Edmund Schlink, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Schlink

German theologian

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1903

Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 20-May-1984

Profession: theologian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Edmund Schlink (3 March 1903 – 20 May 1984) was a leading German Lutheran theologian in the modern ecumenical movement, especially in the World Council of Churches.
An influential teacher, pastor (since 1931), and professor (1946-1971), he was also a leading participant in several official ecumenical dialogues for more than forty years.
The author of a weighty dogmatics text, five additional important books, and numerous essays, sermons, and addresses, this second-generation "ecumenical pioneer of the 20th Century" (Gassmann) was the central systematic-historical theologian at Heidelberg University between 1946 and his death in 1984.