Uwe Seidel

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Uwe Seidel (born September 8, 1937 in Soest ; † December 19, 2007 in Düsseldorf ) was a German Protestant theologian and writer .

Uwe Seidel at the 30th German Evangelical Church Congress 2005 in Hanover

life and work

Seidel studied Protestant theology at the Church University of Wuppertal . In August 1971 he was named pastor ordained . From 1975 to 1985 he worked in the People's Missionary Office of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in Düsseldorf, where, among other things, he developed new forms of worship. From January 1, 1985 until his retirement in September 2000, he was pastor of the Evangelical Church Community in Cologne-Klettenberg and was in charge of a parish at the Johanneskirche . There he initiated the ecumenically oriented Beatmessen , of which Hanns Dieter Hüsch was a regular guest , but where Friedrich Karl Barth and Dietmar Schönherr also performed. In 1995 he wrote the text for the New Spiritual Song No day should exist , the melody of which Thomas Quast composed in 1997. At the Kirchentag in Düsseldorf in 1973, Seidel designed a liturgical night for the first time , which became the model for a new form of worship.

After his retirement, Seidel lived in the Westerwald village of Mehren . He was married to his wife for 40 years until his death.

Works (in selection)

  • Action worship. Wuppertal 1970
  • Action political night prayer. Wuppertal 1971
  • Lord hear my prayer. Gladbeck 1972
  • Psalms of Hope. Gladbeck 1973
  • Service on site. Essen 1973
  • Way of reconciliation. Düsseldorf 1975
  • But it happened at the time. Gladbeck 1978
  • So that they have life. Düsseldorf 1978
  • Prayers for peace. Wuppertal 1982
  • The bread is heaven. Düsseldorf 1985
  • When hearing and seeing pass away. Düsseldorf 1987
  • You are the light. Wuppertal 1987
  • I am under God's protection. Psalms for everyday life. With Hanns Dieter Hüsch , tvd-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-926512-13-X
  • The little book of love. tvd-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2002
  • Narrative Bible. tvd-Verlag, tvd-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2003
  • The little book of angel prayers. tvd-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2003
  • The little book about light in the night. tvd-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2004
  • The little book for Christmas time. tvd-Verlag, Düsseldorf 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uwe Seidel died. The idea generator - obituary
  2. ↑ "A community is built up from a kitchen": Farewell and resurrection celebration for Uwe Seidel , kirche-koeln.de, January 8, 2008, accessed on June 13, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Seidel, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Soest
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 2007
Place of death Dusseldorf