Eduard Thurneysen (1888–1974) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

, who was an important representative of dialectical theology. Born in

Walenstadt Walenstadt is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located on Lake Walen (also known as "Lake Walenstadt"). Geography Walenstadt has an area of . Of this area, ...

on 10 July 1888, he studied theology under

Bernhard Duhm Bernhard Lauardus Duhm (October 10, 1847 – November 1, 1928) was a German Lutheran theologian, born in Bingum, today part of Leer, East Frisia. He was a member of the history of religions school. Early life and education Duhm studied theolo ...

and

Paul Wernle Paul Wernle (1 May 1872 – 11 April 1939) was a Swiss theologian, born in Hottingen, today part of the city of Zürich. He studied at the Universities of Basel, Berlin and Göttingen. At Basel he was a student of Bernhard Duhm (1847-1928), ...

at the

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universiti ...

, and from 1911 served as an assistant secretary of the Christliche Verein Junger Menschen (YMCA) in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

. From 1913 to 1920 he was a pastor in

Leutwil Leutwil is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Leutwil is first mentioned in 1273 as ''Lutwile''. The rights to high justice in the village in the late 13th and 14th Century was held by the H ...

, during which time, he came in close contact with

Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declar ...

, then a minister in nearby

Safenwil Safenwil is a municipality in the district of Zofingen in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The first settlement in the area was a Roman era estate on a mule track from the Wigger valley toward Vindonissa. This was followed by a sma ...

.Thurneysen, Eduard
Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz In 1920 he took charge of the parish in

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

-Bruggen, then from 1927 to 1959 was a pastor at the Basel Minster. From 1930 he taught classes in theology at the University of Basel, becoming an associate professor of

practical theology Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more full ...

in 1941. In 1960–1963 he gave guest lectures in

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Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and tow ...

, and

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...

.Thibaut – Zycha
/ edited by

Walther Killy Walther Killy (26 August 191728 December 1995) was a German literary scholar who specialised in poetry, especially that of Friedrich Hölderlin and Georg Trakl. He taught at the Free University of Berlin, the Georg-August-Universität Göttinge ...

''Dictionary of German Biography'' From 1923 to 1933 he was editor of the journal ''Zwischen den Zeiten'', and from 1933 with Karl Barth, was editor of the publication ''Theologische Existenz heute''. Thurneysen died on 21 August 1974 in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (B ...

Selected works

* ''Dostojewski'', 1921 – On Fyodor Dostoyevsky. * ''Komm Schöpfer Geist! : Predigten'' (with Karl Barth, 2nd edition, 1924); translated into English as ''Come, Holy Spirit; Sermons'' (1933). * ''Christ und welt : fragen und antworten'', 1950 – Christ and the world. questions and answers. * ''Die Lehre von der Seelsorge'', 1946; translated into English as ''A Theology of Pastoral Care'' (1962). * ''Die Bergpredigt'', 1963; translated into English as ''The Sermon on the Mount'' (1964). * ''Ein Briefwechsel aus der Frühzeit der dialektischen Theologie'' (with Karl Barth, 1966) – Correspondence from the early days of dialectical theology. * ''Psychoanalyse und dialektische Theologie : zum Freud-Verständnis'' (with Karl Barth,

Paul Ricœur Jean Paul Gustave Ricœur (; ; 27 February 1913 – 20 May 2005) was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutics. As such, his thought is within the same tradition as other major hermeneutic ...

) –

Psychoanalysis PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might ...

and dialectical theology; understanding Freudianism.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

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