Christof Breitsameter

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Christof Breitsameter

Christof Breitsameter (born July 6, 1967 in Bobingen ) is a German Catholic theologian and university professor. From 2008 to 2013 he was Professor of Moral Theology at the Ruhr University in Bochum and in 2013 accepted an appointment at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . Since 2014 he has been Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.

Life

As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , Breitsameter studied philosophy and theology in Munich ( University of Philosophy Munich and Ludwig Maximilians University Munich ) and Friborg . He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising in 1994 . In 1998 he continued his studies with Johannes Gründel in Munich and received his doctorate in 2001 with a thesis on identity and morality in modern society. Breitsameter completed his habilitation in 2006 with the text “Individualized Perfection. On the value of values ​​”. In 2008 he took over the chair for moral theology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum until he succeeded Antonio Autiero at the Westphalian Wilhelms-Universität Münster in 2013 . As the successor to Konrad Hilpert , he took over the chair for moral theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 2014 . Since 2012 he has also been chairman of the Working Group of German Moral Theologians.

Works

  • The commandment of love - contour and provocation , Basel 2019.
  • Bible and morality - ethical and exegetical approaches (Yearbook for Moral Theology Vol. 2) , Freiburg i. Br. 2018 (edited together with Stephan Goertz).
  • Love - forms and norms , Freiburg i. Br. 2017.
  • Love - Forms and Norms , Darmstadt 2017 (licensed edition of the Scientific Book Society).
  • Church and State - Past and Present of a Tense Relationship , Münster 2015 (edited together with Josef Rist).
  • Theology and Natural Sciences , Berlin 2014 (edited together with Christian Tapp).
  • Just ten words. Morality and Society of the Decalogue. , Friborg 2012.
  • Emergency counseling. A manual , Münster 2012.
  • Word of god. The Revelation Religions and their Understanding of Scripture (Theologie im Kontakt 20) , Münster 2012 (ed. Together with Josef Rist).
  • Hope of completion. Christian eschatology in the context of world religions (Theology in Contact 19) , Münster 2012.
  • Autonomy and representation in medicine. Decision-making in patients unable to consent , Stuttgart 2011.
  • Individualized perfection. On the value of values , Paderborn 2009.
  • Identity and Morality in Modern Society. Theological ethics and social sciences in an interdisciplinary discussion , Paderborn 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of German Moral Theologians
personal data
SURNAME Breitsameter, Christof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian, priest and university professor for moral theology
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Bobingen