Georg Langenhorst

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Georg Langenhorst (born January 18, 1962 in Hamm / Westphalia) is professor for didactics of Catholic religious education / religious education at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Augsburg .

Life

Georg Langenhorst studied after high school at Freiherr-vom-Stein Gymnasium Hamm Catholic theology, English, German and Hispanic studies at the universities of Trier , Würzburg , Lancaster and Stirling . In 1987 he completed his studies with the first state examination (high school teaching qualification) and Magister Artium (MA). Then he started the community service in the Catholic university community of Würzburg. After his community service, Langenhorst turned back to the university and began studying for a doctorate in Tübingen. In 1993 he received his doctorate there. theol. with the work “Job our contemporary. The literary reception of Job in the 20th century as a theological challenge ”.

Between 1994 and 1995 Langenhorst completed his legal clerkship at the Bischöfliches Cusanus-Gymnasium Koblenz, then passed his second state examination at the local study seminar and worked at the Cusanus-Gymnasium as a high school teacher until 1997. From February 1, 1997 to September 30, 2001 he was Academic Councilor for Catholic Theology / Religious Education at the Weingarten University of Education (Württemberg). In 2000 Langenhorst completed his habilitation in religious education at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen with a thesis on “Learning to console? Profile, history and practice of consolation as a diaconal teaching and learning process ”.

In 2001, a call for a C4 professorship at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd was rejected and an offer for the chair for didactics of Catholic religious instruction at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg was accepted . On October 1, 2006, Langenhorst moved to the chair for didactics of Catholic religious instruction / religious education at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Augsburg, and since 2013 he has also been the dean of studies there . From 2009-2015 Langenhorst was also the spokesman for the Conference of Religious Educators at Bavarian Universities (KRBU). In 2011 Langenhorst signed the memorandum Church 2011: A necessary departure . From 2011 to 2017 he was a member of the jury for the Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize. Together with Ulrich Kropač from the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , Langenhorst is the editor of the Religious Education Contributions (RpB).

Langenhorst's research and publication focus is on the dialogue between theology and literature as well as religion in children's and youth literature. He also deals with consolation and grief research, interreligious learning and school-type-specific religious didactics. In his free time he writes crime novels that take place in a church environment.

Fonts

Monographs

  • Job our contemporary. The literary reception of Job in the 20th century as a theological challenge. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz, 1994, 2nd edition 1995; Reprint 2001
  • Jesus went to Hollywood: the rediscovery of Jesus in contemporary literature and film. Patmos-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998
  • Learn to console? Profile, history and practice of consolation as a diaconal teaching and learning process. Schwabenverlag (Zeitzeichen 7), Ostfildern 2000
  • Poems to the Bible. Texts - interpretations - methods. A workbook for school and community. Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2001, 2nd edition 2004
  • Poems on the question of God. Texts - interpretations - methods. A workbook for school and community. Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2003
  • Theology and literature. A manual. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2005
  • Tasks and contents of religious education. In: Theologie im Fernkurs, religious education-catechetical course , Vol. 12, Würzburg 2007, 2nd edition 2015, 3rd edition 2017
  • "I allow myself the word God". Approaches to God in Contemporary Literature. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2009; completely revised new edition 2014
  • Literary texts in religious education. A guide for the practice. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2011
  • Add. with Christoph Gellner: Open your perspective. Interreligious learning with literary texts. Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2013
  • Children need religion. Orientation for upbringing and education. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2014
  • Trialogic religious education. Interreligious learning between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2014
  • You came as a child. The Christmas message rediscovered. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2016

Editorships

  • Job's cry to the present. A literary reader on the question of God in suffering. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1995
  • On the way to a theological aesthetic. Gift of friend for Karl-Josef Kuschel on his 50th birthday. LIT-Verlag, Münster 1998
  • 30 years of the Heinrich Böll Nobel Prize. On the literary and theological impact of Heinrich Böll . LIT-Verlag, Münster 2002
  • Add. with Erich Garhammer : Writing is raising the dead. Theology and literature. Real publishing house, Würzburg 2005
  • Patrick Roth - narrator between the Bible and Hollywood. LIT-Verlag, Münster 2005
  • Christian literature for our time. 50 reading recommendations. Publishing house Sankt Michaelsbund , Munich 2007
  • Add. with Christoph Gellner: heart pieces, texts that change life. A reading book in honor of Karl-Josef Kuschel. Patmos Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008
  • Add. with Markus Schiefer-Ferrari , Hans Mendl , Ludwig Sauter: Learning to live. Human forms of expression as learning perspectives in religious education. Publishing house LUSA, Babenhausen 2010
  • Eternal life - or the end of an illusion. In: Thomas-More-Impulse, Vol. 2, LIT-Verlag, Berlin 2010
  • Allow. God! Religion in contemporary children's and youth literature. Publishing house Sankt Michaelsbund, Munich 2011
  • together with Ulrich Kropač : religious instruction and the educational mandate of the public schools. Justification and perspectives of the school subject religion. LUSA, Babenhausen 2012
  • together with Michaela Kopp-Marx : The rediscovery of the Bible with Patrick Roth. From the "Christ Trilogy" to "SUNRISE. The Book of Joseph". Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2014
  • together with Rita Burrichter / Klaus von Stosch : Comparative Theology: Challenge for Religious Education. Perspectives for sustainable interreligious learning. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2015
  • together with Elisabeth Naurath : Kindertora - Children's Bible - Children's Quran. New opportunities for (inter) religious learning. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2017
  • together with Eva Willebrand : Literature in God's footsteps. Religious learning with literary texts of the 21st century. Matthias-Grünewald Verlag, Ostfildern 2017

Non-scientific publications

  • Add. with Annegret Langenhorst: declarations of love. Herder-Verlag, Freiburg 1996
  • Message for Teresa. An Easter tale. Auer-Verlag, Donauwörth 2006
  • Secret code 2412. An exciting Christmas time trip. Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2009
  • Dead dean - good dean. Murder in the theological faculty. A detective novel. Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 2016
  • Dead rain - good rain. Murder in the seminary. A detective novel. Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 2017
  • Dead boss - good boss. Murder in the cathedral high school. Detective novel. Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 2018
  • Children's Bible - The Best Story Ever. Publishing house Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Langenhorst, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamm