Otto Weber (theologian) explained

Otto Weber (4 June 1902 – 19 October 1966) was a German theologian.

Biography

Weber was born in Mülheim, and studied at Bonn and Tübingen. In 1933, he joined the Nazi Party^[1] and was for a short time a member of the German Christians group. In 1934, Weber became professor at the University of Göttingen. He opposed the witness of the Confessing Church, and after the war felt a strong sense of guilt for his involvement with Nazi Germany. His 1955 work, The Foundations of Dogmatics is one of the most influential Reformed theological works of the twentieth century.^[2] Jürgen Moltmann describes him as an "expert teacher" and a "compelling preacher".^[3]

Weber died in St. Moritz.

Notes and References

1. Hans-Walter Krumwiede, Kirchengeschichte Niedersachsens: Bd. Vom Deutschen Bund 1815 bis zur Gründung der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland 1948, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996, p. 477
2. Book: Leith, John H.. John H. Leith. Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith. Theology, Reformed. 1992. Westminster John Knox Press. 368. 9780664218829. https://books.google.com/books?id=MJPsgwN789gC&pg=PA368.
3. Book: Moltmann, Jürgen. Jürgen Moltmann. A Broad Place: An Autobiography. 2007. 50–51. SCM Press . 9780334041276.