Gerhard J. Bellinger

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Gerhard J. Bellinger (2009)

Gerhard J. Bellinger (born March 11, 1931 in Bochum ; † June 20, 2020 in Bonn ) was a German Catholic theologian . He was professor for New Testament theology, church and religious history at the Technical University of Dortmund .

Life

Gerhard Josef Bellinger was the youngest of three children from the marriage of the bricklayer and furnace builder Bernhard Josef Bellinger (1900–1970) and Maria Auguste nee. Rittmann (1906–1980). He grew up in Bochum and attended high school in Bochum until it was destroyed in 1943. From 1943 to 1946 he was a student at the secondary school in Heiligenstadt im Eichsfeld, where he was also an altar boy in the Redemptorist monastery church . In 1946, after being occupied by the Red Army, the friars put him in contact with the boarding school Collegium Josephinum Bonn , where he was able to take his Abitur in 1952. During his time at boarding school he was a contemporary witness of the numerous activities of the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.

Bellinger studied philosophy , Catholic theology and history at the Philosophical-Theological Academy Paderborn (1952–1956) and at the University of Munich (1954–1955). At the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich his teachers included Michael Schmaus ( dogmatics ), Romano Guardini (Christian worldview and religious philosophy) as well as Helmut Kuhn (American cultural history and philosophy), Hermann Krings (philosophy) and Franz Schnabel (history).

From 1958 to 1961 he worked as a religion teacher in Gelsenkirchen. With the intention of doing a doctorate in Catholic theology, Bellinger continued his studies at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1961 . Here his teachers included Joseph Ratzinger (dogmatics and the history of dogmas), Walter Kasper (dogmatics), Johann Baptist Metz ( fundamental theology ) and, above all, Theodor Filthaut ( pastoral theology ), who pointed out to him the catechism Romanus as the subject of a dissertation and then also his doctoral supervisor has been. After Bellinger 1966 in Münster for Dr. theol. After receiving his doctorate, he was appointed research assistant at the University of Education in Münster in 1967.

In 1970 Bellinger was appointed full professor for Catholic theology and its didactics at the Hagen University of Education ; In 1976 he moved to the Dortmund University of Education . From 1977 to 1979 Bellinger was Dean of Faculty IV Catholic and Evangelical Theology. From 1980 he taught as a full university professor for the subject of Catholic theology and its didactics with a focus on New Testament theology, church and religious history at the University of Dortmund.

As a university lecturer, he has taught generations of students for teaching at the various school levels the knowledge they need to teach religious studies in his lectures and seminars for three decades. After his name the "Prof. Dr. Bellinger Foundation ”in the trusteeship of the SOS Children's Village Foundation, through which all children and young people in the SOS Children's Village receive support in the field of education and training. On the occasion of his retirement in 1996, Bellinger received a commemorative publication from his colleagues and friends .

As an 85-year-old university professor emeritus, Bellinger published his autobiography in 2017 under the title: "Whoever follows a star does not turn back".

Gerhard J. Bellinger had been a member of the Catholic student association KStV Teutoburg Paderborn in the KV since 1955 .

Teaching and Research

In addition to his teaching activities at the university, Bellinger wrote important specialist books that were translated into thirteen languages.

In the area of New Testament theology , which represented the main part of his subjects in lectures and seminars, the Bible guide, translated into three languages, is available, on which he contributed significantly. In 2009, as a summary of his lectures on theology of the New Testament, his work Jesus: Life - Work - Fate was published .

In the field of church history, his research focus was on the history of denominational catechisms, in which he continued his dissertation with the " Bibliography of the Catechism Romanus" and the first manual of catechetical instruction entitled " Catechism ", namely the "Cathecismo Pequeno" of the Diogo Ortiz de Vilhegas , who appeared in Lisbon in 1504, investigated.

In his research focus on the history of religion , Bellinger has dealt intensively with the religions of mankind and the myths of peoples. His research results are available in the "Religious Guide", which has been published several times and translated into five languages, and in the "Lexicon of Mythology", which is also widely printed and translated into four languages. His comprehensive work “Sexuality in the Religions of the World” makes a contribution to the sexual ethics of religions. He has also written numerous articles in his field for radio, television and the press.

The scientific prelude from Prof. Dr. theol. Gerhard J. Bellinger can be found in the Dortmund University Archives.

Fonts

  • The Roman Catechism and the Reformation. The catechetical answer of the Council of Trent to the main catechisms of the reformers. Paderborn 1970; Reprint: Olms, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 1987, ISBN 3-487-07849-X ( dissertation , University of Münster , 1966).
  • Bibliography of the Catechism Romanus Ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini ad Parochos (1566–1978) (= Bibliotheca bibliographica Aureliana. Volume 87). Koerner, Baden-Baden 1983, ISBN 3-87320-087-2 .
  • Knaur's Great Bible Guide. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-426-26220-7 .
  • Knaur's great religious leader. 670 religions, churches and cults. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-426-26221-5 .
  • Knaur's Lexicon of Mythology. Knaur, Munich 1989; New edition as: Lexicon of Mythology: over 3000 key words on the myths of all peoples. Nikol, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86820-138-3 .
  • In heaven as on earth. Sexuality in the World's Religions. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-426-26502-8 .
  • The first Cathecismo from 1504 and its author Diogo Ortiz des Vilhegas. In: Communio et sacramentum. Pamplona 2003, ISBN 84-8081-011-4 , pp. 201-219.
  • Jesus: life - work - fate. Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-3964-1 ; E-Book 2012, ISBN 978-3-8448-8981-9 .
  • with Brigittegler-Bellinger : Schwabings Ainmillerstrasse and its most important residents. A representative example of Munich's city history from 1888 to today. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0747-8 ; 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-2883-6 ; E-Book 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6264-9 .
  • 40 years of the Augustinum Bonn. History and present. Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-9374-4 ; E-Book 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-3233-0 .
  • The life story of Augustine (354–430). Testified in his Confessiones and depicted in Benozzo Gozzoli's cycle of frescoes . Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7347-3481-6 ; E-Book 2014, ISBN 978-3-7386-8708-8 .
  • He who follows a star does not turn back. A picture biography . Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3-7431-9564-6 .
  • Over 800 keyword articles for general reference works and specialist encyclopedias as well as numerous articles in specialist compilations, manuals and magazines

literature

  • Hermann Horn (Ed.): Didaskalos. Studies to become a teacher in university, school and religion . Festschrift for Gerhard J. Bellinger on his 65th birthday. project, Dortmund 1996, ISBN 3-928861-52-2 .
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2014. Bio-bibliographical directory of contemporary German-speaking scientists . 26th edition in 4 volumes. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-030257-8 .
  • Prof. Dr. theol. Gerhard J. Bellinger . In: Valentin Wehefritz (Hrsg.): CVs from your own hand . Biographical archive of Dortmund university professors. No. 15 . Dortmund 2009 ( tu-dortmund.de [PDF; accessed on November 17, 2010]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Gerhard J. Bellinger , Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 11, 2020
  2. ↑ a b Gerhard J. Bellinger: “Whoever follows a star does not turn back: A pictorial biography”, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Bellinger, Gerhard J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bellinger, Gerhard Josef (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 2020
Place of death Bonn