David Seeber
David Andreas Seeber (born July 12, 1934 in Mühlwald , South Tyrol ) is a German - Italian publicist .
Life
After graduating from high school in Bressanone , Seeber studied philosophy, theology, sociology and history in Innsbruck and Cologne and obtained his doctorate as Dr. phil.
In 1961 he became editor of the Freiburg magazine Herder Korrespondenz , from 1966 to 1991 its editor-in-chief . After the death of Karlheinz Schmidthüs in 1972 he also became editor. Under his direction, the magazine dealt extensively with the Second Vatican Council . From 1991 to 1996 he worked as a policy advisor in the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg . Seeber gave lectures at many academies and worked for various radio stations as well as domestic and foreign magazines.
In 1986 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Baden-Württemberg Minister for Science and Art as "one of the most prominent Catholic publicists" .
Seeber has lived in Freiburg im Breisgau since 2014.
Book publications (selection)
- Second Vatican Council. Council of Transition . Herder publishing house, Freiburg i. Br., Basel, Vienna 1966
- Paul, Pope in conflict. Documentation and analysis. Introduction by Karl Rahner. Herder publishing house, Freiburg i. Br., Basel, Vienna 1971, 2nd edition 1972. (Dutch: Paulus VI. Portret van 10 jaar pontificaat . Gooi en Sticht, Hilversum 1973)
- Do we need a new council? Experiences with the II. Vaticanum (Ed.) Verlag Herder, Freiburg i. Br., Basel, Vienna 1987. ISBN 3-451-08400-7
- Concise dictionary of contemporary religious questions (Ed. With Ulrich Ruh and Rudolf Walter). Herder publishing house, Freiburg i. Br., Basel, Vienna 1986. ISBN 978-3451216121
- The hour of politics. From supply state to civil society . David Seeber in conversation with Lothar Späth. Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1999. ISBN 3-549-05720-2
- Paralyzed on the move? The German Catholics at the turn of the century (ed.). Verlag Josef Knecht, Frankfurt a. M. 2000. ISBN 3-7820-0835-9
literature
- Ulrich Ruh : Seeber, David . In: Michael Quisinsky , Peter Walter (ed.): Personal Lexicon for the Second Vatican Council . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-30330-2 , p. 250.
Web links
- Literature by and about David Seeber in the catalog of the German National Library
- 60 years of Herder correspondence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seeber, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seeber, David Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Italian publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlwald , South Tyrol |