Rudolf Bäumer (theologian)

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Rudolf Bäumer (born November 17, 1912 in Heimsen ; † April 10, 1993 in Minden ) was a German Protestant theologian and chairman of the confessional movement No other gospel .

Life

He was a son of the pastor Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Bäumer (1871-1944) and cousin of the theologian Martin Niemöller . He grew up in Ibbenbüren and graduated from high school Dionysianum in Rheine . In 1947 he became pastor in Ibbenbüren, in 1958 head of the Evangelical Girls' Organization in Westphalia , based in Dortmund, and from 1963 to 1979 pastor in Espelkamp . There he was also head of the "Ludwig-Steil-Hof" for resettlers and for many years head of the Evangelical Church Blue Cross work for those at risk of addiction.

In the fifties and sixties he became increasingly involved in the dispute over Rudolf Bultmann's demand for a demythologization of the New Testament. At the center of this demand from Bultmann were the question of the resurrection of Jesus and Christology (interpretation of the person of Jesus). In 1966 Bäumer co-founded the confessional movement No other gospel, alongside Peter Beyerhaus , Paul Deitenbeck , Gerhard Bergmann , Walter Künneth and Wilhelm Busch . In 1967 he wrote the “Düsseldorf Declaration” on Christology together with Künneth and also participated in the 1974 Berlin Declaration of Ecumenism. Together with Prof. Dr. On March 31, 1969, Walter Künneth founded the “Theological Convention of the Conference of Confessing Communities in the Protestant Churches in Germany”, which deals critically with contemporary ideologies. In 1973 Bäumer was a co-founder and then first chairman of the parish council under the word .

Works

  • No other gospel . Report on the confession rally on March 6, 1966 in Dortmund, ed. by Rudolf Bäumer, Wuppertal 1966.
  • Necessary as 20 years ago, the confessional movement “No other gospel”  : Ceremonial address by the chairman of this movement, Pastor Rudolf Bäumer (Rahden near Minden) on the occasion of its 20th anniversary on March 15, 1986 in Dortmund. Evangelical news agency idea , Wetzlar 1986.
  • Altar and Zimbelstern : small alphabetical tour through our churches. Claudius, Munich 1971.
  • I know my church : little ABC of our places of worship. Aussaat-Verlag , Wuppertal 1965.
  • Path and Witness : Confessing Communities in the Current Church Struggle 1965–1980; published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Conference of Confessing Communities in the Protestant Churches in Germany. Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell [u. a.]: 1981.
  • Sex Education in School? Legal opinion on the present court judgments, ed. v. Rudolf Bäumer, Gospel and Society Vol. 1, Wuppertal 1981.

literature

  • Peter Beyerhaus: Again in serious debt. A call from the Confessing Communities to Repentance on November 13, 1988 . (together with Rudolf Bäumer, Wolfgang Büscher, Reinhold George, Fritz Grünzweig , Karl Hauschildt). In: Diakrisis 9 (1988), No. 4, pp. 106-107.
  • Peter Beyerhaus: Rudolph Bäumer was 80 years old. In: Diakrisis 13 (1992), pp. 152-153.
  • Peter Beyerhaus: "Human child , I have made you a watchman ..." (Ezek. 39,7). On the death of Rudolf Bäumer (1912–1993). In: Diakrisis 14 (1993), No. 2, pp. 96-99.
  • Eberhard Busch: Pietism in Germany since 1945. In: History of Pietism Bd. 3, ed. v. Martin Brecht, Göttingen 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Caesar: From the poor heuerling to the superintendent - the ancestors of the theologian Martin Niemöller , in: Genealogie 2015, vol. 64, p. 612-631
  2. ↑ http://www.institut-diakrisis.de/thk.html
personal data
SURNAME Bäumer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and chairman of the confessional movement No other gospel
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Heimsen near Petershagen
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1993
Place of death Minden