Kirchenhistoriker als Herausgeber der »Theologischen Literaturzeitung«

On the occasion of the assumption of the editorship of the Theologische Literaturzeitung the author, who is active as a church historian, shows how his predecessors Adolf Harnack, Emanuel Hirsch, Hans-Georg Opitz, Hans Lietzmann, and Kurt Aland, who worked in the same field, understood their editorship. Drawing on hitherto unpublished and, in some cases, previously unknown sources, it becomes evident which thematic accents were set and how everyday practice functioned. In this way, new accentuations of content in the politically and theologically extremely eventful 20th century become as clear as the organizational changes. Since this also reveals fundamental aspects of a review journal, it was a logical step to conclude by adding considerations about the future of the ThLZ in the digital age. The most important source texts are enclosed in an edition.