Christian Rutishauser

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Christian M. Rutishauser

Christian Rutishauser (born December 3, 1965 in Niederuzwil / Canton of St. Gallen ) is a Swiss Jesuit and Judaist , involved in Christian-Jewish dialogue . Since July 31, 2012 he has been acting provincial superior .

biography

Christian Rutishauser grew up in the Heiligkreuz district in St. Gallen . He completed the schools at the secondary school in Flade and at the Cantonal School of St. Gallen , where he graduated with a Latin Matura. He then studied theology at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) from 1985 to 1991 , with a free semester at the Institut Catholique in Lyon . During his studies he worked for a year in the parish of Wil SG . After graduating with a licentiate and a pastoral year in Engelburg , Diocese of St. Gallen , he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Innsbruck in 1992 . During this time he continued his spiritual education at the Center Manrèse in Clamart (Paris) and worked as a German teacher in Kolín (Czech Republic).

From 1994 he was an employee and student chaplain at the university community and the Akademikerhaus Bern, which he also headed from 1996 to 1998. In the 1990s he was also the director of study trips to Israel / Palestine lasting several weeks.

In 1998 he was delivered today Cardinal Kurt Koch to ordained priest and began his doctoral work with a research study of Jewish philosophy and Rabbinic Judaism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Pontifical University of Ratisbonne in Jerusalem .

From 1999 further studies followed at the University of Lucerne , a two-month research stay at the Yeshiva University in New York and a four-month substitute for the scientific assistant at the Jewish-Christian Institute of the University of Lucerne. In 2002 he completed his doctorate at the Theological Faculty of the University of Lucerne in the Jewish Studies department with the dissertation “Halachic Existence.” Submitted to Clemens Thoma . Theological-philosophical interpretation of the Jewish-Orthodox execution of existence in the writings of Josef Dov haLevi Soloveitchik ”.

activities

2001–2007 Christian Rutishauser was head of education and 2007–2009 director in the Lassalle-Haus with a focus on Christian spirituality , Judeo-Christian conversation and interreligious dialogue . He leads numerous retreats and contemplation courses and is a speaker on spirituality .

Since 2002, he leads teaching for Jewish Studies at the University of Philosophy in Munich . Further teaching assignments followed at the Cardinal Bea Center of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and at the Theological Faculty of the University of Friborg (Switzerland) . Since 2004 he has been a member of the Jewish / Roman Catholic Discussion Commission of the Swiss Bishops 'Conference and since 2012 a member of the Ecumenical Commission II of the German Bishops' Conference . Since 2004 he has been a delegation member of the Vatican Secretariat for Religious Relations with Judaism at the regular meetings of the Interreligious Liaison Committee ( ILC ).

In 2006/2007 the Jesuit internal tertiary and further education year took place in Boston and New York , USA.

In 2011 he carried out the pilgrimage project “On foot to Jerusalem , spiritual - interreligious - peace policy” with a small group and made a pilgrimage from Switzerland to the “Holy City” in seven months. The pilgrimage route led across the Balkans and Turkey. The outbreak of civil war in Syria made it difficult to cross the country, but it did not make it impossible. Once in Jerusalem, the group visited religious sites and held a peace conference.

In February 2012 he was appointed Provincial of the Swiss Jesuit Province by the Superior General of the Society of Jesus Adolfo Nicolás . He has held this position since July 31, 2012 after his predecessor Pierre Emonet .

Since 2014 he has been a permanent advisor to the Pope on religious relations with Judaism .

He supports the corporate responsibility initiative .

Publications (excerpts)

Books

  • Joseph Ber Soloveitchik : Introduction to His Thinking ; Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-17-018220-X ( Judaism and Christianity 14), (At the same time: Univ., Diss., 2002: Halachic Existence. )
  • Mystical paths in the world religions Self-printed Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn 2003.
  • Portraits of great mystics Self-printed Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn 2005.
  • Impulses for the future of the Judeo-Christian dialogue: On the 60th anniversary of the Seelisberg Theses ; Self-printed Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn 2007.
  • Christianity in the face of Judaism. (Ignatianische Impulse Vol. 28) Echter, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-429-03123-7 .
  • Faith in creation, science and spirituality in dialogue ; Self-printed Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn 2008.
  • Responding to the spirit of the times: Christian spirituality for today ; Matthias-Grünewald, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7867-2869-6
  • Walking to Jerusalem: My Pilgrimage for Dialogue and Peace ; Patmos, Ostfildern 2013, ISBN 978-3-8436-0341-6
  • Four pilgrims - one goal: on foot to Jerusalem ; (together with Hildegard Aepli, Esther Rüthemann, Franz Mali ), Echter, Würzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-429-03818-2
  • A Jew and a Jesuit: Talking about religion in turbulent times ; (together with Michel Bollag), Matthias-Grünewald, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7867-3045-3
  • Think Christian Faith. In Dialogue with Jewish Tradition , Forum Christians and Jews, Vol. 15, LIT, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-643-80223-1
  • Mystical ways. christian-integral-interreligious, (published together with Michael Hasenauer), Vier-Türme, Münsterschwarzach 2016, ISBN 978-3-7365-0062-4

