Emanuel Hirsch

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Emanuel Hirsch (June 14, 1886/1888, Bentwisch, Mecklenburg - July 17, 1972, Göttingen) was a German Protestant theologian and also a member of the Nazi Party and the Nazi supporting body. He escaped denazification at the end of the war by obtaining an early medical retirement and pension from his University.

He was a professor at Göttingen University (1921-1945).

Literary works

An editor of the "Theologische Literaturzeitung" (with Adolf von Harnack, Emil Schürer)
Luthers Gottesanschauung, 1918
Jesus Christus, der Herr, 1926
Kierkegaardstudien, 1933
Die Auferstehungsgeschichten und der christliche Glaube, 1940
Frühgeschichte des Evangelismus, 1941

External links

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1990). "Emanuel Hirsch". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German) 2. Hamm: Bautz. cols. 893–896. ISBN 3-88309-032-8.
Paul Tillich: theologian of nature, culture and politics By A. James Reimer, 2004 Tillich's debate with Hirsch and more
Christian Faith in Dark Times: Theological Conflicts in the Shadow of Hitler By Jack Forstman, 1992

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