Ansgar Kreutzer

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Ansgar Kreutzer (born January 16, 1973 in Saarbrücken ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor .

Life

Ansgar Kreutzer studied theology and sociology in Freiburg and Paris. After graduating as a diploma theologian, he worked from 2000 to 2001 as a research project assistant at the Oswald von Nell-Breuning Institute for Economic and Social Ethics at the Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen and from 2001 to 2002 as a research assistant in the dogmatics department of the Albert-Ludwigs- University of Freiburg and from 2002 to 2011 as a university assistant at the Catholic Private University Linz (KU). 2006 Kreutzer at the University of Freiburg became a doctor of theology doctorate ; In 2010 he received the venia docendi for dogmatics at the KU Linz . Ansgar Kreutzer was appointed full professor for fundamental theology at the KU Linz in 2011 . There he has also been editor-in-chief of the Theologische-Praktische Viertelschrift since 2012 and head of the newly established department for religious studies since 2015 . Kreutzer has been Professor of Systematic Theology at the Institute for Catholic Theology at the University of Giessen since December 2017 .

Research priorities

Kreutzer's research focuses on theological foundations (fundamental theology) as well as in the sociology of religion and in religious studies. Research into the Second Vatican Council as a modernization impulse for the Catholic Church also plays an important role in Kreutzer's work . Interreligious dialogue is one of his concerns .

Fonts (selection)

  • Critical contemporaneity. The pastoral constitution Gaudium et spes interpreted in terms of modernization theory and developed systematically and theologically. Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck / Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-7022-2800-2 , also: Dissertation, University of Freiburg (Breisgau), 2006.
  • Keno practice. An action-theoretic development of the Kenosis Christology. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-32372-0 , also: Habilitation thesis, Catholic-Theological Private University Linz, 2010.
  • Work and leisure. Studies on a theology of everyday life. Lit, Vienna a. a. 2011, ISBN 978-3-643-50122-6 .
  • Political theology for today. Updates and concretions of a theological program . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2017, ISBN 978-3-451-34909-6 .
  • Ed. Together with Franz Gruber : Im Dialog. Systematic theology and sociology of religion. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-02258-6 .
  • Edited together with Franz Gruber and Andreas Telser: Understanding and Suspicion. Hermeneutic and critical theology in conversation. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7867-3049-1 .
  • Edited together with Christoph Nobody : Authenticity - buzzword, mission statement, concept. Theological and human-scientific explorations into a colorful category. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7917-2777-6 .
  • Edited together with Hans-Joachim Sander . Religion and social distinction. Pierre Bourdieu's resonances in theology . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-02293-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kreutzer, Ansgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 16th January 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken , Saarland, Germany