Fonts

  • Double Confrontation - Rav Dov Soloveitchik's Controversial Model for Judeo-Christian Dialogue ; In: Judaica. Vol. 59 No. 1 2003, pp. 12-23.
  • Christian mysticism is love mysticism ; In: Lamed. Journal for Church and Judaism, vol. 166 No. 2 2003, pp. 6–9.
  • Revelation through interpretation ; In: Judaica. Vol. 60 No. 2 2004, pp. 118-140.
  • Spirituality in context - a contemporary historical and religious studies location ; In: Samuel Leutwyler, Markus Nägeli (ed.): Spirituality and Science. Zurich 2005, pp. 185–196.
  • Mysticism, meditation and contemplation as the source of all religions? , In: Heike Radeck (Ed.): Als Christ Buddhist? In search of one's own spirituality; In: Hofgeismarer Protocols 339. Hofgeismar 2005, pp. 73–89.
  • Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Theology of Religions ; In: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations. Vol. 1 Iss 1 2005-2006, pp. 53-66.
  • From religious pluralism to dialogue. Interreligious initiatives in Switzerland ; In: Voices of the Time. Vol. 131 No. 12 2006, pp. 795-808.
  • The 1947 Seelisberg Conference: The Foundation of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue ; In: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations. Vol. 2 Iss. 2 2007, pp. 34-53.
  • Attention, Obedience, Freedom: For a Spiritual Leadership Culture in the Church ; In: Spirit and Life. Vol. 80 No. 3 2007, pp. 161-170.
  • Spiritual accompaniment ; In: Thomas Ruckstuhl, Hildegard Aepli (ed.): Life in the house of the church. For the 100th anniversary of the Salesianum. Freiburg i. U. 2007, pp. 71-85.
  • And after the fire a soft murmuring sound… The Abiding Significance of Judaism for Christian Identity ; In: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations. Vol. 2 Iss. 2 2007, pp. 140-154.
  • Zen and Christianity. For a competent interreligious dialogue ; In: Spirit and Life. Vol. 81 No. 1 2008, pp. 9-16.
  • Open to dialogue and rootedness. Christian spirituality between knowledge and experience ; In: Herder correspondence. Vol. 62 No. 10 2008, pp. 535-538.
  • Christian belief in incarnation and interreligious dialogue ; In: Gregorianum. Vol. 89/4 2008, pp. 740-767.
  • We are only at the beginning. The relationship to Judaism is a test case for the interpretation of the Second Vatican Council ; In: construction. The Jewish monthly magazine. Vol. 75 No. 4/2009, pp. 28-30.
  • Holy Land of Christians - Eretz Israel of the Jews. Theological reflections ; In: Jean Ehret, Erwin Möde (ed.): Una Sancta Catholica et Apostolica. Unity and claim of the Catholic. Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2009, pp. 304-325.
  • 2009 - an eventful year of Judeo-Christian dialogue ; In: “Voices of the Time” Vol. 134, No. 12 2009, pp. 807–817.
  • "The Old Unrevoked Covenant" and "Salvation for All Nations in Christ" - Catholic Doctrines in Contradictions? ; In: Cunningham Philip A./Sievers Joseph / Boys Mary C. et a. (Ed), Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today. New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships, William B. Eerdmanns Grand Rapids / Cambridge 2011, pp. 229-250.
  • Catholic Attitude to Judaism - The Doctrine of Double Protection ; In: Delgado Mariano / Leppin Volker / Neuhold David (eds.); In: “Difficult tolerance. Dealing with those who think differently and those of different faiths in Christian history ”; Studies on Christian religious and cultural history, Vol. 17, Paulus Verlag Freiburg 2012, pp. 63–77.
  • Interreligious competence necessary ; In: NZZ No. 299, December 24, 2013, p. 16.
  • The Jewishness of Jesus: Renewing Christian Appreciation , The Third Annual John Paul II. Lecture, Boston College Press, Boston 2014.
  • Rom 9-11. Of Jews and Christians, or: “O depth of riches, wisdom and knowledge of God!” ; In: Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung , vol. 182 No. 29–30, July 2014, p. 418.
  • Praise the "I-am-there" ; In: Liturgy for Weekdays and Special Occasions, Vol. 8 No. 4/2014, pp. 37–39.
  • Religion and enlightenment today ; In: Voices of the Time, vol. 139 No. 5/2014, pp. 303-312.
  • Spiritual guidance and guidance. A spiritual exercise path faces professionalization ; In: Anzeiger für die Seelsorge, Vol. 123 3/2014, pp. 32–35.
  • Spirituality - more than a buzzword ; In: Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung, vol. 182, 23–24 / 2014, p. 347f.
