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Hermann Kutter | |
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| Born | 12 September 1863 Bern, Switzerland |
| Died | 31 March 1931 (aged 67) St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Spouse |
Lydia Rohner (m. 1892) |
| Ecclesiastical career | |
| Religion | Christianity (Calvinist) |
| Scholarly background | |
| Alma mater | University of Zurich |
| Influences | Christoph Blumhardt |
| Scholarly work | |
| Discipline | Theology |
| School or tradition | Christian socialism |
Hermann Kutter (1863–1931) was a Swiss Protestant theologian. Together with Leonhard Ragaz, he was one of the founders of Christian socialism in Switzerland. He was heavily influenced by Christoph Blumhardt. He combined Blumhardt's expectation of a coming Kingdom of God with a belief in socialist progress. He saw social democracy as a "tool" of the living God, and its followers as unwitting servants of God. He authored 11 books.