Armin Schneider (theologian)

Armin Schneider (born November 9, 1962 in Hessen ) is a German theologian , educator and social worker .

Life

Schneider studied social work , psychology , educational sciences and Catholic theology in Koblenz , Frankfurt am Main and Vienna ; he received his doctorate in 2005 on the ethical perspectives of organizational and personnel development . Since October 2007 he has been professor for empirical social research , social management and the science of social work at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences . Before that, he was head of the Catholic youth welfare office in Siegburg for twelve years .

Research work

By linking questions of ethical standards in personnel and organizational development with theological questions and focusing on the Roman Catholic area, Schneider made contributions v. a. in the internal church discussion. He received a lot of attention with his sharp criticism of the McKinsey management consultancy in numerous Catholic dioceses in Germany. Schneider also works as a consultant at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research and Training at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt .

Life

Armin Schneider is married and has one son.

Works

• Get rid of old stones: all change is uncomfortable. Wendt, Peter-Ulrich et al. (Eds.). Management concepts in modern youth work. Marburg. 2000, 142-157. ISBN 3-89472-255-X
• Ethics in Executive Selection - Continuing Education Challenges , European Theses: Series 5, Economics and Business Administration; Vol. 1408, Lang, Frankfurt am Main, 1993, ISBN 3-631-46074-0
• Responsibly changing the church. Theology and organizational development. Trier theological journal. 4/2005. 289-298.
• McKirche The wrong path of a standardized and economically successful religious institution. Living testimony. 1/2007. 48-57.
• No (social) state can be created without organizations. Ethical claims in organizations. Kurzke-Maasmeier, Stefan; Mandry, Christof and Oberer, Christine (eds.). Construction site welfare state! Socio-ethical explorations in confusing terrain. Muenster. 2006. 221-238. ISBN 3-40200-571-9
• From the structures of sin to the civilization of love. Theology and Organizational Change in the Church. Living witness 4/2005. 274-278.
• Ways to responsible organization - the importance of the ethical and theological perspective for the quality of organizational and personnel development , IKO - Verl. Für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Frankfurt am Main, 2005, ISBN 3-88939-760-3
• Youth welfare: Committee? A body between unfulfilled promises and stunted opportunities. together with Kathinka Beckmann and Daniela Roth (eds.). Opladen. 2011. ISBN 978-3-86649-445-9
• Qualitative and quantitative impact research. Approaches, examples, perspectives. together with Natalie Eppler and Ingrid Miethe (eds.) Opladen. 2011. ISBN 978-3-86649-366-7

Web links

• Literature by and about Armin Schneider in the catalog of the German National Library