Wolfgang Philipp (theologian)
Wolfgang Franz-Heinrich Otto Philipp (born April 15, 1915 in Königsberg in Prussia ; † February 15, 1969 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German Protestant theologian . He is considered to be the founder of scientific Irenik .
Life
Philip had Scottish ancestors. He was born in 1915 as the son of a pedagogue and specialist psychologist and his wife, a teacher. From 1933 to 1938 he studied a. a. Philosophy , psychology and Protestant theology at the University of Königsberg . In 1939 he was with the dissertation Weibwerdung or matriarchy to Dr. phil. PhD. When Martin Noth he earned a licentiate . In 1943 he completed his habilitation with the work Dying and Resurrecting Gods .
After the theological exams in 1939 and 1943, he was drafted into military service. Most recently he served as a first lieutenant in the armored forces of the German Wehrmacht . He was wounded and remained in a hospital until 1947 .
From 1947 to 1951 he was pastor in various institutions in Marburg . In 1953 he received the license to teach ecclesiastical folklore. 1954 took place the Habilitation for Systematic Theology . In 1956 he was appointed adjunct professor and in 1964 full professor for Protestant theology at the University of Frankfurt am Main . In 1966 he founded the Institute for Scientific Irenik. He kicked u. a. as an interpreter of the theologian and religious philosopher Paul Tillich in appearance.
Awards and memberships
Fonts (selection)
- Wife rating or mother right? A fundamental work on race and morals, Bachofen's spiritual heritage and the Celtic question (= writings of the Albertus University. Spiritual Science Series, Vol. 35). Ost-Europa-Verlag, Königsberg (Pr.) / Berlin 1942.
- Ed .: The Age of Enlightenment (= classic of Protestantism. Vol. 7). Schünemann, Bremen 1963.
- Ed .: Protestantism in the 19th and 20th centuries (= Classics of Protestantism. Vol. 8). Schünemann, Bremen 1965 (reprinted 1988).
literature
- Karl Dienst : Philipp, Franz-Heinrich Otto Wolfgang. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 390 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Thomas K. Kuhn : Philipp, Wolfgang. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 487-490.
- Axel Hilmar Swinne (Ed.): From Oekumenik to Irenik. In memoriam Wolfgang Philipp, the founder of scientific Irenik (= writings of the Institute for Scientific Irenik of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main , Volume 6). Elwert, Marburg 1969.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Philipp in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Wolfgang Philipp in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philipp, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philipp, Wolfgang Franz-Heinrich Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th February 1969 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |