Eberhard Welty
Eberhard Welty OP (born September 15, 1902 as Franz Theodor Welty in Anholt ; † June 2, 1965 in Freiburg i. Br. ) Was a German Dominican and social ethicist .
In 1922 Franz Theodor Welty entered the Dominican order and took the name Eberhard. He studied economics and sociology both at the Düsseldorf University of the Dominican Order and at the University of Cologne , under Leopold von Wiese and Theodor Brauer , among others . In Cologne he became a member of the Winfridia Catholic Student Union in the KV . In 1935 he was awarded a Dr. rer. pole. PhD, the topic of his dissertation was: Community and Individual. A social-metaphysical investigation according to the principles of St. Thomas Aquinas .
From 1930 he was at the University of Dominicans in Walberberg lecturer in ethics and moral theology. Together with the Provincial of the Dominicans, Father Laurentius Siemer , he belonged to the Cologne resistance group against National Socialism, the so-called Cologne Circle .
After the war, Welty and Laurentius Siemer founded the magazine The New Order in 1946 and had a decisive influence on the CDU's program set up in 1947 , the Ahlen Program . He called his ideas "Christian socialism". The influence of Welty and his supporters in the CDU declined in the following years and was ultimately limited to the social committees of the CDU . Since Welty also had good contacts with the SPD , he was involved in drawing up the Godesberg program in 1959.
Works
- Herder's social catechism. A workbook on Catholic social ethics in questions and answers , edited by Eberhard Welty. Herder, Freiburg 1951–1958.
- The decision in the future. Principles and information on reorganization in the German living space . FH Kerle Verlag, Heidelberg 1946.
literature
- Wolfgang Ockenfels : The high C: Where is the CDU heading? , Sankt Ulrich Verlag Augsburg 2009, especially pages 52 ff.
- Bernd Kettet: Welty, Eberhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1506-1518.
Web links
- Literature by and about Eberhard Welty in the catalog of the German National Library
- Arnd Küppers: Eberhard Welty OP (1902-1965) , Welty's biography in the Rheinische Geschichte portal at the Rhineland Regional Council
Person (resistance to National Socialism)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Welty, Eberhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Welty, Franz Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Dominican and social ethicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anholt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1965 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |