Walter Neidhart
Walter Neidhart (born April 27, 1917 in Basel ; † October 18, 2001 ibid) was a Swiss professor of Protestant theology .
Neidhart taught practical theology at the University of Basel until 1987 . After studying theology, he was first parish priest and then commissioner for religious instruction in Basel. From 1966 to 1993 he was co-editor of Theologia Practica magazine . His doctorate with Julius Schweizer was published under the title Psychology of Church Education . Together with the reformed pastor Hans Eggensberger, he published a narrative book on the Bible .
literature
- Christoph Müller: Walter Neidhart (April 27, 1917– October 18, 2001) . In: Practical Theology. Journal for Practice in Church, Society and Culture 37 (2002), pp. 84–86.
- Katrin Melcher: Telling children biblical stories. New principles for religious education in primary schools . Berlin / Münster 2008. p. 53ff.
- Horst F. Rupp: Walter Neidhart (1917-2001). The <<street worker>> in empirically grounded practical theology . In: Awakening and Contradiction. Swiss theologians in the 20th and 21st centuries, ed. by Angela Berlis, Stephan Leimgruber and Martin Sallmann. Zurich 2019, pp. 578–591.
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| SURNAME | Neidhart, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss professor of theology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2001 |
| Place of death | Basel |