Beat Dietschy

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Beat Rudolf Dietschy (* 1950 in Basel ) (often Beat R. Dietschy for short ) is a Swiss theologian , philosopher , development expert and publicist . Since 2007 he has been managing director (central secretary) of the Swiss development organization Bread for All .

Life

Dietschy studied Protestant theology and philosophy in Basel , Zurich and Tübingen . He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1988 in Basel with a thesis on Ernst Bloch .

Dietschy spent several years as a publicist and advisor to development organizations in Latin America . He held various offices, for example he was the head of the evangelical home in Leuenberg , editor of the Swiss radio DRS and of church magazines. Between 1993 and 2003 he worked at the Office for Ecumenism, Mission and Development Cooperation in St. Gallen , after which he became head of information and education at “Bread for All” in Bern

In 2007 he was appointed managing director of “Bread for All”. Dietschy was also temporarily president of Alliance Sud , a joint lobbying organization for development organizations.

Beat Dietschy is married to Annette Dietschy nee Scheiterle.

Fonts

  • Broken present. Ernst Bloch, Non-simultaneity and the modern image of history. Vervuert, Frankfurt am Main 1988 (= dissertation).
  • Is our God your God too? Conversations about colonialism and liberation. Edition Exodus, Lucerne 1992.
  • Contribution in: Peter Ullrich and Thomas Maak (eds.): Labor policy for all. A debate on the future of work. Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart / Vienna 2000.
  • ed. with Annette Dietschy: No room for grace? World Economy and Christian Faith. Impulses from four continents. Lit, Hamburg 2002 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • with Christoph Türcke , Olantunji Oyeshile and Miguel Angel Quintana Paz: No future without non-simultaneity (= Concordia. International Journal of Philosophy. Issue 51). G. Mainz, Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-86130-784-6 .
  • with Doris Zeilinger and Rainer E. Zimmermann (eds.): Bloch dictionary. Key concepts of Ernst Bloch's philosophy. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-020572-5 .

literature

  • Questioning development. Repenser le développement. Repensar el desarollo. Rethink development. For Beat Dietschy. Dialogue4Change, Bern 2015 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release ( memento of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 38 kB) of the Catholic International Press Agency, accessed on January 12, 2013 at kath.ch.
  2. ↑ Dietschy's speech as President of the Alliancesud (PDF; 49 kB), accessed on January 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Two reminders move on - To say goodbye to Beat and Annette Dietschy. ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Kirchenbote Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche des Kantons St.Gallen. Issue 1/2004, accessed on January 12, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Dietschy, Beat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dietschy, Beat Rudolf (full name); Dietschy, Beat R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss theologian, philosopher, development expert and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel