Gerhard Hartmann (theologian)

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Gerhard Hartmann (born June 21, 1945 in Linz ) is an Austrian Roman Catholic church historian .

Life

Hartmann studied after attending a Viennese high school theology, history and law in Vienna. During his studies in 1965 he became a member of the KAV Bajuvaria Vienna in the ÖCV . After graduating, he worked as a university assistant and for a short time as a high school teacher.

From 1970 to 1999 he was employed by the printing and publishing house Styria and was its representative in Vienna. From 1977 he worked in the historical editing department in the Graz publishing headquarters and from 1982 was head of the Cologne branch. From 2000 he was managing director of Lahn-Verlag GmbH in Kevelaer , as well as in the publishing management at Butzon & Bercker .

In 1990 he qualified as a professor for modern church history with a special focus on contemporary church history at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz. As a private lecturer , he taught modern church history at the University of Graz . He has published numerous publications on church history, religion and spirituality.

Hartmann worked as a student historian. From 1976 to 1981 he was head of the ÖCV's educational academy, after having been instrumental in its founding in 1970/71.

honors and awards

1988: Cardinal Innitzer Prize for Theology

Fonts (selection)

  • Church history dates . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 3-86539-919-3 .
  • The Holy Roman Emperors . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-86539-938-0 .
  • as editor: What gives me stability. Thoughts of Benedict XVI., Mother Teresa, Anselm Grün, Jörg Zink and others (= Topos-Taschenbuch . Volume 677). Publishing group Topos plus, Kevelaer 2009, ISBN 978-3-8367-0677-3 .
  • as editor: Dare to hope more. Texts with confidence (= Topos pocket books . Volume 702). Verlagsgemeinschaft Topos plus, Kevelaer 2010, ISBN 978-3-8367-0702-2 .
  • Elect the bishops. A suggestion for quality and at the right time (= Topos pocket books . Volume 716). Lahn-Verlag, Kevelaer 2010, ISBN 978-3-8367-0716-9 .
  • as editor with Gisela Baltes and Maria Andrea Stratmann: With the saints from day to day (= Topos pocket books . Volume 771). Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2011, ISBN 978-3-8367-0771-8 .
  • The CV in Austria. Its creation, its history, its meaning . Lahn-Verlag, Kevelaer 2011, ISBN 978-3-7840-3498-0 .
  • as editor: What is worth to me. Texts by Mother Teresa, Anselm Grün, Peter Dyckhoff, Helmut Krätzl and others (= Topos pocket books . Volume 777). Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2012, ISBN 978-3-8367-0777-0 .
  • as editor: What carries me. Texts by Anselm Grün, Willi Hoffsümmer, Eugen Drewermann, Silja Walter, Elisabeth Lukas and others (= Topos pocket books . Volume 831). Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2013, ISBN 978-3-8367-0831-9 .
  • as editor: Lebens-Orte. Texts by Hildegard von Bingen, Johannes XXIII., Jörg Zink, Huub Oosterhuis, Elisabeth Lukas, Leonardo Boff and others (= Topos pocket books . Volume 860). Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2014, ISBN 978-3-8367-0860-9 .
  • as editor: What is good for me. Texts by Pope Franziskus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Franz Cardinal König, Fulbert Steffensky and others (= Topos pocket books . Volume 901). Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2015, ISBN 978-3-8367-0901-9 .
  • with Jürgen Holtkamp: The church and the love of money. Facts and background . Publishing association Topos plus, Kevelaer 2015, ISBN 978-3-8367-0001-6 .
  • as editor: What is sacred to me. With texts by Pope Franziskus, Khalil Gibran, Rainer Maria Rilke, Leonardo Boff, Hans Maier, Selma Lagerlöf and others (= Topos pocket books . Volume 1038). Verlagsgemeinschaft Topos plus, Kevelaer 2016, ISBN 978-3-8367-1038-1 .
  • as editor: Where we will go. With texts by Erasmus von Rotterdam, Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Leonardo Boff, Pierre Stutz, Eugen Drewermann, Charles de Foucauld and others (= Topos pocket books . Volume 1080). Verlagsgemeinschaft Topos plus, Kevelaer 2017, ISBN 3-8367-1080-3 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Verlag Walter de Gruyter : Directory of the authors ; accessed on April 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic church historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz