Leopold Neuhold

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Leopold Neuhold (* 1954 ) is an Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and ethicist . He teaches at the Institute for Ethics and Social Studies at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Karl Franzens University in Graz .

Life

Neuhold studied in Graz theology focusing ethics and social studies . He was a university lecturer in ethics and Christian social studies. In 2001 he became head of the Institute for Ethics and Social Studies. The married father of four children was appointed university professor for ethics and social studies in 2003 to succeed Valentin Zsifkovits , whose assistant he was previously .

His main research interests are Catholic social teaching , changing values , sociology of religion , sociology of youth , modern society and Catholic social teaching, ethics of peace and ethics of sport. At the moment he is mainly concerned with issues related to digitization . He is also a member of the new research focus of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz "Smart Regulation", which also deals with this topic.

Fonts (selection)

  • Change of values ​​and Christianity (= social perspectives . Volume 4). Veritas, Linz 1988, ISBN 3-85329-677-7 .
  • as editor: Roots & Waxes. What is sacred to people in Austria . Schnider, Graz / Esztergom / Paris / New York 1993, ISBN 3-900993-27-0 .
  • Religion and Catholic social teaching in the change, especially of values. Appearances and opportunities . Lit, Münster / Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-8258-4618-0 (also habilitation thesis, Graz 1999).
  • Values ​​- Change - School Children. Uncoated thoughts. Lecture on Don Bosco Day at Hadamar's boarding school on February 6, 2003 (= Don Bosco Day current . Volume 1). Episcopal Ordinariate, School and University Department, Limburg 2004, ISBN 3-921221-15-3 .
  • Football - more than a game. Ethical aspects of sport (= church and society . Number 331). Bachem, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7616-1903-0 .
  • as editor with Livia Neureiter: Must be poor? Poverty as a nuisance and challenge (= theology in cultural dialogue . Volume 15). Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 2008, ISBN 3-7022-2918-3 .
  • as editor with Bernhard Pelzel: Ethics in Research and Technology. Approximations . Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78665-8 .
  • as editor: Peace, peace, but there is no peace (= theology in cultural dialogue . Volume 24). Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 2014, ISBN 3-7022-3198-6 .
  • joint monograph with Thomas Gremsl: Between (religious) tradition and smart innovation - football in ethical discourse (= theology in cultural dialogue. Volume 35), Innsbruck / Vienna 2020; ISBN 978-3-7022-3495-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Neuhold, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Catholic theologian, Christian social ethicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954