Heinz Schuster (theologian)

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Heinz Schuster (born May 12, 1930 in Rübenach , today in Koblenz , † September 17, 1986 in Saarbrücken ) was a German theologian and university professor.

life and work

Heinz Schuster studied philosophy and theology in Innsbruck, Trier and Bonn and was ordained a priest in 1955 . In 1962 followed with The practical theology as a scientific theological doctrine on the ever abandoned execution of the church, the doctorate . From 1967 to 1987 he taught as a professor for Catholic theology and religious education at the University of Education in Saarbrücken and, from 1978, as a professor for practical theology at the University of Saarland . How u. a. Karl Lehmann , Johann Baptist Metz or Herbert Vorgrimler was also a Schuster student and assistant to Karl Rahner .

At the first Evangelical Catholic Church Congress in 1971, he and Karl-Heinz Ohlig , another Saarbrücken theology professor, surprised with the thesis that there is no reason to believe that Protestants and Catholics are separated. In the work Does the Catholic Dogma Block the Unity of the Churches? , which Schuster and Ohlig published without theological imprimatur , they consider the differences between Protestant and Catholic Churches, which "not even pastors and religious teachers" could properly explain, as "largely irrelevant".

From 1962 to 1986 Schuster was a member of the Broadcasting Council and the Program Advisory Board of Saarland Broadcasting. In May 1972, at the instigation of Franz Mai , director of the Saarland broadcasting company and former personal assistant to Konrad Adenauer , Schuster was temporarily relieved of his office by the Catholic clergy as broadcasting commissioner, as he had "not prevented CDU-critical statements by fellow believers".

He was a co-founder in 1968 and co-editor of the magazine Imprimatur until his death .

Publications (selection)

  • God - I'm looking for you. Prayers of a Critical Realist , ed. by Karl-Heinz Ohlig, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1988.
  • Practical theology under the claim of the cause of Jesus. In: Ferdinand Klostermann, Rolf Zerfaß (Ed.): Practical Theology Today. Munich / Mainz 1974, pp. 150-163.
  • Christian life in the world. Grünewald, Mainz 1973.
  • with Karl-Heinz Ohlig : Does the Catholic dogma block the unity of the churches? Patmos, Düsseldorf 1971.
  • The history of pastoral theology. In: Franz Xaver Arnold , Karl Rahner , Viktor Schurr, Leonhard M. Weber (eds.): Handbuch der Pastoraltheologie. Practical Theology of the Church in Her Presence. Volume I. Freiburg [et al.]. 1964, pp. 40-92.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schuster, Heinz . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 9 : Schlumberger – Thiersch . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096502-5 , p. 309 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ Andreas R. Batlogg SJ: The authority of Karl Rahner. Reflections and observations on the 25th anniversary of death. In: Voices of the Time. 227th volume, 2009, issue 3, p. 151.
  3. ↑ Church - Separate Tables . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 1971, p. 157-158 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Television - Dulled Conscience . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1972, p. 61-62 ( online ).
  5. ↑ Imprimatur: Impressum , Access: August 30, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Schuster, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Rübenach
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1986
Place of death Saarbrücken