Albert Franz

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Albert Franz (born September 16, 1947 in Unterleinach near Würzburg ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher .

Life

Franz studied philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1967 to 1970 . From 1970 to 1973 Franz studied Roman Catholic theology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg and at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In 1974 he was ordained a priest in Würzburg . This was followed by a short chaplaincy, then a doctoral degree at the Johann Adam Möhler Institute in Paderborn and four years as a research assistant at the chair for basic philosophical questions in theology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt (1976–1980), where he received his doctorate in 1982 PhD in theology . From 1980 to 1983 Albert Franz worked as a sub-regens in the Würzburg seminary, then pastor in Würzburg- Rottenbauer for three years . He then returned to Eichstätt as a university assistant for two years, where he obtained his qualification to teach “for basic philosophical questions in theology and for fundamental theology” through his habilitation in 1988 . From 1988 to 1993 Franz was professor of philosophy at the theological faculty of the University of Trier . From 1993 Franz was Professor of Catholic Theology at the TU Dresden ; in March 2013 he retired. In 2012 he was appointed the new President of the Catholic Academic Foreigners Service (KAAD) for four years by the Permanent Council of the German Bishops' Conference . He succeeded Josef Reiter in this office . His successor in office was Eberhard Schockenhoff in autumn 2016 . Albert Franz is co-editor of the journal ET Studies .

Works (selection)

  • Belief and thought. Franz Anton Staudenmaier's criticism of Hegel as an inquiry into the self-understanding of today's theology. Eichstätter Studies XVIII, New Series, Regensburg 1983
  • Philosophical religion. An examination of the fundamental problems of FWJ Schelling 's late philosophy . Amsterdam and Würzburg 1992
  • Attachment to the Church or Autonomy? Theology in social discourse (= Quaestiones disputatae 173). Herder, Freiburg-Basel-Vienna 1999
  • Faith - Knowledge - Freedom. Challenges of Gnosis Past and Present. Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn-Munich-Vienna-Zurich 1999
  • Gnosis or the question of origin and goal of man. (In collaboration with Thomas Rentsch , with the collaboration of W. Baum), Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn-Munich-Vienna-Zurich 2002
  • Lexicon of basic philosophical concepts in theology. (Ed. Together with W. Baum and K. Kreutzer), Herder, Freiburg-Basel-Wien 2003 (special edition 2007)
  • Enlightenment and Romanticism as a Challenge to Catholic Thinking . (Ed. Together with A. Bonchino), Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 2015
  • Diakonia - the service of the Church in the world . (Ed. Together with M. Kirschner), Herder, Freiburg-Basel-Wien 2016

literature

  • Ulrike Irrgang and Wolfgang Baum: Looking for the truth of my certainty. Theology before the forum of reality. Festschrift for Albert Franz on his 65th birthday. Echter, Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03550-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Albert Franz ( Memento from February 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) University of Dresden
  2. ↑ KAAD: Albert Franz new President ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Eberhard Schockenhoff becomes the new President of KAAD
personal data
SURNAME Franz, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Unterleinach