Jan Lindhardt (24 April 1938, in

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– 11 November 2014) was a

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theologian and writer. He was the son of professor Dr Poul Georg Lindhardt and Gerda Winding, and the elder brother of the Rev Mogens Lindhardt. His nephew is actor

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. He was married to

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, Bishop of Funen from 2012 until his death. He graduated with a doctorate in theology from

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in 1962, and served as Bishop of Roskilde Diocese from 1997–2008.

Death

Jan Lindhardt died on 11 November 2014 from Alzheimer's disease.

Opinions

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, he held the opinion that Hell in the traditional concept does not exist, and that the

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's concept should instead regard a more universalist doctrine. This view was rejected by the fundamentalist

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organization.

Bibliography

Lindhardt has published: * Machiavelli, 1969 * The political, human, 1970 * Rhetoric, 1975 (new ed. 1987) * Conscience as compared with LB Bojesen, 1979 * Rhetorician, Poeta Historicus. Studien über rhetorische Erkenntnis und im Lebensanschauung Italienische Renaissancehumanismus, Leiden, 1979 * Martin Luther. Cognition and communication in the Renaissance, 1983 * Martin Luther. Renaissance and Reformation, 1983 * From talking to thought: the main lines of European history of ideas, 1987 * Speech and writing. Two cultures, 1989 * Between the Devil and God. About Martin Luther, 1991 * Renaissance and modern times, 1992 * The vivid picture of the open space, 1993 * Down from the shelf. About ethics disappearance and possible reappearance, 1998 * Catechism of Christianity. children learning for adults, 2000 * The seven deadly sins, 2001 * Into the Outer, 2001 * A minor character in my life: memoirs prematurely, 2003 * From prayer world, 2004 * Church?: Church in the Danish society, 2005

References

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