Christian Friesl

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Christian Friesl (born September 11, 1960 in Vorau , Styria ) is an Austrian theologian and author .

Life

Christian Friesl grew up in Pinkafeld in Burgenland . He studied theology at the University of Vienna . In 2001 he completed his habilitation in pastoral theology , and in 2007 he completed an MBA at the Vienna University of Economics and Business .

From 1982 to 1988 he was a religion teacher at various schools in Vienna. From 1988 he started working at the Institute for Pastoral Theology at the University of Vienna, from 1992 he worked as a university assistant and from 2001 as an associate professor.

In 1988 he became chairman of the Austrian Institute for Youth Research and held this position until 1997. From 1997 to 2003 he was President of the Catholic Action Austria . In this function, Christian Friesl became known, among other things, due to controversies, some of which were publicly carried out, with the then local bishop of Sankt Pölten , Kurt Krenn .

From 2001 Friesl was Head of Social Policy at the Federation of Industrialists , and since 2013 he has been Head of Education and Society.

At the Institute for Practical Theology at the University of Vienna, Friesl is primarily concerned with value research and heads the research association for interdisciplinary value research.

Publications (selection)

  • with Julian Aichholzer, Sanja Hajdinijak, Sylvia Kritzinger: Quo Vadis Austria? Change in values ​​between 1990 and 2018. Czernin, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-7076-0665-2 .
  • with Regina Polak, Ursula Hamachers-Zuba (eds.): Die Österreicher -innen: Wertewandel 1990–2008. Czernin, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7076-0295-1 .
  • Success with responsibility: the strategic power of corporate social responsibility. University publishing house facultas.wuv, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7089-0253-1 .
  • with Ingrid Kromer, Regina Polak: To love, to perform, to hope: The values ​​of young people in Austria. Czernin, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7076-0259-3 .

Audio (selection)

  • About profit and justice , Thoughts for the day, ORF Religion, 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Vienna. Personal article on Christian Friesl, accessed on January 21, 2019.
  2. ^ IV - Education & Society. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Interdisciplinary research on values. at the University of Vienna, accessed on January 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ ORF Thoughts for the Day: About Profit and Justice, 15. – 20. May 2006.

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personal data
SURNAME Friesl, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Advance