Eugen Friedrich Ferdinand Sachsse (20 August 1839 – 20 December 1917) was a German

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born in

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. He studied theology in

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and

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, receiving his habilitiation in 1863 with a thesis on the

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. From 1871, he served at the rectory in Hamm, where in 1872 he became district school superintendent (''Kreischulinspektor''). In 1883, he was appointed director of the minister's

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in Herborn. From 1890 to 1913, he was a 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 ...

to the Evangelical Theological Faculty at the

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. He was co-editor of ''Halte was du hast'' ("Hold what you have"), a magazine of

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. A few of his better known written works are: * ''Ursprung und Wesen des Pietismus'' (Origin and essence of

), 1884. * ''Die Lehre von der kirchlichen Erziehung nach evangelischen Grundsätzen'' (Doctrine of religious education according to evangelical principles), 1897. * ''Das Christentum und der moderne Geist'' (

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and the modern spirit), 1906. * ''Einführung in die praktische Theologie'' (Guide to practical theology), 1914.

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