Wilhelm Knevels

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Wilhelm Knevels (born July 3, 1897 in Mannheim , † December 24, 1978 in Berlin ) was a German theologian and university professor .

Life

Knevels studied Protestant theology , his writing dissertation on a topic from the tray Old Testament and became a doctor of theology doctorate . In 1938 he was awarded the chair for practical theology in Rostock . In 1939 he declared his collaboration with the Institute for Research and Elimination of Jewish Influence on German Church Life . From 1942 he taught theology in Breslau . From 1930 on, Knevels was editor and author of the magazine " Christianity und Leben", until 1943, when the magazine was combined with other journals, including the" Deutsches Pfarrerblatt ", to form the magazine" Pfarramt und Theologie " due to the worsening war situation and the lack of paper .

In 1950 he was given a teaching position at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg . After his retirement he lived in West Berlin and continued to work there at the Free University of Berlin .

tomb

He is buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery.

Own works

  • The religious in the latest lyric poetry (From the world of religion. Practical theological series, J. 5)., Alfred Töpelmann, Gießen, 1927
  • The modern drama: face of our time, representation, interpretation, evaluation, H. Wollermann, Braunschweig 1930
  • German Being and Christian Faith, HL Brönner's printing works, Frankfurt / Main 1933
  • Sparks from God's Fire: Poetry of the Present. Salzers Volksbücher, Salzer, Heilbronn 1935
  • Draft for the order of the main Sunday service, 1938
  • The Revelation of John in its significance for the present, Ludwig Unartikel, Dresden 1940
  • Illness and demonia: body u. Soul in a new perspective, Schriftenmissions-Verlag, Gladbeck 1958
  • Fate 1945–1947 in Silesia experienced, interpreted and mastered. Self published in 1958
  • The Reality of God - A Way to Overcome Orthodoxy and Existentialism Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1964
  • The reality of God. A reflection on the foundations of Christian faith, Furche, Hamburg, 1966
  • Faith in God in the secular world, (Calwer booklets for the promotion of biblical faith and Christian life, 93) Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1969
  • Unholy Suffering: Overcoming the "Christian" wrong attitude towards suffering, Reich, Hamburg 1973
  • Happy are you: devotions. Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1979
  • The death of Jesus on the cross and the message of the resurrection, Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1980
  • From Expressionism to Existentialism, Rauhen Haus agency, Hamburg 1982

As editor

  • Wilhelm Knevels (ed.): Bridges to the Eternal. The religious poetry of the present. Braunschweig 1927 f.

literature

  • Mandel, H .: German belief in God from German mysticism to the present. With an appendix: Exhibition of the German Faith. Armanen-Verlag Leipzig 1934. In it: Review of Knevels, Christianity and Science, Vol. 10, pp. 340--343 under the title: German Faith in God from German Mysticism to the Present.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Prolingheuer, We went astray, Cologne 1987
  2. ↑ Michael Buddrus, Sigrid Fritzlar, The Professors of the University of Rostock in the Third Reich, ed. v. IfZ. M. 2007.
  3. ↑ Ernst Klee, Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich, Frankfurt / Main 2003, p. 319
personal data
SURNAME Knevels, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1978
Place of death Berlin