Adolf Holl
Adolf Holl (born May 13, 1930 in Vienna ; † January 23, 2020 there ) was an Austrian theologian , sociologist of religion , publicist and (suspended from office) Catholic priest .
Life
Adolf Holl, born on May 13, 1930, bore the name of the unemployed Karl Wilhelm Holl, with whom his mother Josefine entered into a short marriage of convenience on January 29, 1930 ; his real father, a married senior building officer in the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture , died in November 1931 at the age of 57. Some celebrities attended the funeral, including the then Agriculture Minister Engelbert Dollfuß .
As a 14-year-old, in the war winter of 1944, Holl said he had finally decided to become a priest as an altar server at the altar by the magic of a Latin Mass . He was ordained a priest in 1954 and received his doctorate in Catholic theology from the University of Vienna in 1955 . In another study of philosophy , psychology and history , he received his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Vienna in 1961. The subject of his first works was the church father Augustine . From 1963 he was a lecturer at the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Vienna .
From 1954 to 1973 he was chaplain in the parish church on Keplerplatz and in the Neulerchenfeld parish church .
His book Jesus in Bad Society (1971), in which his partner, the journalist Inge Santner-Cyrus, contributed, brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. In it he stated that the family, priesthood, social class and politics were "actually indifferent to the Lord Jesus" and also questioned the divinity of Jesus. As a result, his teaching license was revoked in 1973 . In 1976 he was suspended from the priesthood by the Archbishop of Vienna , Cardinal König , for whom he also wrote speeches, under pressure from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican. Months earlier, he announced the breach of celibacy in the television public . In the 1970s he was particularly popular with a youth who rebelled against rigid social structures and traditionalism. Some of his well-attended lectures were under police protection. Back then, his name was equated with acute danger in the conservative environment, especially since he sawed the trunk of the official church . The church critic's first bestseller has been translated into 10 languages and is considered the key and understanding text of Brazilian liberation theology .
He drew from the mystery of the change even when he had long since located the person of Jesus in this world. He associated the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci , Rembrandt's painting Christ in Emmaus and the Ave Verum by Mozart with deep personal emotions.
He became known throughout Austria as the discussion leader for the Club 2 live broadcast . He worked as a writer and freelance publicist until his death. His biographer Klauhs stated that “the sarcastic revolutionary of yore had become a sophistic rogue who accompanied the decline of his church with relaxed cheerfulness.” Holl gave insights into his personal motivations, his feelings as a priest and was considered an open, human scholar.
He died in 2020 after a serious illness at the age of 89 in Vienna-Döbling .
Awards
- 1962: Cardinal Innitzer Prize
- 1995: Prize of the City of Vienna for the humanities
- 2000: Honorary doctorate from the University of Klagenfurt
- 2003: Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism
- 2006: Axel Corti Prize
- 2015: Prize of the City of Vienna for Journalism
Works (selection)
As an author:
- Jesus in bad company. DVA, Stuttgart 1971. Reprint: Kreuz, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7831-1816-6 .
- Death and Devil. DVA, Stuttgart 1973, ISBN 3-421-01641-0 .
- Mysticism for beginners. DVA, Stuttgart 1977. Reprint: Kreuz, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-7831-2325-9 .
- The last Christian. Francis of Assisi . DVA, Stuttgart 1979. Reprint: Kreuz, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-7831-1846-8 .
- Religions , DVA, Stuttgart, 1981, ISBN 3-421-06078-9
- Pity in winter. Experiencing an uncomfortable feeling. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-498-02865-2 . Paperback edition: Pity. Plea for an outdated feeling. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1990, ISBN 3-499-18834-1 .
- The fish from below or the joys of chastity. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1990, ISBN 3-498-02900-2 .
- In the basement of the sanctuary. Kreuz, Stuttgart 1991. Reprint: The unholy church. Gender and Violence in Religion. Kreuz, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-7831-2593-6 .
- How I became a priest, why Jesus was against it, and what came of it. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1992. Reprint: God is dead and sends his best regards. An autobiography. Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85167-113-9 .
- To fool the world. Humility as a life program. Kösel, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-466-36393-4 .
- In God's ear. Seventeen exercises in church criticism. Patmos, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-491-72290-X .
- The heretics. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1994. Reprint: Marix, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-86539-120-9 .
- What I think. Goldmann, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-442-12537-5 .
- Religious militancy and its satisfaction. A contribution to human science realism (= Viennese lectures in the town hall. Vol. 48). Picus, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85452-348-3 .
- The left hand of God. Biography of the Holy Spirit. List, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-471-79330-5 ( review by Christoph Türcke in: Die Zeit from April 2, 1998).
- If I should become Pope. One scenario. List, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-471-79383-6 .
- Letter to the wicked women. Zsolnay, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-552-05203-8 .
- Incense and sulfur. A monologue (= library of restlessness and preservation. Vol. 4). Styria, Graz 2003, ISBN 3-222-12990-8 .
- The laughing Christ. Zsolnay, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-552-05342-5 .
- Om and amen. A Universal Cultural History of Prayer. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-579-06927-6 .
- How do I start a religion? Residence , St. Pölten 2009, ISBN 978-3-7017-1518-3 .
- Walter Famler (Ed.): The Adolf Holl Breviary. Residence, St. Pölten 2010, ISBN 978-3-7017-3184-8 .
- Can priests fly? Plea for belief in miracles . Residence, St. Pölten 2012, ISBN 978-3-7017-3261-6 .
- Braunau am Ganges . Residence, St. Pölten 2015, ISBN 978-3-7017-3352-1 .
As editor:
- Baptism certificate Catholic. Celebrities answer the question: How do you feel about religion? Eichborn, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-8218-0419-X .
- News from death. Today's ways of dealing with having to die. Ueberreuter, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-8000-3343-7 .
See also
literature
- Walter Famler (ed.): Adolf Holl - between reality and truth . Waspennest , Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85458-305-2 .
- Harald Klauhs: Holl. Record of a rebellious life . Residence , Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-7017-3431-3 .
- Adolf Holl: To the happy future. Workshop talks with Adolf Holl . Ed .: Egon Christian Leitner (= Ausege . Volume 1 ). 1st edition. Wieser , Klagenfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3-99029-123-8 .
- Anita Natmeßnig: Adolf Holl - the erotic ascetic . Molden Verlag , Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-85485-202-5 .
- Günther Nenning : Dropped priests. For the impeachment of lecturer Adolf Holl. In: Neues FORVM , Vienna, 1966–1979, p. 1969
Web links
- Website Adolf Holl
- Literature by and about Adolf Holl in the catalog of the German National Library
- "If you have doubts, you think" , Georg Sutterlüty about Adolf Holl, web mirror of an article from the Wiener Zeitung on May 8, 2010.
- "What should he do when he has levitation?" November 8, 2010, accessed March 19, 2018 .
- Recordings with Adolf Holl in the online archive "Österreich am Wort" of the Austrian Media Library (discussions, interviews and lectures)
- Adolf Holl in the Kitchen Talk at Idealism Prevails (spring 2017)
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Holl, theologian and church critic, is dead , article in Die Presse on January 23, 2020, accessed on January 23, 2020.
- ^ Between frankincense and sulfur , article in Wiener Zeitung , April 1, 2018
- ^ Died - Adolf Holl , buchmarkt.de, published and accessed January 23, 2020
- ↑ From the archive: Adolf Holl: "Dem death, defying reality" , in Dietmar Neuwirth's Die Presse , November 2, 2013
- ^ ORF Religion Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism to Adolf Holl, May 9, 2003.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Holl, Adolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian theologian and publicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 2020 |
Place of death | Vienna |