Alois Gügler
Joseph Heinrich Alois Gügler (also: Joseph Heinrich Aloysius Gügler ; born August 25, 1782 in Udligenswil ; † February 18, 1827 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss Catholic theologian. One of his main works, the Christian aesthetic The Sacred Art or the Art of the Hebrews , is concerned with the distinction between Christian and non-Christian art.
Life
Alois Gügler was the son of a farmer and went to school in Einsiedeln . He later lived in Petershausen , he studied in Solothurn and Lucerne . In 1802 he completed his theology studies with Johann Michael Sailer in Landshut . He became a professor for the Old and New Testaments at the higher education institute in Lucerne. In 1805 he was ordained a priest . From 1806 to 1819 he was also a professor of pastoral theology .
As a young man, Gügler admired the philosopher and theologian Johann Gottfried Herder . Later Gügler was influenced by German idealism and German romanticism . He connected his theology to the philosophy and literature of his time.
Works
- A few words on the spirit of Christianity and literature in relation to Thaddäus Müller's writings , 1810
- Sacred Art or the Art of the Hebrews , 1814-18 (3 parts, unfinished)
- Digits of the Sphinx or Types of Time , 7 parts, ed. by J. Widmer, 1827-40
literature
- Joseph Rupert Geiselmann: Gügler, Alois. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 253 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Philipp Kaspar: Alois Gügler 1782–1827. An important Lucerne theologian in the area of tension between the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Freiburg / Switzerland, 1977.
- Josef Laurenz Schiffmann: Life story of the canon and professor Aloys Gügler. Augsburg 1833.
- Karl Werner: Gügler, Jos. Heinr. Alois . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 95-99.
- Nikolaus Wicki: Alois Gügler. In: Stephan Leimgruber, Max Schoch (Hrsg.): Against God forgetting. Swiss theologians in the 19th and 20th centuries. Herder, 1990, ISBN 9783451219863 , pp. 20-41.
Web links
- Victor Conzemius: Gügler, Alois. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gügler, Alois |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gügler, Joseph Heinrich Aloysius; Gügler, Joseph Heinrich Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Udligenswil |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1827 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |