Bernd Irlenborn

Bernd Irlenborn (born October 19, 1963 in Zell (Mosel) ) is a German philosopher and professor for the history of philosophy and theological propaedeutics at the Paderborn Theological Faculty .

Life

Bernd Irlenborn studied communication design at the Trier University of Applied Sciences and philosophy and Catholic theology at the universities of Bonn , Cologne and Frankfurt am Main . In 1999 he received his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Wuppertal and in 2002 in Catholic theology at the University of Bonn.

In 2005 he was appointed to the chair for the history of philosophy and theological propaedeutics at the Theological Faculty in Paderborn . From 2007 to 2009 Irlenborn was the rector of this university.

In 2009/2010 he was visiting professor at Blackfriars Hall at Oxford University and at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame ( USA ). In 2013/2014 he was a “Visiting Research Fellow” at St John's College, University of Oxford .

Act

A research focus of Irlenborn is the philosophy of religion, especially in its analytical tradition. Regarding the determination of religious plurality from a philosophical point of view, he advocates an epistemic inclusivism . Further research topics are the relationship between philosophical relativism and Christian claims to truth, Richard Schaeffler's transcendental philosophy of religion and the importance of religious beliefs in the secular state.

Fonts

• The rage of turmoil. Heidegger and the problem of evil . Passagen-Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85165-415-3 .
• Veritas semper maior - Richard Schaeffler's philosophical concept of God in the field of tension between philosophy and theology . (Ratio Fidei, 20). Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 2003, ISBN 3-7917-1841-X .
• with Franz-Josef Bormann (ed.): Religious convictions and public reason. On the role of Christianity in a pluralistic society . (Quaestiones Disputatae, 228) Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Br. 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-02228-9 .
• with Andreas Koritensky (Ed.): Analytical Philosophy of Religion . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-534-24912-1 .
• with Christian Tapp (ed.): God and reason. New perspectives on Richard Schaeffler's transcendental philosophy . (Scientia & Religio, 11). Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-495-48562-0 .
• Relativism . De Gruyter, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-046247-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernd Irlenborn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Bernd Irlenborn in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Website Bernd Irlenborn (Theological Faculty Paderborn)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bernd Irlenborn: Religious Diversity: A Philosophical Defense of Religious Inclusivism. In: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 2 (2010), pp. 127-140.
2. ↑ Professor Dr Dr Bernd Irlenborn: Is Europe falling apart? (21): European peace, Christian faith . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 29, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 23, 2017]).