Eberhard Schockenhoff

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Eberhard Schockenhoff (born March 29, 1953 in Stuttgart ; † July 18, 2020 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German moral theologian and Roman Catholic priest .

Life

From 1972 to 1979 Eberhard Schockenhoff studied Catholic theology at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he was ordained priest in 1978 as a priest of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese . In 1979 he completed a degree in moral theology with Klaus Demmer . From 1979 to 1982 he was vicar in Ellwangen (Jagst) and Stuttgart , then repetent at the Wilhelmsstift in Tübingen. In 1986 he was promoted to Dr. theol. PhD with Alfons Auer .

From 1986 to 1988 Eberhard Schockenhoff was assistant to Walter Kasper at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Tübingen at the University of Tübingen , where he qualified as a professor in 1989 . From 1990 to 1994 he was professor for moral theology at the University of Regensburg and from 1994 professor for moral theology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . From 1992 to 2004 he was also clergyman assistant to the Catholic Medical Work in Germany (KÄAD) , from 1995 to 2005 a member of the ecumenical dialogue commission on Church and Justification between the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church.

From 1996 Eberhard Schockenhoff was a member of the board of trustees of the Johann Adam Möhler Institute for Ecumenism in Paderborn and from 2001 managing editor of the journal for medical ethics . In 2001 he was appointed to the National Ethics Council by resolution of the Federal Cabinet , and in 2008 also to the successor body of the German Ethics Council, of which Schockenhoff was deputy chairman from 2008 to 2012. He was reappointed in 2012.

In 1998 he turned down a call to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich to succeed Johannes Gründel and in 2006 he turned down an offer to the University of Tübingen to succeed Gerfried W. Hunold .

From 2009 he was a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences . In 2011 he was a signatory of the memorandum “ Church 2011: A Necessary Awakening ”. As part of the autumn plenary assembly of the German Bishops' Conference 2016, Schockenhoff was appointed President of the Catholic Academic Foreigners Service . For 2017 he was awarded the Theological Prize of the Salzburg University Weeks.

From his school days he was in the Bund New Germany . He was a member of the Catholic student associations AV Albertus Magnus Tübingen (theological society, originally only students of the Wilhelmsstift), the KStV Alamannia Tübingen in the Cartel Association of Catholic German Student Associations and the KDStV Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau in the Cartell Association of Catholic German student associations .

His brother was the politician Andreas Schockenhoff .

On July 18, 2020, he died at the age of 67 in Freiburg im Breisgau after falling in his apartment as a result of the accident.

Act

Schockenhoff mainly researched special moral theological issues such as the theological perspective of stem cell research or abortion. In addition, he took a position on natural law , on the relationship between human freedom and divine providence, and approached it in his book How certain is conscience? the subject of conscience .

In April 2010, during a program from the Report Mainz series, Schockenhoff described the Pius Brotherhood as a “right-wing swamp” and a case for the protection of the constitution . Thereupon he was reported by the Pius Brotherhood for defamation . In addition, the association demanded that his teaching license be withdrawn after he criticized the Catholic Church's relationship with homosexuals in an interview .

In the Good Hope? in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) in September 2010 he commented on the approval of pre-implantation diagnostics (PGD) in Germany.

In 2011 Schockenhoff signed the memorandum Church 2011: A necessary departure .

In the discussion in July 2012 about how to deal with Catholics who remarry after a divorce, he saw the solution in the fact that “the church tolerates civil second marriage in the trust of the conscience judgment of those affected and no longer excludes them from receiving communion”. He considered going it alone nationally “not enough, because it is a problem of the universal Church. But a national bishops' conference could lead the way and possibly speed things up ”.

In March 2019, Schockenhoff called for a reform of the Roman Catholic sexual morality teaching at the spring plenary meeting of the German Bishops' Conference in Lingen .

Works (selection)

  • Bonum hominis. The anthropological and theological foundations of virtue ethics of Thomas Aquinas (= Tübingen theological studies. Vol. 28). Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1987, ISBN 3-7867-1307-3 (also: Tübingen, University, dissertation, 1986).
  • In the laboratory of creation. Genetic engineering, reproductive biology and human dignity. Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 1991, ISBN 3-7966-0687-3 .
  • Euthanasia and human dignity. The accompaniment to your “own death”. Pustet, Regensburg 1991, ISBN 3-7917-1297-7 .
  • Enough space for everyone? Population growth, world nutrition and family planning. Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 1992, ISBN 3-7966-0701-2 .
  • Ethics of life. A theological outline. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-7867-1720-6 .
  • Population Policy and Family Planning in the Third World. An ethical perspective (= reports from the meetings of the Joachim-Jungius-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften e.V. vol. 14, no.3). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1996, ISBN 3-525-86290-3 .
  • Natural law and human dignity. Universal ethics in a historical world. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-7867-1899-7 .
  • Damned a lie? Politics, media, justice, science and the ethics of truth. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2000, ISBN 3-451-27369-1 .
  • Illness, health, healing. Paths to salvation from a biblical point of view (= Topos-plus pocket books. Vol. 406). Pustet, Regensburg 2001, ISBN 3-7867-8406-X .
  • How certain is the conscience? An ethical orientation. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2003, ISBN 3-451-27696-8 .
  • Foundation of ethics. A theological draft. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-28938-5 .
  • Theology of freedom. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-29701-4 .
  • with Christiane Florin : Conscience. An instruction manual. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-30118-6 .
  • Chances for Reconciliation? The Church and the Divorced Remarried. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-34117-5 .
  • Ethics of life. Basics and new challenges. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2nd edition, 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-30758-4 .
  • Determination and Resistance. The martyrs' witness of life. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2015, ISBN 978-3-451-33650-8 .
  • Is there no end to the violence? Peace ethics for a globalized world. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-37812-6 .
  • Peace on earth? Christmas as a provocation. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 2019, ISBN 978-3-451-38546-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Freiburg moral theologian Eberhard Schockenhoff is dead. In: swr.de . July 19, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Moral theologian Eberhard Schockenhoff has died. In: kathisch.de . July 19, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Eberhard Schockenhoff becomes the new President of KAAD. In: kaad.de. 2016, accessed November 22, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Moral theologian Eberhard Schockenhoff has died. In: kathisch.de . July 19, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 . D: Church representatives pay tribute to the late theologian Schockenhoff. In: Vatican News . July 19, 2020, accessed July 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Joachim Frank : Homosexuals in the Church: Gay love "deserves support". In: fr-online.de . April 26, 2010, archived from the original on May 5, 2010 ; accessed on July 19, 2020 (interview).
  6. ↑ Traditionalists vs. Moral theologians: Freiburg: Pius brothers report Schockenhoff. In: Badische Zeitung . April 30, 2010; Archived from the original on May 4, 2010 ; accessed on July 19, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Eberhard Schockenhoff: Good Hope? In: faz.net . September 16, 2010, accessed July 19, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Stephan Töngi: "Trust in your conscience". In: Mannheimer Morgen . July 9, 2012, archived from the original on December 26, 2015 ; accessed on July 19, 2020 (interview with Eberhard Schockenhoff).
  9. ↑ Experts advise bishops to take a new look at sexuality and power. In: Church + Life . March 14, 2019, accessed July 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schockenhoff, Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German moral theologian, Roman Catholic priest
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH 18th July 2020
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau