Ingeborg Gabriel

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Ingeborg Gerda Gabriel (born April 24, 1952 in Wels , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and social scientist (economics, international relations).

She has held the chair for social ethics at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna since 1997. Her main research interests are (social) ethical principles, international ethics with a special focus on human rights ethics, business ethics and ecology. She is currently the special representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the fight against racism, xenophobia, intolerance and discrimination, especially against Christians and members of other religions (2017, 2019). The ecumenical discourse plays just as important a role for her as the interreligious dialogue in which she has been active for years.

biography

Ingeborg G. Gabriel was born in Wels (Upper Austria). She was a fellow of the American Field Service (AFS) in Long Beach, California (1968/69). From 1970 to 1974 she studied economics at the University of Vienna and graduated with a master's degree in social and economic sciences (Mag. Rer. Soc. Oec.). In the second subject she studied philosophy and German studies. From 1974 to 1976 she completed the post-graduate course in international relations at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna and obtained a master’s degree. In 2010 she was inducted into the Academy's Hall of Fame.

She then worked as an international civil servant in the United Nations Development Aid Program (UNDP) in New York (1976/1977), in Kathmandu, Nepal (1977/1978) and as a Vice-Resident Representative in Ulan Bator, People's Republic of Mongolia (1978–1978) 1980). Then she studied theology in Vienna and graduated with a Mag. Theol. (1986) and the Dr. theol. (1989) in Old Testament biblical studies with Professor Braulik. In addition, she was first a freelancer at ORF (1981/1982) and then university assistant at the Institute for Ethics and Social Sciences (from 1982). In 1995 she became assistant professor and head of the department for international ethics at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna.

In 1997 she was appointed full university professor. She was the first woman in the history of the Catholic Faculty of the University of Vienna (founded in 1384) to be appointed full professor. Since then she has held the chair for Christian social teaching and social ethics. In her academic research and teaching she deals on the one hand with fundamental questions of social ethics, on the other hand with questions of applied political and economic ethics, whereby ecumenical and interreligious cooperation is a particular concern of her. In 2008 she spent a sabbatical semester as a fellow at the Institute on Culture Religion and World Affairs (Professor Peter L. Berger) at Boston University.

Ingeborg Gabriel was President of the Association for Social Ethics in Central Europe (2011–2019). During this time she taught and lectured in many countries in the region. She initiated and coordinated the EU-funded CEEPUS program "Ethics and Politics in the European Context", in which 17 Central European universities and institutes with social science, social ethics and theological subjects were involved and more than 400 students and teachers between 2012 and 2017 enabled an academic exchange.

Ingeborg Gabriel has been active in interreligious, especially Christian-Muslim, dialogue since the 1980s. From 2001 to 2008 she was a member of the Steering Committee of the Vienna Christian-Islamic Round Table (VICIRoTa). The volumes on social issues in Christian-Muslim dialogue published during these years are available online in several languages. In 2006 she founded (together with Irmgard Marboe) the Vienna Christian-Islamic Summer University, of which she was Vice Director until 2014 and at which she taught during this time. She served on the Board of the Dialogue Institute at Temple University (Philadelphia) from 2010 to 2016 and is Associate Editor of the Journal for Ecumenical Studies, a jury member of the Centesimus Annus-Pro Pontifice Foundation and a member of Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC), des Board of the ERC Projects Postsecular Conflicts, the scientific advisory board of the yearbook for Christian social sciences and the scientific advisory board of the Edith Stein Society.

Ingeborg Gabriel held a variety of university functions. She was a member of the founding convention of the University of Vienna; Senator of the University of Vienna (1997–2006; 2010–2013) and Vice Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty (2010–2012), as well as head of the Institute for Social Ethics for many years (1997–2016). She is head of the social ethics department and deputy head of the Institute for Systematic Theology and Ethics (since 2017).

Non-university functions include: Director of the "Iustitia et pax" commission of the Austrian Bishops' Conference (2008-2016), which is dedicated to fundamental socio-political issues relating to the issues of peace, justice and human rights, and Vice-President of the "Iustitia et pax" commissions in Europe ( 2013-2019). She is Vice-Chairwoman of the Ethics Advisory Board of the bank Schellhammer & Schattera (Vienna).

Ingeborg Gabriel also deals with current questions of ethics and social ethics for a wider audience in numerous media articles in daily and weekly newspapers, as well as for television and radio.

Publications (selection)

  • Monographs and edited volumes:
  • (together with Peter. G. Kirchschläger / Richard Sturn (ed.)): An economy that promotes life. (Grünewald Ostfildern).
  • 2017 (together with Kristina Stoeckl / Aristotle Papanikolaou (ed.)): Political Theologies in Orthodox Christianity. Common Challenges - Divergent Positions. (T&T Clark London).
  • 2013 (together with Petra Steinmair-Pösel (ed.)): Justice in a finite world: Ecology - Economy - Ethics. (Grünewald: Ostfildern) (2nd edition 2014).
  • 2012 (together with Alexandros K. Papaderos / Ulrich HJ Körtner (eds.)): Trilogy of Social Ethics: Orthodox - Catholic - Protestant (Ecumenical Press: Philadelphia).
  • 2012 (together with Helmut Renöckl (ed.)): Solidarity in the Crisis. In search of new ways (Echter: Würzburg). 
  • 2011 (together with Ludwig Schwarz (ed.)): Global policy in times of crisis: Perspectives on international justice (Schöningh: Paderborn).
  • 2010 (together with Cornelia Bystricky (ed.)): Communism in retrospect. Ecumenical Perspectives from East and West (1989-2009). (Grünewald: Ostfildern).
  • 2008 (Hg.): Politics and Theology in Europe: Perspectives of Ecumenical Social Ethics. (Grünewald: Ostfildern).
  • 2007 (together with Franz Gassner (ed.)): Solidarity and Justice. Ecumenical Perspectives. Ostfildern.
  • 2005 (according to Alexandros K. Papaderos / with Ulrich HJ Körtner (ed.)): Perspektiven ecumenical social ethics. The mission of the churches in greater Europe. (Grünewald: Ostfildern) (2nd edition, Ostfildern 2006).
  • 2001 (together with Christa Schnabl / Paul M. Zulehner (eds.)): Interference. On the political relevance of theology. (Schwabenverlag: Ostfildern).
  • 1995 violence in Europe. Causes - background - ways out. (Blow out: Regensburg).
  • 1990 Peace over Israel: An investigation into the theology of peace in Chronicles I 10 - II 36. (Bibles: Klosterneuburg).

