Walter Glawe

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Walter Carl Erich Glawe (born July 18, 1880 in Berlin ; † August 10, 1967 in Ranis ) was a German Protestant church historian and university professor.

Life

Walter Glawe came from a family of craftsmen from West Pomerania. His father Wilhelm Glawe was a master glazier in Berlin. From 1900 to 1903 he studied in Berlin theology, philosophy and Oriental languages and in 1904 at the University of Erlangen with a thesis on Friedrich Schlegel to Dr. phil. PhD . Until 1908 he was tutor of Bismarck's grandson, Count Nikolaus von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1896–1940). On February 10, 1909, he married his older sister Hertha Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen (* May 10, 1886 in Hanau; † June 11, 1954 in Gauting).

With his main work The Hellenization of Christianity he acquired the title of Lic. Theol in 1908 . He completed his habilitation in 1909 at the University of Rostock and became a private lecturer here. In 1912 he received the title of associate professor . After his major work was published in 1912, he only brought out a few small fonts. In 1914 he received an associate's post at the University of Münster , but did not take it because he had volunteered as a military chaplain . He also taught at the University of Dorpat . It was not until 1919 that he began teaching in Münster, but in 1921 he switched to an extraordinary professorship in Greifswald.

He mainly dealt with the relationship of the Christian religion to other religions and world views and advocated the cleansing of Christianity from unchristian additions. His work was increasingly influenced by politically right-wing tendencies. In 1919 he became a member of the Orgesch , in 1923 he joined the Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten , Kyffhäuserbund and the German National People's Party . His marriage ended in divorce in 1929.

On March 4, 1933, Glawe initiated the renaming of Greifswald University to Ernst Moritz Arndt University . This request was granted. On January 18, 1934, he gave the ceremonial address on the occasion of the founding ceremony of the Third Reich . By incorporating the steel helmet, he became a squad leader of an SA brigade. He also joined the NSDAP (membership number 4,404,762). His admission was retroactive to May 1, 1937 (application for admission dated June 29, 1937). Although he resigned from the SA post in 1936, he joined the German Christians , who sought a synthesis of Christian and National Socialist ideas. He was released in 1946, but received a research assignment on "Christianity and Socialism" at the Rostock University. In January 1949 at the latest, he joined the SED and the Society for German-Soviet Friendship . He then received a teaching position in Rostock in the summer of 1949, and in Greifswald in 1950. On April 1, 1951, he was again professor of church history in Greifswald. After his retirement on August 31, 1953, he worked as a lecturer until 1959.

Works

  • The religious philosophical views of Friedrich Schlegel . Erlangen, Phil. Diss. 1905. 45 pp.
  • Friedrich Schlegel's Religion: A Contribution to the History of Romanticism. The religious philosophical views of Friedrich Schlegel. Berlin 1906.
  • For or against the new morality? Berlin, 1911.
  • The Hellenization of Christianity in the history of theology from Luther to the present day. Berlin 1912.
  • Sebastian Franck's Unchurch Christianity. Leipzig 1912.
  • Buddhist currents of the present . Berlin-Lichterfelde 1913.
  • The relationship of Christianity to Greek paganism: in the judgment of the past and present . Berlin-Lichterfelde 1913.
  • The German spirit's war armor: 1813 and 1913 . Rostock 1913.
  • About the Second and Third Reich: Speech, go to the foundation ceremony of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald on January 18, 1934. Greifswald 1934.

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SURNAME Glawe, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glawe, Walther Karl Erich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1967
Place of death Ranis