Hans Ehrenberg | |
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Born | Hans Philipp Ehrenberg 4 June 1883 |
Died | 21 March 1958 | (aged 74)
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | professor of philosophy minister, Christuskirche, Bochum |
Years active | 1905–1958 |
Spouse | Else Anna Zimmermann |
Children | 2, including Andreas |
Theological work | |
Language | German |
Tradition or movement | Protestantism Confessing Church (co-founder) |
Main interests | Political science, economics, sociology, philosophy, theology, ecumenism, antisemitism, peace, truth, goodness, liberation |
Hans Philipp Ehrenberg (German: [hans ˈeː.ʁənbɛʁk] ; 4 June 1883 – 21 March 1958) was a German Jewish philosopher and theologian. One of the co-founders of the Confessing Church, he was forced to emigrate to England because of his Jewish ancestry and his opposition to Nazism.