Bernhard Schneider (theologian)

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Bernhard Schneider (born November 6, 1959 in Sirzenich ) is a Catholic theologian.

Life

Schneider studied Catholic theology at the University of Trier, where he in 1989 with his thesis on brotherhoods in Trier country also to Dr. theol. received his doctorate . In 1997 he qualified as a professor at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in the subject of church history in the Middle Ages and modern times. After teaching assignments in Trier and Saarbrücken and a substitute chair at the Technical University of Dortmund , he was appointed full professor for church history in the Middle Ages and modern times at the University of Trier on October 1, 2000.

He researches the history of Christian poor relief, the history of piety in modern times, and the history of communication in German Catholicism in the 19th century, as well as the Catholic Enlightenment. In 2017 he was elected President of the Society for Middle Rhine Church History in Mainz for four years , as Professor Dr. Peter Walter , Freiburg, had waived his re-election. In addition, he is a member of various scientific associations and is Vice- Postulator of the Diocese of Trier for the beatification process Hieronymus Jaegens .

Works

  • Christian poor relief. From the beginning to the end of the Middle Ages. A story of helping and its limits. Freiburg 2017.
  • (together with Hubert Wachendorf and Markus Nicolay) The Holy Rock in the Trier Cathedral and on the way to Jakobus and Matthias . Trier 2009. ISBN 978-3-935281-67-6
  • Hieronymus Jaegen. Mysticism, politics, aftermath. Approaches and impulses from theology and politics . Trier 2009. ISBN 978-3-7902-0227-4 .
  • Hieronymus Jaegen - The fight for the highest good . Trier 2005. ISBN 978-3-7902-0222-9 .
  • Catholics on the barricades? European Revolutions and German Catholic Press 1815-1848 , Paderborn a. a. 1998 (= publications of the Commission for Contemporary History Series B: Abhandlungen, 84). ISBN 978-3-506-79989-0 .
  • Brotherhoods in the Trier region. Your story and your service between Tridentinum and secularization, Trier 1989 (= Trier Theol. Stud., 48). ISBN 978-3-7902-1276-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b CV on the website of the Theological Faculty of the University of Trier, accessed on May 7, 2017
  2. ^ Professor Schneider elected the new President
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian (church historian)
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Sirzenich