Hansjürgen Verweyen

Hansjürgen Verweyen (born February 15, 1936 in Bonn ) is a German fundamental theologian and philosopher .

Life

Hansjürgen Verweyen studied Catholic theology , philosophy and German . In 1969 he received his doctorate with a dissertation supervised by Joseph Ratzinger on "Ontological requirements of the act of faith". In 1974 he completed his habilitation in philosophy with Nikolaus Lobkowicz in Munich with the thesis: “Law and morality in JG Fichte's social theory”. From 1967 to 1975 he taught systematic historical theology as an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame , Indiana in the USA. From 1975 to 1984 he was a full professor of theology and its didactics at the comprehensive university in Essen . From 1984 to 2004 he held the chair for fundamental theology in Freiburg im Breisgau .

approach

Verweyen's work deals with various aspects of rationally responsible belief:

• Belief responsibility before historical and philosophical reason
• Unconditional assumptions (see final justification ) in ethics and religion in the area of ​​tension between pluralism and fundamentalism
• Relationship between exegesis and fundamental theology
• Meaning and reason for believing in the resurrection
• Edition, translation and commentary on works by Anselm von Canterbury , Johann Gottlieb Fichtes and Maurice Blondels

Fonts

• Ontological presuppositions of the act of faith . Patmos, Düsseldorf 1969 ( online ).
• Law and morality in JG Fichte's theory of society . Alber, Freiburg and Munich 1975.
• Christological foci . Ludgerus, Essen 1977, ISBN 3-87497-123-6 2nd edition 1985 (PDF file; 8.61 MB).
• Asking God. Anselm's concept of God as a guide (= Christian structures in the modern world , edited by Wilhelm Plöger, vol. 23). Ludgerus, Essen 1978 ( online ).
• God's last word. Outline of Fundamental Theology . Pustet, Regensburg, third, completely revised edition 2000, ISBN 3-7917-1692-1 (1st edition: Patmos, Düsseldorf 1991 online ).
• as editor: Easter faith without resurrection? Discussion with Gerd Lüdemann (= Quaestiones disputatae , vol. 155). Herder, Freiburg 1995, ISBN 3-451-02155-2 .
• together with Albert Raffelt : Karl Rahner (= Beck'sche Reihe, vol. 541: Denker). CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-41941-0 .
  • Italian edition: Leggere Karl Rahner . Queriniana, Brescia 2004, ISBN 88-399-0801-3 .
• Message from a dead man? Responsible for faith rationally . Pustet, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7917-1568-2 .
• Theology under the sign of weak reason . Pustet, Regensburg 2000, ISBN 3-7917-1691-3 .
• Why sacraments? Pustet, Regensburg 2001, ISBN 3-7917-1762-6 .
• Philosophy and theology. From myth to logos to myth . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-534-15616-1 .
• Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI. . The development of his thinking . Primus, Darmstadt 2007, ISBN 978-3-89678-587-9 .
• Anselm of Canterbury 1033-1109. Thinker, prayer, archbishop . Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7917-2205-4 .
• Introduction to Fundamental Theology (series Introduction to Theology ). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-20521-9 .
• An unknown Ratzinger. The habilitation thesis from 1955 as the key to his theology . Pustet, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7917-2286-3 .
• The crucified as judge of the world. To the tympanum in the Freiburg cathedral tower . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89870-840-1 .
• Re-spell being human. On the use of philosophical and historical criticism for faith . Pustet, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7917-2772-1 .
• Was the word WITH God? On the soteriology of the Gospel of John . Pustet, Regensburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7917-3060-8 .

literature

• Hans Kessler: Don't look for the living among the dead: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from a biblical, fundamental theological and systematic perspective. New edition with detailed discussion of current issues. Würzburg: Echter 1995. ISBN 3-429-01676-2
• Karl-Heinz Menke : The uniqueness of Jesus Christ in the horizon of the question of meaning. Einsiedeln, Freiburg: Johannes 1995. (Criteria; 94) ISBN 3-89411-331-6
• Gerhard Larcher , Klaus Müller , Thomas Pröpper (eds.): Hope that gives reasons. On Hansjürgen Verweyen's project of a first-philosophical responsibility for faith. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet 1996. ISBN 3-7917-1508-9
• Engelbert Felten: The view of the church: ecclesiological drafts in the fundamental theology of the present. Trier: Paulinus 1996. (Trier theological studies; 59) ISBN 3-7902-1287-3
• Peter Ebenbauer : Fundamental theology according to Hansjürgen Verweyen: Presentation - Discussion - Critique. Innsbruck, Vienna: Tyrolia 1998. (Innsbrucker theological studies; 52) ISBN 3-7022-2180-8
• Bernhard Dieckmann: The cross as the basis of the Easter faith? Inquiries about Hansjürgen Verweyen's theology of the cross. Frankfurt am Main: Knecht 1999. (Fuldaer Hochschulschriften; 33) ISBN 3-7820-0834-0
• Joachim Valentin, Saskia Wendel (ed.): Absolute understanding ?! Fundamental theology between first philosophy and hermeneutics. Regensburg: Pustet 2001. ISBN 3-7917-1763-4
• Paul Platzbecker: Thinking about radical autonomy before God: transcendental philosophical responsibility for faith in the dispute between Hansjürgen Verweyen and Thomas Pröpper. Regensburg: Pustet 2003. (ratio fidei; 19) ISBN 3-7917-1842-8
• Thomas Fößel: God - concept and mystery: Hansjürgen Verweyen's fundamental theology and its inherent criticism of the philosophy and theology of Karl Rahner . Innsbruck, Vienna: Tyrolia 2003. (Innsbruck theological studies; 70) ISBN 3-7022-2609-5
• Michael Seung-Wook Kim: In search of the unconditional that allows me to be "I": to develop the first philosophical thinking with Hansjürgen Verweyen. Regensburg: Pustet 2004. (ratio fidei; 24) ISBN 3-7917-1929-7
• Eva-Maria Spiegelhalter: Objectively evident? The perceptibility of the figure of Christ in the thinking of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Hansjürgen Verweyen. Freiburg: Herder 2013. ISBN 978-3-451-32616-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Hansjürgen Verweyen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Verweyen database with full texts .
• Thomas Alferi: "Faith and Reason" - The Freiburg fundamental theologian Hansjürgen Verweyen was 65 years old (konradsblatt 2001) ( Memento from March 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Video excerpt from Soiree Hansjürgen Verweyen - Frankfurt am Main, Haus am Dom