At the age of 78 to the doctorate: Bad Nauheimer inspires with research!

Kurt Bangert, 78 years old, from Bad Nauheim, has successfully received his doctorate. This was reported by fnp.de . The idea for a doctorate came about during the pandemic, inspired by a friend. In 2018 Bangert took part in a conference on liberal theology, where he discovered Walter Rauschenbusch.

Bangert studied theology and completed the conclusion with Bachelor and Master in the United States, but postponed his doctorate due to family start -up and development work. At a lecture by Prof. Dr. Claus-Dieter Osthövener In 2018, he found the necessary inspiration for his dissertation, which discussed a comparison between Walter Rauschenbusch and Martin Rade. Both personalities dealt with social faults in high industrialization.

successful dissertation and publication

to work on his dissertation, Bangert visited libraries in Frankfurt without revealing his environment. He submitted his dissertation in February 2024, completed the disputation in April and published his work in November 2024. The title of the dissertation is: "The social question: a transatlantic comparison between Walter Rauschenbusch and Martin Rade".

Bangert received the doctorate after the publication of his dissertation at Springer-Verlag. During the disputation, a committee of five professors asked him. Bangert recommends being curious and doing discipline for researching and writing. He also emphasizes the importance of having access to university libraries.