Theodor Schober (pastor)

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Theodor Schober (born August 10, 1918 in Zirndorf near Nuremberg ; † July 26, 2010 in Lossburg near Freudenstadt ) was a German Evangelical Lutheran pastor and president of the Diaconal Work of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

Live and act

Theodor Schober was born the son of a pastor. He did military service and was taken prisoner of war . Schober studied in Tübingen and Erlangen , where he also received his doctorate in 1948 on The Old Reformed Doctrine of Law . He served his vicariate in Erlangen and was also a pastor there.

In 1955 he became rector of the Diakoniewerk Neuendettelsau , 1963 president of the Diakonie in Stuttgart . He held this office until 1984. From 1980 to 1981 he was also President of the German Hospital Society (DKG).

From 1979 to 1988 he was President of the International Association for Internal Mission and Diakonia . From 1984 he looked after imprisoned National Socialist war criminals as the “EKD Commissioner for the Pastoral Care of German War Convicts in Foreign Custody” . He was also chairman of the Association of the German Evangelical Station Mission .

Theodor Schober was an important Protestant social politician and as such a critic of the excessive welfare state. Under him, the Protestant Diakonie became an employer for 270,000 employees. He maintained contacts with the Catholic Caritas and the Federation of Evangelical Churches in the GDR . He has campaigned for the integration of foreign workers since the 1960s .

Honors

In 1969 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Seoul , in 1980 the state of Baden-Württemberg awarded him the title of professor, in 1983 he received the Great Federal Cross of Merit and in 1990 the Great Federal Cross of Merit with a Star.

family

Schober leaves behind his wife Eva-Maria and four children.

Fonts (selection)

  • The doctrine of the law according to the testimonies of Reformed theologians and confessions of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in comparison with Luther's doctrine of the law . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1952.
  • Wilhelm Lohe . A witness of the living Lutheran Church . Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen 1959.
  • Today's justification of the forms of life and service in the mother house diakonia. Publishing house of the Diakonissenanstalt, Neuendettelsau 1959.
  • Calling and vows. Attempt to clarify two theological terms, without which one will not understand properly the mother house diaconia either. Publishing house of the Diakonissenanstalt, Neuendettelsau 1960.
  • Treasury of the Church. The deaconess service designed by Lutherans Wilhelm Löhe, Hermann Bezzel and Hans Lauerer . Publishing house of the Diakonissenanstalt, Neuendettelsau 1961.
  • Hermann Bezzel. A Lutheran deacon and bishop . Brunnen-Verlag, Giessen 1961.
  • with Arvo Laajarinne: The diaconal parish. Using Finland as an example. Publishing house of the Diakonissenanstalt, Neuendettelsau 1963.
  • Divine service and diakonia . Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1965.
  • Towards better justice. Encouragement to take small steps in the social constitutional state . Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1969.
  • Diakonia as an acting church. Essays on the task and possibilities of the diaconal work of the church today . Eckart-Verlag, Bielefeld / Frankfurt a. M.1976.
  • God's command and the answer of love. Thoughts and experiences on a diaconal catechism . Diakonie publishing house, Stuttgart 1984.
  • Years of maturity . Haenssler, Neuhausen-Stuttgart 1991.

literature

  • Diaconal work of the Evangelical Church in Germany (ed.): Theodor Schober - diaconal and theological writer. Greetings on his 70th birthday. Publishing work of the Diakonie, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-923110-48-0 .
  • Theodor Schober. Diakonia of Pastoral Care . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ernst Klee: Forgiveness without remorse. Secret help from the churches for mass murderers and desk criminals. In: ZEIT Online. February 21, 1992, accessed April 2, 2013 .
  2. ^ Theodor Schober: Man in the labyrinth of the welfare state . In: Heiner Geißler (ed.): Managed citizens - society in fetters. Bureaucratisation and its consequences for the state, economy and society . Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Vienna 1978, p. 72-82 .
personal data
SURNAME Schober, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and social politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Zirndorf near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 2010
Place of death Lossburg near Freudenstadt