  • Man is prone to violence ; in: NZZ January 9, 2015, p. 19.
  • Christian Spirituality and Judeo-Christian Dialogue ; in: Reinhold Boschki / Josef Wohlmuth (eds.): Nostra Aetate 4th turning point in the relationship between Church and Judaism - a lasting challenge for theology , Schöningh Paderborn 2015, pp. 49–59.
  • The history of the Judeo-Christian conversation in outline ; in: Jewish / Roman Catholic Discussion Commission of the Swiss Bishops' Conference (ed.), Day of Judaism. Guide, Freiburg Zurich 2015, pp. 93–98.
  • Religion and Spirituality - The noise of the many ghosts . In: NZZ, June 24, 2017, p. 12. Accessed June 25, 2017
  • There is no way around Christ. Benedict XVI. reaffirms his stance. In: NZZ, July 7, 2018, p. 43. Accessed July 7, 2018
  • The never-canceled covenant. Benedikt XVI./Joseph Ratzinger irritates the Jewish-Catholic dialogue , in: Voices of the Time, vol. 143 10/2018, pp. 673–682.
  • Paolo Dall'Oglio, Mar Musa and the Abrahamic friendship of Christians and Muslims , in: Rötting Martin / Hackbarth-Johnson Christian (ed.), Spiritualität der Zukunft, St. Ottilien 2018, pp. 87-104.
  • Sexuality and spiritual growth , in: Leidfaden - specialist magazine for crises, suffering, grief, 2/2018, pp. 4–10.
  • Priesthood of all believers from a Roman Catholic perspective , in: Kunz Ralph / Zeindler Matthias (eds.), Everyone is in demand. The priesthood of all believers today, Theologischer Verlag Zurich 2018, pp. 149–161.
  • Eretz Israel - A land that is holy to Christians , in: Journal for Christian-Jewish Encounters in Context, No. 1 2019, pp. 14-25.
  • Stop looking at Judaism only from a Christian perspective, in: Christ & Welt, weekly newspaper for faith, spirit and society, supplement to “Die Zeit”, No. 34, August 15, 2019, p. 3f.
  • Christian Mission to the Jews Revisited. Exploring the logic of the Vatican Document “The Gifts and Calling of God are Irrevocable” , in: Studies for Christian-Jewish Relations (SCJR), Vol. 14, No. 1/2019, pp. 1-16.
  • Halakha for Christians , in: Xavier Tharamel (ed.), Spirituality through interreligious Experience. Festschrift in Honor of Dr. Sebastian Peinadath SJ, ISPCK Delhi 2019.
  • Milestones in the Christian-Jewish dialogue , in: Bible and Church. The magazine on the Bible in research and practice, vol. 74, 4/2019, pp. 194-200.
  • Daniel Rufeisen and the question of Judeo-Christian identity , in: Winkler Ulrich (ed.), Religion between Mysticism and Politics. "I put my law in her and write it on her heart." (Jer 31,33), Jerusalemer Theologisches Forum 35, Münster 2020, pp. 295-316.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roman Hertler: A St. Gallen thinks for the Pope. St. Galler Tagblatt, June 19, 2018, accessed December 9, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c d Christian Rutishauser new Provincial of the Swiss Jesuits . (No longer available online.) January 9, 2012, archived from the original ; Retrieved February 21, 2013 .
  3. ^ Rutishauser, Christian: On foot to Jerusalem. Hanspeter Stalder, 2011, accessed on August 10, 2013 .
  4. ^ Nicole Anliker: Christian Rutishauser - Pilgrims. In: nzz.ch. January 10, 2012, accessed May 10, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Church for Corporate Responsibility: We support the initiative. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  6. ^ Christian M. Rutishauser: Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Theology of Religions . In: Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations . Vol. 1, No. 1 , 2011, doi : 10.6017 / scjr.v1i1.1356 .
  7. ↑ Zen and Christianity - For a competent interreligious dialogue. January 2008, accessed December 3, 2014 .
  8. ↑ The Jewishness of Jesus: Renewing Christian appreciation . January 2008, accessed December 3, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Guest commentary on “Charlie Hebdo”: Humans are prone to violence . January 9, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Day of Judaism: The History of the Judeo-Christian Conversation in Fundamentals, Jewish / Roman-Catholic Conversation Commission . January 9, 2015, accessed October 24, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Rutishauser, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Jesuit
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederuzwil