Albert Gasser

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Albert Gasser (born January 10, 1938 in Lungern ) is a Swiss Catholic theologian and church historian .

Life

Albert Gasser grew up as the son of timber construction entrepreneur and politician Hans Gasser in Lungern and graduated from college in Sarnen in 1958 . He studied Catholic theology , general history, church history and philosophy, theology and history in Friborg, Chur, Zurich and Lucerne. Between 1963 and 1965 he taught at the college in Schwyz . In 1966 he was ordained a priest. In 1976 he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD. From 1969 he worked as a lecturer at the Theological University in Chur.

In 1971 he was appointed professor and full professor for church history at the Theological University in Chur . From 1978 to 1982 he was Rector of THC. In connection with the disputes over the controversial Bishop of Chur Wolfgang Haas , he stopped teaching in 1993.

From 2000 Gasser held lectures at the university as an honorary professor with teaching authorization, but without teaching obligation. From 1992 to 2003 Albert Gasser worked as parish priest at the Heiligkreuzkirche in Chur .

He has lived in Sarnen since 2012 .

Award

  • 2008: Award of recognition from the Graubünden government
  • In 2009 he was awarded the “Religious Book Prize” 2008/09 by the Association of the Catholic Book Trade of Switzerland .

Publications (selection)

dissertation

  • God-is-dead-theology only today? A modern theological question exemplarily worked on at different theological-historical places. Dissertation at the Lucerne Theological Faculty. Chur 1976.

Books

  • Think and believe with philosophers and theologians. Approaches to the question of God. Theological Verlag, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-290-20140-1 .
  • With Niklaus Kuster : From early Christianity to the present. Church history. (Theology course), Theological Publishing House, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-290-20104-3 .
  • Europe's great catastrophe of 1914 and its consequences. Observations and reflections on the 20th century. Tardis, Chur 2014, ISBN 978-3-9524106-2-2 .
  • Little church stories. Essays. Theological Publishing House, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-290-20045-9 .
  • History of the Church in the Diocese of Chur. From the Rhaetian prince-bishopric to the Swiss diocese. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2003.
  • With Michael Durst : 200 years of the St. Luzi seminary and study theologicum. Theological University of Chur 1807–2007. Commemorative publication for the 200th anniversary. Kunstverlag Fink, Lindenberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89870-413-7 .
  • The church people have a say. Synod 72 in the Diocese of Chur. Theological Publishing House, Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-290-20023-7 .
  • Rule and reality. The history of celibacy in the Catholic Church. Graubünden citizens for a credible church, Chur 2008.
  • On receipt. Memories of history and stories of the 20th century. NZN-Buchverlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 978-3-85827-140-2 .
  • Walk through church history. 3. Edition. NZN-Buchverlag, Zurich 2001, ISBN 978-3-85827-133-4 .
  • Bündner Kulturkampf. 40 years ago - party and press war on a denominational background. Terra Grischuna Buchverlag, Chur 1987, ISBN 978-3-908133-28-5 .
  • Gray and green Graubünden stories. Publishing house Bündner Jahrbuch, 2003, 2004, 2005.

Editing and translations

  • Death as a border to new life. Questions about the "last things". NZN Buchverlag, Zurich 1993, ISBN 978-3-85827-097-9 .
  • The Lucius Vita. The oldest major testimony of Christian faith in Raetia, translated and commented on. Desertina Verlag, Disentis 1984

Articles and contributions

  • Church, State and Society. In: Handbuch der Bündner Geschichte. Volume 3, 19th and 20th centuries, Chur 2000, pp. 229–247.
  • The 1st Vatican Council - Continuity and Change in Catholic Representation. In: Church history as a theological task. Theological reports 11. Einsiedeln 1982, pp. 31-70.
  • Piety in the beyond and social commitment in the 19th century. In: Catholic social teaching in new contexts. Theological reports 14. Einsiedeln 1985, pp. 89-103.
  • The controversy between Anton Gisler and Joseph Wittig in 1922. In: Urs Altermatt (Hrsg.): Swiss Catholicism between the World Wars 1920-1940. Universitätsverlag Freiburg / Schweiz 1994, pp. 45–55.
  • The self-perception of German-Swiss Catholicism. In: Victor Conzemius (ed.): Schweizer Katholizismus 1933–1945. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2001, pp. 43–75.
  • The pope's bang: the announcement of the council in 1959. The echo: shock to euphoria - atmospheric and content-related to the preparation and beginning of Vatican II. In: Manfred Belok / Ulrich Kropač (ed.): People of God on the move. 40 years of the Second Vatican Council. Theological Verlag, Zurich 2005, pp. 74-100.
  • Tradition and Innovation: Church History - History of the Survival of the Church. In: Pius Bischofberger / Manfred Belok: Church as a pastoral company. Impetus for church practice. Theological Publishing House, Zurich 2008, pp. 91-102.
  • 200 years of theological training center for the diocese of Chur, in: Bündner Jahrbuch 44 (2002), pp. 137–148.
  • State building and national awareness in the history of Switzerland. In: State Capability (Ranftseminar 1991). Lucerne 1991, pp. 31-39.
  • "Also an old sixty-eight!" - Experience report by a contemporary witness. In: Swiss Journal for Religious and Cultural History (104) 2010, pp. 9–33.
  • Niklaus von Flüe and the grumpy farmer von Liestal. In: mystic / mediator / human. 600 years of Niklaus von Flüe. Zurich 2016, pp. 190–196.
  • Biographical. 1968 - year of events and emotions. In: 50 Years of Chur Theological University. Chur 2018, pp. 70–86.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ephrem Omlin: The clergy Obwalden from the 13th century to the present. Historisch-Antiquarischer Verein Obwalden, Sarnen 1984, p. 269 f.
  2. ^ Prize of the religious book to Albert Gasser
personal data
SURNAME Gasser, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gasser, Albert Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss, Roman Catholic theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Lounging