The Dilemmas of a Reconciler

by Richard K. Ullmann

Overview

Richard K. Ullmann (1904-1963) was born in Frankfurt on Main and took his degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Frankfort University. From 1927 to 1930 he was a lecturer at the Sun Yat Sen University of Canton, and from 1934 to 1937 he had a German language school in Serres, Greece. After some time in Buchenwald Concentration Camp he reached England as a refugee from Nazi oppression shortly before the outbreak of the war. From that date till his death he worked in adult education and in various Quaker activities, for many years serving as an Associate Lecturer at Woodbrooke. Brought up as a Lutheran, he joined the Society of Friends in 1946.

He was a vice-president, and member of the working commission of the Christian Peace Conference which was convened for the first time in Prague, in the summer of 1958, on the initiative of a group of Eastern European churchmen and theologians. Dedicated to furthering relationships of Christians in East and West Europe, this group has proved increasingly successful in overcoming the cold war spirit which divides the church today far more deeply than do denominational differences. The Prague movement reached a peak in 1961, in the first all-Christian peace assembly, with a participation of nearly seven hundred Christians from all over the world. The Dilemmas of a Reconciler reflects the author�s experience with this organization.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150163164
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	12/01/2014
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #131
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	30
File size:	99 KB

About the Author

Richard K. Ullmann (1904-1963) was born in Frankfurt am Main and took his degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Frankfort University. From 1927 to 1930 he was a lecturer at the Sun Yat Sen University of Canton, and from 1934 to 1937 he had a German language school in Serres, Greece. After some time in Buchenwald Concentration Camp he reached England as a refugee from Nazi oppression shortly before the outbreak of the war. From that date till his death he worked in adult education and in various Quaker activities, for many years serving as an Associate Lecturer at Woodbrooke. Brought up as a Lutheran, he joined the Society of Friends in 1946.
He was a vice-president and member of the working commission of the Christian Peace Conference, which was convened for the first time in Prague, in the summer of 1958, on the initiative of a group of Eastern European churchmen and theologians. Dedicated to furthering relationships of Christians in East and West Europe, this group has proved increasingly successful in overcoming the cold war spirit which divides the church today far more deeply than do denominational differences. The Prague movement reached a peak in 1961, in the first all-Christian peace assembly, with a participation of nearly seven hundred Christians from all over the world. The Dilemmas of a Reconciler reflects the author�s experience with this organization.
As this pamphlet was going to press Richard Ullmann was stricken with a heart attack and died August 8 at Birmingham, England. In addition to the present work he left behind him the following writings: German Parliaments (in co-operation with Sir Stephen King-Hall, 1954), Friends and Truth (1956), Between God and History (1959), and the Swarthmore Lecture of 1961, Tolerance and the Intolerable.