Erich Schaeder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Erich Schaeder

German theologian

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1861

Place of Birth: Clausthal, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1936

Profession: theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Erich Schaeder (22 December 1861, in Clausthal – 18 February 1936, in Berlin) was a German Protestant theologian. He studied theology at the universities of Berlin and Greifswald, where in 1891 he qualified as a lecturer.
In 1894 he became an associate professor of theology at the University of Königsberg, and later on, served as a full professor at the universities of Kiel (from 1899) and Breslau (from 1918).Schaeder was a leading advocate of theocentric theology.
Through his criticism of 19th-century theological anthropocentrism, he was one of the founders of dialectical theology.