)
- Ukraine and the Baltic States. 1941 (handbag issue for the Wehrmacht)
- Melanchthon. 1960
- Erasmus of Rotterdam and his world. 1975
- Otto Dibelius . 1989
- Westphalian Reformation history. Historical overview and theological classification. BWFKG, 9th 1993; newly published and supplemented by current literature references by Ulrich Rottschäfer. 2017
Web links
- Biographical information on the website of the Historical Commission for Westphalia
- Literature by and about Robert Stupperich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Robert Stupperich in the German Digital Library
- Finding aid for the Robert Stupperich estate in the university archive of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
- Günter Wirth: In memory of Pastor Robert Stupperich . In: Potsdamer Latest News September 18, 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerd Stricker: Münster Catholic Faculty takes over the library of the Evangelical Eastern Churches Institute , Ecumenical Forum for Faith, Religion and Society in East and West, accessed on April 24, 2015.
- ^ Historical Commission for Westphalia .
- ^ Obituary in: Preußenland 42, p. 57 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stupperich, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 2003 |
| Place of death | Muenster |