Harald Buchinger

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Harald Buchinger (born August 2, 1969 in Vienna ) is a Catholic theologian and professor of liturgical science at the University of Regensburg .

Life

Harald Buchinger attended the public Schottengymnasium of the Benedictines in Vienna. After graduating, he studied Catholic theology at the University of Vienna . In the academic year 1990/91 he took part in the Ecumenical Academic Year Jerusalem Dormition Abbey. After completing his diploma in 1995, Buchinger became assistant to Hansjörg Auf der Maur at the Institute for Liturgical Studies in Vienna ; after his death he was deputy director of the institute from 2001 to 2004; 2004–2007 followed a research and study stay in Rome funded by the FWF .

Harald Buchinger was with a dissertation on the Passover in 2002 Origen sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae Dr. theol. PhD. In 2006 Buchinger completed his habilitation at the University of Vienna and one year later he became an associate professor for liturgical science and sacramental theology at the university there.

In 2008 he was appointed to the University of Regensburg , where he teaches and researches as a professor of liturgical science. From 2012 to 2013 he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music , Visiting Professor at Yale University (Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School) and Guest Fellow at Trumbull College. As a guest lecturer, Buchinger also taught a. a. in Jerusalem , Leuven , Klausenburg , Cologne, Groningen , Innsbruck and Lemberg . From 2013 to 2015 Buchinger was Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg. In 2015 the W2 professorship was elevated to a chair (W3) for liturgical science.

Harald Buchinger is also active as a lecturer and consultant in adult education , for which he was made an honorary member of the Friends of Theological Courses in Vienna.

Research priorities

Buchinger's scientific focus includes a. the liturgy in the patristic . In addition to his research on Origen's work, he examines the Jerusalem liturgy and its influence in East and West. Further fields of activity are the liturgy of the Easter festival group, the reception of the Bible, especially the Psalter , in Christian liturgy and theology as well as church music , especially Gregorian chant .

Buchinger has a degree in church music (C and B exams from Catholic church music) and cultivates the study of classical and oriental source languages ​​as the basis for research into the liturgy across all rites and religions.

Buchinger is a co-applicant and member of the DFG Graduate College 2337 “Metropolität in der Vormoderne” as well as the DFG College Research Group / Center for Advanced Studies 2770 “Beyond the Canon: Heterotopias of Religious Authority in Late Antique Christianity”. Since 2017 he has been director of the Institutum Liturgicum Ratisbonense - the liturgical science institute of the diocese of Regensburg .

Fonts (selection)

  • Pasha with Origen . (= Innsbruck theological studies 64), 2 volumes, Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-7022-2542-0 .
  • Gregory the Great and the history of the occidental liturgy: key figure or figure of identification? In: I. Verbényi (ed.): Psallite sapienter. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Georg Béres . Szent István Társulat, Budapest 2008, pp. 113–154.
  • The John Apocalypse in Christian worship: explorations in liturgy and iconography . In: J. Verheyden, T. Nicklas, A. Merkt (eds.): Ancient Christian Interpretations of "Violent Texts" in the Apocalypse . (= Novum Testamentum et Orbis Antiquus 92) Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, pp. 216–266.
  • Holy times? Christian festivals between mimesis and anamnesis. Using the example of the Jerusalem liturgy . In: P. Gemeinhardt, K. Heyden (eds.): Communio Sanctorum: Holy, Holy and Holiness in Late Antique Religious Cultures . (= Religious historical experiments and preliminary work 61) de Gruyter, Berlin 2012, pp. 283–323.
  • Pasha . In: Reallexikon für Antike und Christianentum 26 Lfg. 208 (2014), pp. 1033-1077.
  • as an editor together with D. Hiley and S. Reichert with the collaboration of Florian Würsch: Processions and their songs in the medieval city. Gestalt - hermeneutics - representation . (= Forum Medieval Studies 13) Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7954-3221-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://list.fwf.ac.at/de/wissenschaft-konkret/im-fokus-schroedinger/schroedinger-liste/2004. Retrieved May 21, 2018 .
  2. ^ Chair of Liturgy: Publications - University of Regensburg. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Pasha with Origen . ( tyroliaverlag.at [accessed April 4, 2018]).
  4. ^ Chair of Liturgy: From the Curriculum Vitae - University of Regensburg. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ THEOLOGICAL COURSES. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  6. ^ Chair of Liturgy: Scientific Focus - University of Regensburg. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  7. ^ Chair of Liturgy: From the Curriculum Vitae - University of Regensburg. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  8. ^ Johannes Haider: Home - University of Regensburg. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .
  9. ↑ DFG - GEPRIS - FOR 2770: Beyond the Canon: Heterotopias of Religious Authority in Late Antique Christianity. Accessed April 4, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Buchinger, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic theologian and professor for liturgical science at the University of Regensburg
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna