Ernst Nagel (theologian)

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Ernst Josef Nagel (born November 3, 1931 in Cologne , † June 13, 2001 in Bardowick ) was a Catholic theologian and military chaplain .

Life's work

Ernst Nagel received the 1959 sacrament of holy orders and was later a researcher and adviser to the office manager in the Catholic Military Episcopate . He received his doctorate in theology in 1971 and in social sciences (Dr. rer. Soc.) In 1973 . From 1974 until his retirement in 1995 he taught as a professor for Catholic theology with special emphasis on social sciences and social ethics at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg .

From its founding in 1978 until his retirement in 1995, Nagel was director of the Institute for Theology and Peace in Hamburg . In his series of publications he published many articles on the peace ethic tradition of the Catholic Church as well as on current issues of peacekeeping, especially after the end of the East-West conflict .

Fonts (selection)

  • On the social theological foundations of development and peace policy. Lang, Bern 1972 (European University Writings, Series 23: Theologie, Vol. 8). Diss., University of Bonn 1970.
  • Institutional Changes in the Catholic Church. Lang, Bern 1973 (European University Papers, Series 22: Sociology, Vol. 7). ISBN 3-261-01036-3 (print version of the sociological dissertation).
  • Committed to peace. Concepts and developments of the Catholic ethics of peace since the Second World War. Kaiser, Munich / Grünewald, Mainz 1982, ISBN 3-7867-1015-5 .
  • The strategic defense initiative as an ethical question. Bachem, Cologne 1986. ISBN 3-7616-0861-6 .
  • The peace teaching of the Catholic Church. A concordance of official church documents. avant-verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-927320-04-8 ; New edition: Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013931-2 .
  • New security policy challenges from an ethical point of view. Oath, conscription, sufficiency and peace order. (= Contributions to Peace Ethics, Vol. 19). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-17-013179-6 .
  • Refugees and "Church Asylum". Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-17-013721-2 .
  • Minorities in democracy. Political Challenge and Interreligious Dialogue. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-17-015573-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Requiem for Prof. Dr.Dr. Ernst Josef Nagel in Hamburg. German Military Ordinary, June 21, 2001, accessed on August 15, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Nagel, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nagel, Ernst Josef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and military chaplain
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 2001
Place of death Bardowick