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25. Mar 2026 / Science & Research

“All real life is encounter.”

Wonderful Jewish klezmer music filled the air from the loudspeakers in the venerable auditorium of the Theological College. It invited one to dream, made one’s feet tap along, and actually inspired one to dance. This is how Dr Vsevolod Silov ...
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24. Mar 2026 / Science & Research

Famous Friedensau academics and researchers: Karl Rose (1896–1976)

Who was Karl Rose? – A difficult question that might be suitable as a quiz question for connoisseurs of European Adventist history. While Rose seems to have been forgotten in Adventist circles, his reputation as the spiritus rector of Eastern ...
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24. Mar 2026 / Science & Research

Berühmte Friedensauer Akademiker und Forscherpersönlichkeiten: Karl Rose (1896–1976)

Wer war Karl Rose? – Eine schwierige Frage, die sich vielleicht als Quizfrage für Kenner der europäischen Adventgeschichte eignen würde. Während Rose in adventistischen Kreisen vergessen zu sein scheint, ist sein Ruf als Spiritus rector der ...
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24. Mar 2026 / Science & Research

The silent work of the Friedensau sisters

The silent work of the Friedensau sisters, the caregivers in social works such as AWW, Tabea and Dorca – life report of the diaconal ministry of Magdalene Tulaszewski
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24. Mar 2026 / Science & Research

Social work in its beginnings – from caregivers and nurses

It is no longer possible to determine exactly when German Adventists began their social work. The oldest traces can probably be found in the Hamburg Adventist churches. Following the American model, the work of Tabea associations to ...
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26. Jan 2026 / Science & Research

NewstartPlus programme for university libraries

We asked library director Raul Cervantes (M.A.) about the cornerstones of the NewstartPlus programme, which is being implemented at the Friedensau University Library:
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21. Nov 2025 / Science & Research

How to deal with grief? Thoughts on Remembrance Sunday

The phone rings. At the end of the call, the question comes, “Oh, by the way, have you heard that XY has died?”
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21. Nov 2025 / Science & Research

Alexander Schulze re-elected as dean. An interview

Congratulations on your re-election as dean of Friedensau Adventist University and God's blessings in this important office. You have been dean of the School of Theology since the winter semester 2021/22, for two terms. ...
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20. Nov 2025 / Science & Research

Between war and hope: Friedrich Christian Grieser

His name may not be familiar to everyone, yet he left a lasting impression on the lives of many people. Friedrich Christian Grieser—known to everyone as Christian—was born on November 16, 1887, in Oberohrn near Öhringen.
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20. Nov 2025 / Science & Research

When a pastor dies: The death of my father

My father died in September a year ago. He was 87 and in the final stages of cancer, which we had only learned about two months earlier. I started writing this text two days before his death—it was clear that it wouldn't be long. We couldn't have ...
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