Briefwechsel mit August Hermann Francke 1689-1704

Zusatztext

The correspondence between Philipp Jakob Spener and August Hermann Francke is not only an excellent source of knowledge concerning the establishment of pietism in Halle and the founding of the University of Halle. The information in the commentary also makes it clear that even Francke's early activities in Halle were inconceivable without the often tense interaction between the pietistic reform plans and Brandenburg-Prussian politics. On the basis of this edition, it is also possible to define clearly from the standpoint of the history of theology the way in which Spener's "Hoffnung besserer Zeiten" was combined with innerworldly realism in Francke's works and thought and developed into "projects" which tried to overcome reality with the prospect of a better world. The correspondence shows the anthropological and sociological combinations which are generally informative in relation to the question of what 'pietism' is from the standpoint of the history of theology and the history of ideas.

Autorenportrait

Johannes Wallmann (Herausgegeben von) (19302021) Studium der Ev. Theologie in Berlin und Tübingen; 1961 Promotion; 1968 Habilitation; ab 1971 Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der RuhrUniversität Bochum; dort 1995 emeritiert; ab 2003 Honorarprofessor an der HumboldtUniversität Berlin. Udo Sträter (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1952; Studium der Geschichte, Germanistik und Ev. Theologie; 1985 Promotion; 1991 Habilitation; Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU); September 2010 bis August 2018 Rektor der MLU; Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums der Franckeschen Stiftungen Halle.

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