Willem Jan Aalders
Willem Jan Aalders (born September 19, 1870 in Amsterdam , † March 19, 1945 in Groningen ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian .
Life
Aalders was the third of seven children to the preacher Willem Jan Goossen Aalders (1837–1900) and his first wife Catharina van der Bom (1838–1882). His mother died when he was eleven. He attended grammar school in Kampen and Amsterdam . He then studied Protestant theology at the University of Amsterdam . In 1909 he was at the University of Leiden in Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye with a dissertation on Schleiermacher's Speeches on Religion as Proeve van apologie to Dr. doctorate in theology .
After working as a parish priest in Buiksloot (from 1894) and Beesd (from 1901-15), the general synod of the Nederlandsche Hervormde Kerk Aalders in 1915 appointed ecclesiastical professor for dogmatics , history and teaching of the Nederlandsche Hervormde Kerk and canon law in Groningen. In 1923 he was appointed professor of ethics and doctrine of worship by the government. 1929–1930 he was rector of the University of Groningen . He retired in 1941.
Fonts
- Schleiermacher's speeches on religion as proeve van apologie (1909)
- Groote mystieken: Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita (1913)
- Ziende op Jezus. Zes voordrachten over het Christendom (1926)
- Mystiek, hair vormen, wezen en waarde (1928)
- De tien ground (1932)
- De incarnatie (1933)
- Het weten (1935)
- De grond der zedelijkheid (1930)
- Handboek der ethiek (1941)
- Wetenschap as getuigenis (1930)
- Om de kerk (1931)
- Het woord existentie in het moderne wetenschappelijke spraakgebruik (1933)
- Ons leven. Voordrachten over het Christelijk leven, Gehouden in de Martinikerk te Groningen (1934)
- Nieuw-Germaan's theology (1937)
- Toekomstbeelden uit vijf eeuwen: More, Bunyan, Mandeville, Fichte, Wells (1939)
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : ALDERS, Willem Jan. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1.
- G. van der Leeuw: Levensbericht WJ Aalders , In: Jaarboek, 1944-1945 , Amsterdam, pp. 197–204 ( digitized version )
- E. Emmen: Aalders, Willem Jan , In: Biografisch Lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlandse Protestantisme ( digitized version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Willem Jan Aalders in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aalders family research (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aalders, Willem Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1945 |
| Place of death | Groningen |