Helmut Hoping

Helmut Hoping (* 1956 in Meppen , Emsland ) is a German Catholic theologian and professor of dogmatics at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau .

biography

Helmut Hoping studied philosophy , theology and education in Münster from 1976 to 1982 . He then worked at the University of Tübingen , where he received his doctorate in 1989 with a thesis on the doctrine of original sins based on Immanuel Kant . From 1991-1992 he carried out a research stay at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In 1995 he was ordained deacon and completed his habilitation in Tübingen with a thesis on the relationship between philosophy and theology under Thomas Aquinas . From 1997 to 2000 he taught as a full professor of dogmaticsat the Theological Faculty of the University of Lucerne . From March to April 2004, he was visiting professor in the Theology Department at Boston College . Since 2000 he has been a full professor of dogmatics and liturgical science at the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and was dean of this faculty from 2004 to 2008 . From 2008 to 2010 he was Managing Director of the International Graduate Academy of the University of Freiburg. From 2009–2011 he was chairman of the University Association for the Qualification of Young Scientists in Germany (UniWiND). 2006–2014 he was also theological advisor to the liturgy commission of the German Bishops' Conference .

He is a married Permanent Deacon and has two children.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• My body given for you. History and Theology of the Eucharist. 2., ext. Edition (1st edition 2011), Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-451-34259-2 )
• Cross and altar. The presence of Christ's sacrifice in the Eucharist . Dominus Verlag, Augsburg 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-940879-10-3 )
• Introduction to Christology . 2nd Edition. WBG, Darmstadt 2010 ( ISBN 978-3-534-23744-9 )
• Experience salvation in the sacraments . Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2009 ( ISBN 978-3-451-30139-1 )
• Wisdom as knowledge of the origin. Philosophy and theology in the ›Summa contra gentiles‹ of Thomas Aquinas . Herder, Freiburg i. B. 1997 ( ISBN 3-451-26234-7 ).
• Freedom in contradiction: an investigation into the doctrine of original sin in the outcome of Immanuel Kant . Tyrolia, Innsbruck 1990 ( ISBN 3-7022-1747-9 ).

editor

• with Peter Hünermann : Heinrich Denzinger : Compendium of Confessions of Faith and Church Doctrinal Decisions. 45th edition, Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2017 ( ISBN 978-3-451-34797-9 )
• with Michael Schulz : ominous legacy? On the theology of original sin . Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2009 ( ISBN 978-3-451-02231-9 )
• The bond of Isaac. Voice, writing, image . Schöningh, Paderborn 2009 ( ISBN 978-3-506-76868-1 ).
• with Michael Schulz: Jesus and the Pope. Systematic reflections on the Pope's book of Jesus . Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2007.

Web links

• Literature by and about Helmut Hoping in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website at the Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg
• Works by the author at Herder Verlag
• Sharp criticism of the theologian declaration
• Theologians call for the ordination of married men to the priesthood Katholisch.de on February 28, 2017