Friedrich Rittelmeyer
About
Friedrich Rittelmeyer (1872–1938) was a Lutheran German minister, theologian, and the principal founder and first leader of The Christian Community. He came to prominence in the early 20th century as a leading academic liberal theologian and priest in Germany and wrote several books that advocated for a socially engaged "Christianity of deeds" (Tatchristentum). During World War I, he became one of the most high-profile clergy in Germany to publicly oppose the war. From the 1910s, his thinking was gradually influenced by Rudolf Steiner, and in 1922 a group of mainly Lutheran priests and theology students led by Rittelmeyer founded The Christian Community as an ecumenically oriented Christian community inspired by Steiner's writings. The Christian Community is primarily a liturgical community with a loose creed that rejects Christian dogmas. Rittelmeyer saw it as a continuation of the liberal Christian tradition of which he was the foremost representative in Germany in the early 20th century.
Author's Books
Friedrich Rittelmeyer
Contributions by Rudolf Frieling and Emil Bock
Translated by Margaret L. Mitchell
Preface by Alan Stott
Edited by Alan Stott and Neil Franklin
Contributions by Rudolf Frieling and Emil Bock
Translated by Margaret L. Mitchell
Preface by Alan Stott
Edited by Alan Stott and Neil Franklin
Temple Lodge Publishing
The Holy Year
Meditative Contemplations of Seasons and Festivals
Friedrich Rittelmeyer
Foreword by Alfred Heidenreich
Translated by Alan Stott and Margaret L. Mitchell
Edited by Neil Franklin
Foreword by Alfred Heidenreich
Translated by Alan Stott and Margaret L. Mitchell
Edited by Neil Franklin
Floris Books
Reincarnation Edition 3
A Christian Perspective
Friedrich Rittelmeyer
Introduction by Richard Steel
Foreword by Stewart C. Easton
Translated by Margaret L. Mitchell
Introduction by Richard Steel
Foreword by Stewart C. Easton
Translated by Margaret L. Mitchell
Floris Books
Floris Books
Meditation
Guidance of the Inner Life
Floris Books