This alone means faith: to have literally no ground under your feet and no strength in yourself, and yet to trust.

— Manfred Hausmann (1898–1986), Schriftsteller

Manfred Hausmann

Manfred Hausmann war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Journalist und evangelischer Laienprediger des 20. Jahrhunderts, der vor allem in Worpswede und Bremen lebte und wirkte. Neben Naturlyrik und Romanen prägten existentielle theologische Essays sein Werk, während seine publizistische Tätigkeit im Nationalsozialismus Gegenstand historischer Kritik an seiner Mitläuferrolle ist. Für Bibelleser heute formulieren seine Texte und Predigten theologische Grundthemen wie Schuld, Umkehr und göttliche Gnade in einer bildhaften, poetischen Sprache.

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