Günter Riße

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Günter Riße (* 1954 in Niederense ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian , professor at the Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar , head of the Archbishop's Diaconal Institute in Cologne and a deacon .

Life and education

Günter Riße was born in 1954 in Niederense in today's Soest district. He graduated from the Clemens Hofbauer College in Bad Driburg in 1978. From 1978 to 1984 he studied Catholic theology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and graduated in 1984 with a degree in theology .

Günter Riße is married and has four children.

Academic and professional career

From 1984 to 1993 Günter Riße was a research assistant at the seminar for fundamental theology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. The University of Bonn doctorate him in 1989 to Dr. theol. The topic of the dissertation was God is Christ, the Son of Mary. A study of the image of Christ in the Koran .

In 1993 he was ordained a deacon in Cologne Cathedral by the then Cologne Auxiliary Bishop and later Bishop of Würzburg Friedhelm Hofmann . From 1993 to 1996 he was a full-time deacon in the Wachtberg pastoral care area in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Günter Riße has been head of studies since 1997 and director of the Archbishop's Diaconal Institute in Cologne since 2002. From 1996 to 2006 he was honorary professor for religious studies in connection with fundamental theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar. Since 2006 he has been a full professor for religious studies / fundamental theology there .

Work and honors

In 2014 Günter Riße received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon for his commitment in the field of interreligious and intercultural encounters.

An excerpt from the laudation reflects the work of Günter Riße: “Knowing that the term 'bridge builder' is commonly used in the Catholic Church as a synonym for the Bishop of Rome: The studied theologian Günter Riße [...] is definitely valid in specialist circles also as a bridge builder. Günter Riße is an all-round talent in the border area between church, religion and science, who lives up to his reputation of being a bridge builder in every respect. Questions about the coexistence of Christians and Muslims in Germany have always preoccupied him, here he is involved in a variety of ways. "

Selection of memberships and other tasks

Selection of publications

  • Günter Riße: God is Christ, the son of Mary. A study of the image of Christ in the Koran . Ed .: Hans Waldenfels . Borengässer, Bonn 1989, ISBN 3-923946-17-1 .
  • Clemens Kathke , Günter Riße (ed.): Diaspora: Testimony from Christians for Christians. 150 years of the Bonifatiuswerk of the German Catholics . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1999, ISBN 3-89710-079-7 .
  • George Augustin , Günter Riße (Ed.): The one mission - in many services. Successful pastoral care as a common task in the church . Bonifatius, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-89710-222-6 .
  • Georg Austen , Günter Riße (Ed.): Show outside what you believe inside! Missionary Perspectives of a Diaspora Church . Bonifatius, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 3-89710-449-0 .
  • Mariano Delgado , Gregor Hoff , Günter Riße (eds.): Christianity in the history of religion. Perspectives for the 21st Century . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 3-17-022031-4 .
  • Günter Riße: Islam in our world. Theological thoughts on the border between Christianity and Islam . In: encounter. Contextual-dialogical studies on the theology of cultures and religions . tape 22 . Bonifatius, Paderborn 2015, ISBN 3-89710-588-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press Office of the Archdiocese of Cologne: currently 09/2002, p. 1: Change in the management of the Diakoneninstitut ( Memento from October 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Bonifatiuswerk der German Catholics: Federal Cross of Merit for Prof. Günter Riße
  3. ↑ Catholic-theologie.info: Professor Riße receives Federal Cross of Merit
  4. ↑ Catholic parish of St. Thomas More: Deacon Prof. Dr. Günter Riße
personal data
SURNAME Riss, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederense