Anton Rotzetter

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Anton Rotzetter OFMCap (born January 3, 1939 in Basel ; † March 1, 2016 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) was a Swiss Capuchin and author .

Life

Anton Rotzetter the schools came after the visit in Friborg , and Appenzell 1959, the religious order of the Capuchins in and studied philosophy and Catholic theology in Solothurn , Bonn and Tübingen . In Friborg he was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD. In the 1970s he was committed to slum shelters and poverty reduction in Rio de Janeiro (1972) and Tanzania (1974).

From 1978 to 1988 he was founding rector of the Institute for Spirituality in Münster and from 1988 to 1998 president of the Franciscan Academy. From 1968 to 1993 he was theological assistant of the international Franciscan movement "Marienthal". Since 1998 he has been a board member of Central Switzerland Writers and until 1994 board member of " ACAT Switzerland ". For seven years he was speaker of the word on Sunday on Swiss television DRS and by the end of 2000 a regular speaker in Fulfilled time in 1992 participating in the four-part broadcast of at Austrian ORF 1 and Vatican Radio about Francis of Assisi . Together with Rainer Hagencord , he headed the Institute for Theological Zoology in Münster, which he co-founded in 2009 . He held teaching positions at the PTH Münster and in Friborg. Until his death he was president of AKUT-Schweiz (Action Church and Animals), where he worked tirelessly for a responsible treatment in the Christian sense of non-human fellow creatures. In his writings and lectures, he advocated a dignified treatment of animals, both in theology and in church life, and a consequent responsible consumption. Out of conviction he lived a vegetarian himself.

Rotzetter was a well-known expert on Franciscan and Biblical spirituality . He conducted scientific research on Francis of Assisi, has written over 70 books and was involved in numerous editorial and writing activities in various magazines.

Most recently he lived in the Capuchin monastery in Friborg in Switzerland.

Works (selection)

  • Impulses for a peace strategy with Francis of Assisi: Theological classification and updating , 1983, Franziskaner Bonn
  • About humility, peace and other follies , Paulus Freiburg i.Ü., 1990, ISBN 3-7228-0243-1
  • From the Conquista to the Theology of Liberation: The Franciscan Dream of an Indian Church , Benziger Zurich, 1993, ISBN 3-545-25093-8
  • Clare of Assisi: The first Franciscan woman , Herder Freiburg, 1994, ISBN 3-451-23076-3
  • Life is in the cross , 1996, Paulus Freiburg i.Ü., ISBN 3-7228-0394-2
  • Mit-Leiden: Ein Kreuzweg , Paulus Freiburg i.Ü., 1998, ISBN 3-7228-0438-8
  • You are wonderfully created: How Francis preaches to the animals , 1998, Herder Freiburg, ISBN 3-451-26541-9
  • I call sun and moon: Franz von Assisi's song of the sun , 1998, Eschbach Markgräflerland, ISBN 3-88671-186-2
  • Love - torn from all suffering: Franziskanische Mystik , Matthias Grünewald Mainz, 1998, ISBN 3-7867-2122-X
  • Latium – Umbria – Tuscany: Hikes in the footsteps of Francis of Assisi , Knecht, Frankfurt a. M., 1998, ISBN 3-7820-0784-0
  • Jesus, you have a heart for us: Herz-Jesu- Gebete , 1998, Antonius Solothurn, ISBN 3-85520-038-6
  • Franz von Assisi: A Beginning and What Remains of it , 1999, Benziger Zurich, ISBN 3-545-70013-5
  • The humility of God: meditations, songs, prayers , Benziger Zurich, 1999, ISBN 3-545-20319-0
  • Clare and Francis: Pictures of a Friendship , Paulus Freiburg i.Ü., 1999, ISBN 3-7228-0472-8
  • The world shines in God's colors: Visions of the wholeness of creation , Paulus Freiburg i.Ü., 2000, ISBN 3-7228-0488-4
  • Spiritual lifestyle for the third millennium , Herder Freiburg, 2000, ISBN 3-451-26140-5
  • God who lets me breathe: Prayers of Life , Herder Freiburg, 2000, ISBN 3-451-27321-7
  • With God in Today: Basic Course in Franciscan Life , Herder Freiburg, 2000, ISBN 3-451-26177-4
  • Reason for which I live: If you want to learn to pray , Eschbach, 2001, ISBN 3-88671-232-X
  • Where heaven begins on earth: Annual reading book , Herder Freiburg, 2001, ISBN 3-451-27590-2
  • Animated life: Spirituality in everyday life , Herder Freiburg, 2002, ISBN 3-451-27473-6
  • Language at the limit of the unspeakable: For a contemporary prayer language , Schwaben Ostfieldern 2002, ISBN 3-7966-1077-3
  • In the morning of a new time: Spiritual Scripture Reading , Herder Freiburg, 2002, ISBN 3-451-27869-3
  • Gaining perspectives: Spirituality as the art of living , Paulus Freiburg i.Ü., 2003, ISBN 3-7228-0590-2
  • The star of the Messiah: Psalm contemplations , Herder Freiburg, 2004, ISBN 3-451-28501-0
  • You breath of my life: Selected prayers , Herder Freiburg, 2005, ISBN 3-451-28667-X
  • Love that carries us , Matthias-Grünewald Ostfieldern, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7867-2657-9
  • Lexicon of Christian Spirituality , Sciences. Buchges. Darmstadt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-16689-3
  • I want to wake the dawn: the message of the Psalms , Herder Freiburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-32168-9
  • Departure to a new Christian spirituality , 2009, AKS Luzern, ISBN 978-3-905446-05-0
  • In the name of God: prophetic speech ; Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Andreas Müller ; Echter, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-429-03417-7
  • The freedmen: Francis of Assisi and the animals ; Paulus, Freiburg i.Ü. 2011, ISBN 978-3-7228-0804-8
  • Stroking, fattening, killing: Why we have to treat animals differently ; Herder, Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-32470-3
  • Francis: A Program for Today ; Topos plus, Kevelaer 2007, ISBN 978-3-8367-0863-0
  • Franciscan impulses for interreligious encounter ; Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-023277-8
  • Passion for Franz von Assisi , Aschendorff, Münster 2018 ISBN 978-3-402-13312-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Capuchin and animal rights activist Anton Rotzetter dies
  2. ^ Capuchin monastery Friborg, persons. Retrieved October 16, 2013 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rotzetter, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Capuchin and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 2016
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland