Walther Hunzinger
Walther Clarus Otto Hans Heinrich Hunzinger (born February 16, 1905 in Rostock , † April 17, 1972 in Wiesbaden ) was a German Protestant theologian .
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Walther Hunzinger was a son of August Wilhelm Hunzinger . After attending the Johanneum School of Academics , he studied Protestant theology at the universities in Erlangen, Göttingen and Marburg. He was particularly influenced by Karl Jaspers and Rudolf Bultmann . Paul Tillich later described Hunzinger as one of his best students. He took the theological exams in Hamburg in 1927 and 1929 and then worked as an assistant preacher in the student pastoral care of the University of Hamburg . Here he took over the management of the study group for theology students.
In 1930 he received the title of pastor, in 1931 he received a doctorate in theology at the University of Marburg . From 1932 he was pastor at the Trinity Church in St. Georg . During the church struggle , Hunzinger was a member of the Brotherhood of the Confessional Community. After the Gomorrah operation , the theologian's family went to Wiesbaden. Hunzinger did military service, became an American prisoner of war and followed the family to Wiesbaden. From 1945 he worked in the hospital chaplaincy at the mountain church and in 1947 took over the first parish office there.
As a member of the Dean's Synod, Hunzinger was committed to the cooperation of Catholics and Protestants and worked closely with Martin Niemöller . He also gave lectures and courses at the adult education center and read devotions on the Hessischer Rundfunk . He worked on behalf of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau in the East Asia Mission , headed the parish brotherhood in Hesse and Nassau and took over public relations work in the Wiesbaden dean's office.
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“It is the fateful question of the Protestant Church, whether it says no to the deification of man as passionately as it does to communism and also to National Socialism, or whether it is weak enough towards National Socialism, in complete misunderstanding of the real situation in it to expect a new awakening of the Protestant spirit. "
Fonts
- The concept of feeling and its changes in Schleiermacher's view of religion. Hamburg 1930
literature
- Rainer Hering: Hunzinger, Walther . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 3 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-8353-0081-4 , p. 176 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunzinger, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunzinger, Walther Clarus Otto Hans Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1972 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |