Hubert Windisch

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Hubert Windisch (born March 4, 1949 ) is a German Roman Catholic pastoral theologian .

Life

Hubert Windisch studied Catholic theology , including in Rome , and was ordained a priest in Rome on October 10, 1974 . He received a doctorate in moral theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and habilitated at the University of Regensburg for the subject of pastoral theology . From 1988 to 1992 he was a private lecturer and lecturer at the theological faculty of the University of Regensburg. From 1992 to 1997 he was a professor for pastoral theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Graz . In 1997 he moved to the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg , where he taught pastoral theology. Windisch retired on April 1st, 2012.

Hubert Windisch's pastoral theological work in recent years has addressed the question of pastoral care under the conditions of a rapidly changing shape of the church. He pleaded for a “simple pastoral care” that focuses on leading people to Jesus Christ as the center of the Christian faith. His project Simple (er) e pastoral care also served this purpose. The Paroikia parish project .

In 2010, Windisch caused a sensation in the media because of his public statements on the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clerics by expressing that the church abuse cases by clergy had "almost exclusively a homosexual background". Without facing the incompatibility of homosexuality and ordination, "the main reason for church abuse cases" could not be remedied. The student council of Roman Catholic theology at the University of Freiburg thereupon asked Windisch in an open letter to make his statements clearer or to correct them, as they “did not seem conducive to an open, scientifically based dialogue”.

Publications (selection)

  • Acting in history. A Catholic contribution to the problem of moral compromise , Regensburger Studien zur Theologie 24, Frankfurt / M. 1981.
  • Compromise for love's sake? Rules of the game No. 6 , Freiburg / Switzerland - Mödling near Vienna 1981.
  • To speak means to love. A practical theological theory of pastoral discussions , studies on theology and practice of pastoral care 1, Würzburg 1989, ²1989.
  • Pastoral care for the people. The renewal of pastoral care through pastoral discussions . Perspectives for Pastoral Care 1, Würzburg 1989.
  • Sexuality and belief. Help for marriage pastoral care , Regensburg 1990.
  • Pastoral theological heckling , Würzburg 1998.
  • Lay priests. Rome or the real thing. For instruction on some questions about the cooperation of the laity in the ministry of priests , Würzburg 1998.
  • Minima Pastoralia. Orientation aids for pastoral care , Würzburg 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kath.net : Church abuse cases and a homosexual background
  2. ↑ University: Student Council for Catholic Theology, Open Letter
personal data
SURNAME Windisch, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic pastoral theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1949