Hermann Steinkamp

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Hermann Steinkamp (born November 11, 1938 in Gelsenkirchen-Buer ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian , pastoral psychologist , pastoral sociologist , religious educator , trainer for group dynamics and teaching supervisor , university professor .

Career

Hermann Steinkamp received his doctorate in philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 1966 with a thesis on personalism in Jacques Maritain's social philosophy , followed in 1972 in Würzburg at Julius-Maximilians-Universität , the doctorate in theology with Wilhelm Dreier with a thesis on Group dynamics and democratization. Ideology-critical and socio-ethical studies on empirical and applied small group research .

From 1975 to 2004 he was Professor of Pastoral Sociology and Religious Education at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . In addition to his academic work in research and teaching, Steinkamp is also active after his retirement as a trainer in the group dynamics section of the German Working Group for Group Psychotherapy and Group Dynamics (DAGG) and as a teaching supervisor in the Group Organization System section of the German Society for Pastoral Psychology (DGfP) .

The inner connection between these two areas of work consists in the fact that faith can be re-opened through personally interpreted experience ("situational proclamation") (H. Steinkamp) (cf. Peter Conatatin Bloth: Artikel Jugend . In: Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller (ed .): Theologische Realenzyklopädie. Edition 1988, Volume 17, p. 240).

Main topics of his work

  • Social pastoral - Reception in the German-speaking area, social pastoral as a new paradigm, diaconal youth work, local diaconal pastoral care
  • Parish - place of diakonia, parish beyond the parish, parish as a place of learning
  • Pastoral power ( M. Foucault ) - meaning of theorems, leadership in psychiatric institutions, change of pastoral roles
  • Advice in church institutions - volunteer workers in telephone counseling, institutional context of pastoral supervision
  • Understand and control group processes
  • The subject of compassion

Works

Monographs

  • Personalism in Jacques Maritain's social philosophy. Bonn 1966. (University thesis Bonn, Philosophical Faculty, dissertation from May 25, 1966)
  • with Wilhelm Dreier: Effective power of the social. With an experience report on further training in social group work. (= Series of publications by the Academy for Youth Issues, Volume 3), Münster and Regensberg 1969.
  • Youth and church professions - seen sociologically. In: Workbook for vocational pastoral care. Issue 10/1972, pp. 14, 18 and 22.
  • Group dynamics and democratization. Ideology-critical and socio-ethical studies on empirical and applied small group research. 2nd edition, Mainz 1986, ISBN 3-459-00881-4 . (also Würzburg, Faculty of Theology, dissertation, 1972)
  • Youth work as social learning. Goals and tasks of church youth work. On the resolution of the Joint Synod of the Dioceses in the Federal Republic of Germany. Munich and Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-459-01121-1 .
  • Diakonia - hallmark of the community. Draft of a practical theological theory. Freiburg 1985, ISBN 3-7841-0284-0 .
  • Youth work as social learning. Goals and tasks of church youth work. 2nd edition, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-7867-0635-2 .
  • with Martin Affolderbach: Church youth work in basic terms. Keywords for an ecumenical balance sheet. Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-78389-5 .
  • Social pastoral. Freiburg im Breisgau 1991, ISBN 3-7841-0571-8 .
  • with Tiemo R. Peters , Thomas Pröpper : Erinnern und Erkennen. Patmos, 1993, ISBN 3-491-77940-5 .
  • Solidarity and partiality. For a new practice in church and community. Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-7867-1786-9 .
  • with Norbert Mette : Social Sciences and Practical Theology. (= Guide to Theology, Volume 11), Düsseldorf 1983, ISBN 3-491-77904-9 .
  • Diakonia in the area of ​​tension between church and society. Ceremonial lecture on the twentieth anniversary of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz on November 8, 1992. Ed .: Hochschulgesellschaft Forum Sociale Mainz eV, (= publications of the Hochschulgesellschaft Forum Sociale Mainz eV, issue 3), Mainz 1993.
  • The gentle power of the shepherds. The Significance of Michel Foucault for Practical Theology. Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-7867-2172-6 .
  • Pastoral care as incitement to self-care. (= Theology and Practice Volume 25), Münster 2005, ISBN 3-8258-7552-0
  • with Giancarlo Collet , Reinhard Feiter, Karl Gabriel, Udo Schmälzle (eds.): Love is possible and we can do it. Contexts and comments on the encyclical "Deus caritas est" by Pope Benedict XVI, Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1539-4 .
  • Long shadows of pastoral power , Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-643-12971-0 .

(Co-) editor

  • Theologie und Praxis Ed .: Giancarlo Collet, Reinhard Feiter, Norbert Mette , Udo Fr. Schmälzle, Hermann Steinkamp, ​​In: Series for pastoral theological discourse in its full breadth for research discourse and documentation of practical projects.
  • Diakonik , Ed .: Giancarlo Collet, Reinhard Feiter, Karl Gabriel, Udo Fr. Schmälzle, Hermann Steinkamp, ​​In: Series for the diaconal and caritas-scientific discourse against an interdisciplinary background (pastoral theology, Christian social ethics and missiology), for research discourse and documentation of Practical projects.

Articles and contributions (selection)

  • Considerations on the age structure of a youth association , in: In: deutsche jugend. Journal for youth issues and youth work 15 (10), pp. 461–466.
  • Church as the institutional background of supervision , in: Hans Tschainer (Hrsg.), The background rarely occurs. Hidden Dimensions in Supervision (= documentation of the 3rd symposium "Supervision in the pastoral field", March 6-9, 1995, Institute for Theological and Pastoral Training Freising in the Cardinal-Döpfner-Haus Freising), Freising o. J., Pp. 17-28.
  • Second structure - diakonia or diaconal church? , in: Isidor Baumgartner (Ed.), Christian Friesl (Ed.), André Máté-Tóth (Ed.), among colleagues. by Stefan Dinges and others, Keep the sky open. A plea for church development in Europe (Festschrift for Paul Zulehner ), Innsbruck - Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-7022-2292-8 , pages 71-80.
  • Learning Compassion in the adopted country , in: Pastoral Psychology in Motion. On the status of the pastoral care movement in Germany (= German Society for Pastoral Psychology eV (Hrsg.), DGfP-Info), 2009, pp. 89-104.

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personal data
SURNAME Steinkamp, ​​Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen-Buer