Gerhard Larcher (theologian)

Gerhard Larcher (born September 7, 1946 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian fundamental theologian .

Life

After studying Catholic theology and philosophy in Innsbruck , Münster and Löwen a . a. with Karl Rahner , Hermann Josef Pottmeyer and Peter Hünermann , he received his doctorate in 1978 in Münster on “Modernism as theological historicism. Approaches to overcoming it in Maurice Blondel's early work ”.

From 1978 to 1984 he was a research assistant to Hermann Josef Pottmeyer at the Ruhr University in Bochum , and from 1985 to 1989 lecturer for philosophical-theological borderline questions at the Academy of the Diocese of Essen. From 1989 to 1990 he was head of the secretariat for theological training of the Diocese of Innsbruck; on November 1, 1990 he was appointed to the chair of fundamental theology at the University of Graz . At the end of the summer semester 2014, Larcher retired; nonetheless, he remains a sought-after discussion partner in the field of art and theology.

approach

In his theological work, Gerhard Larcher primarily deals with the religious philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries; the focus here is on the French-speaking area, in particular the work of Maurice Blondel , Paul Ricœur and Emmanuel Levinas . Another important part of his work deals with the relationship between art, church and faith, Christianity and church in modern times, and interreligious dialogue.

Main publications

• Modernism as theological historicism. Approaches to overcoming it in M.Blondel's early work. Frankfurt: Lang 1985 ISBN 3-8204-5209-5 ; 2nd, revised and improved new edition Frankfurt: Lang 2014 ISBN 978-3631624845
• together with Klaus Müller u. Thomas Pröpper (ed.): Hope that gives reasons: on Hansjürgen Verweyen's project of a first-philosophical responsibility for faith. Regensburg: Pustet 1996 ISBN 3-7917-1508-9
• together with Karl M. Woschitz (ed.): Religion - Utopia - Art. The city as a focus. Münster: LIT 2005 ISBN 3-8258-7724-8
• Approaches between art and belief. A fundamental theological sketchbook. Münster: LIT 2005 ISBN 3-8258-9183-6
• (Ed.), Theology - Art - Aesthetics. Vienna: LIT 2015 ISBN 978-3-643-50673-3

literature

• Christian Wessely (ed.): Art of Faith - Faith of Art: The view of the "unavailable other". Gerhard Larcher on his 60th birthday. Regensburg: Pustet 2006 ISBN 3-7917-2033-3
• Christian Wessely ; Peter Ebenbauer (ed.): Question mark. How art moves reason and faith. For Gerhard Larcher. Regensburg: Pustet 2014 ISBN 978-3791725901 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Larcher in the catalog of the German National Library