Hans Jürgen Brandt

Hans Jürgen Brandt (born April 28, 1938 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German Catholic theologian .

Live and act

Franz Hengsbach ordained him as a priest on February 2, 1965 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer . After two chaplain positions in Gelsenkirchen-Horst and Wattenscheid , and since 1970 city youth chaplain in Wattenscheid, he was released in 1972 for further studies at the Ruhr University Bochum , where he received his doctorate as a research assistant to Josef Lenzenweger . During this time he served as subsidiar at the Bochum Provost Church of St. Peter and Paul priestly act. In 1978 he became and Modern Church History in the subject habilitation . The Defense Minister, Hans Apel , appointed the Bochum private lecturer in 1980 to be professor of Catholic theology with special attention to Christian social doctrine at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich . When he was accepted into the Commandery Patrona Bavariae of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in 1982, he joined his second adopted home, Munich. But at the same time he remained closely connected to the Ruhr Diocese of Essen . He took over the deputy head of the Institute for Research on Church History of the Diocese of Essen, which was founded in 1976, from 1983 to 1991 as an honorary professor at the Essen seminary, introducing the prospective priests to the history of pastoral care, and since 1990 he has been a member of the cathedral chapter as a canon of honor at the Essen cathedral .

Fonts (selection)

• The men's chapter at the women's monastery in Essen in its personal composition and its relationships to pastoral care (= contributions to the history of the city and monastery of Essen. Volume 87). Essen 1972, OCLC 730007335 (also dissertation, Bochum 1971).
• Hildegard von Bingen 1098–1179. Orientation and assignment (= small series. Issue 3). Hoppe and Werry, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1980, ISBN 3888670160 .
• Church and hospital. On the history of "bodily" love in Christianity for the poor and the sick (= Kleine Schriftenreihe. Issue 4). Hoppe and Werry, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1981, OCLC 493414620 .
• A Catholic university in Germany? The struggle of Catholics in Germany for a university education in the 19th century (= Bonn contributions to church history. Volume 12). Böhlau, Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-412-00480-4 (also habilitation thesis, Bochum 1978).
• Elisabeth of Thuringia 1207–1231. The face of Christ in a merciful woman (= Small series of publications. Book 5). Hoppe and Werry, Mülheim an der Ruhr 1981, ISBN 3-88867-018-7 .
• with Karl Hengst : The Bishops and Archbishops of Paderborn . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1984, ISBN 3-87088-381-2 .
• with Karl Hengst: The auxiliary bishops in Paderborn . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1986, ISBN 3-87088-493-2 .
• as editor: The Poles and the Church in the Ruhr Area 1871-1919. Selected documents on pastoral care and church integration of linguistic minorities in the German Empire (= sources and studies. Volume 1). Aschendorff, Münster 1987, ISBN 3-402-06240-2 .
• with Karl Hengst: Victrix Mindensis ecclesia. The Minden bishops and prelates of the High Cathedral . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1990, ISBN 3-87088-644-7 .
• as editor: priest in uniform. Pastors, religious and theologians as soldiers in World War II (= sources and studies on the history of military pastoral care . Volume 10). Pattloch, Augsburg 1994, ISBN 3-629-00661-2 .
• with Karl Hengst: History of the Archdiocese of Paderborn . Bonifatius, Paderborn 1997–2014.
  • Volume 1. The Diocese of Paderborn in the Middle Ages (= publications on the history of the Central German Church Province. Volume 12). 2002, ISBN 3-89710-001-0 .
  • Volume 2. The Diocese of Paderborn in the Middle Ages (= publications on the history of the Central German Church Province. Volume 13). 2007, ISBN 3-89710-002-9 .
  • Volume 3. The Diocese of Paderborn in the Industrial Age 1821–1930 (= publications on the history of the Central German Church Province. Volume 14). 1997, ISBN 3-89710-003-7 .
  • Volume 4. The Diocese of Paderborn 1930–2010 (= publications on the history of the Central German Church Province. Volume 15). 2014, ISBN 978-3-89710-004-6 .
• as editor: Christians at War. Catholic soldiers, doctors and nurses in World War II . Pattloch, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-629-00834-8 .
• as editor with Peter Häger : Biographical Lexicon of the Catholic Military Pastoral Care of Germany 1848 to 1945 . Bonifatius, Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3-89710-212-9 .

literature

• Irmingard Böhm and Martin Gritz (eds.): Vita exemplum - in pictures and parables. Commemoration for Hans Jürgen Brandt on the occasion of his 60th birthday (= sources and studies on the history of military pastoral care. Volume 11). Bonifatius, Paderborn 1998, ISBN 3-89710-042-8 .
• Jürgen Bärsch and Reimund Haas (eds.): From Essen Abbey to the Ruhr Diocese. Ceremony for the 75th birthday of Hans Jürgen Brandt (= Theology and University. Issue 4). Verl.-Haus Monsenstein and Vannerdat, Münster 2013, ISBN 3-86991-863-2 .
  • Jürgen Bärsch and Reimund Haas (eds.): From Essen Abbey to the Ruhr Diocese. Ceremony for the 75th birthday of Hans Jürgen Brandt . (= Publications on the history of the Central German Church Province. Volume 25). 2nd improved and increased edition, Bonifatius, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-89710-563-8 .
  • Jürgen Bärsch and Reimund Haas (eds.): From Essen Abbey to the Ruhr Diocese. Ceremony for the 75th birthday of Hans Jürgen Brandt . readbox unipress, Münster 2017, ISBN 3-96163-040-2 .