Articles and book chapters (selection from 1997)

  • 2019 Antigone wasn't just here. The Axial Age Theory as a cultural-historical foundation of human rights. In: Patricia Hladschick / Fiona Steinert (ed.), Giving Human Rights Shape and Effectiveness ~ Making Human Rights Work. Festschrift for Manfred Nowak and Hannes Tretter, NWV Verlag, Vienna 719–730.
  • 2018 Is the common good outdated? On the political topicality of a principle of Catholic social teaching. In: Bartosz Rydliński / Slawomir Sowiński / Radoslaw Zenderowski (eds.): Wolnosc. Wieczne wyzwanie, Warsaw, 461–479.
  • 2018 erosion of democracy? A problem indicator. In: Forum School Foundation. Journal for the Catholic Free Schools of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, 28th year, 8–22.
  • 2017 Economics - Theology - Social Ethics. Divergences and convergences. In: Ingeborg Gabriel / Peter G. Kirchschläger / Richard Sturn (eds.): An economy that promotes life. Reflections on economic and business ethics following Pope Franziskus, Ostfildern, 23–49.
  • 2017 Human Rights and Religions - Allies or Adversaries ?. In: Peter G. Kirchschläger (ed.): The Responsibility of Non-State Actors towards Human Rights (Religious Law Studies 4), Zurich, 33–52.
  • 2017 Political Theology under the Conditions of Modernity: A Catholic Perspective. In: Kristina Stoeckl / Ingeborg Gabriel / Aristotle Papanikolaou (ed.): Political Theologies in Orthodox Christianity. Common Challenges - Divergent Positions. London, 55-74.
  • 2017 Truth in Earthen Vessels. Catholic Reflections on Contextualization. In: Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 69 (1-4), 357-372.
  • 2017 Ecology as a question of the “new man”. In: Michael Biehl / Bernd Kappes / Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter (eds.): Green Reformation. Ecological Theology, Hamburg, 83-108.
  • 2017 The daily bread for everyone. Feeding the world as a question of justice in the present. In: International Catholic Journal Communio, Volume 46, January / February, 52–65.
  • 2016 The humanistic creed of Vatican II and its reinterpretation by Pope Francis. From Gaudium et Spes to Evangelii Gaudium and Laudato Si. In: Kurt Appel, Jakob Helmut Deibl (ed.): Mercy and tender love. Pope Francis' theological program. Freiburg / Basel / Vienna, pp. 128–140.
  • 2016 Exciting times. In: Konrad Hilpert (ed.): Theological ethicists in the mirror of their biography. Stations and Contexts, Paderborn, 165–184.
  • 2016 Recognition and theology of human rights in the Catholic Church. In: Vasilios N. Makrides / Jennifer Wasmuth / Stefan Kube (eds.): Christianity and human rights in Europe. Perspectives and debates in East and West (Erfurt Studies on the Cultural History of Orthodox Christianity 11), Frankfurt am Main, 149–164.
  • 2015 The encyclical "Laudato Si". A milestone in the teaching of social preaching. In: International Catholic Journal Communio, Volume 44, November / December, 639–646.
  • 2015 The European Charter of Fundamental Rights. Thoughts on concretization by the churches. In: Peter Klasvogt / Stefan Klug (eds.): Europe - community of values ​​or economic union? On the influence of Catholicism in Central Europe, Paderborn, 65–89.
  • 2014 Communio and Synchoresis. On the ecumenical dimension of Christian ethics in Europe today. In: Kyrillos Katerelos (ed.): Ekeyos eis timen. Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the episcopal ordination and the 20th anniversary of the enthronement as Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary and Central Europe Dr. Michael Staikos, Athens, 269-284.
  • 2014 responsibility in time. The ecumenical social word as an impulse for engagement. In: Severin J. Lederhilger (ed.): Who is my neighbor? The social in the ego society. 15th Ecumenical Summer Academy, Linz Philosophical-Theological Contributions, Volume 29, Frankfurt am Main, 127–147.
  • 2014 Human rights and religions: can we build bridges? Theological stumbling blocks and resources. In: Brigitte Schinkele / René Kuppe / Stefan Schima [u. a.] (Ed.): Law Religion Culture, Festschrift for Richard Potz on his 70th birthday, Vienna, 87-101.
  • 2014 Perspectives of Catholic Social Ethics for a Social Design of Europe. In: Hermann Schoenauer (ed.): Social-ethical dimensions in Europe. From an economic union to a community of values, Stuttgart 2014, 33–52.
  • 2014 Introduction - Ecology as a Justice Question of the Present. In: Ingeborg Gabriel / Petra Steinmair-Pösel (ed.): Justice in a finite world: Ecology - Economy - Ethics, Ostfildern, 9–31.
  • 2013 Natural law, human rights and the theological foundation of social ethics. In: Markus Vogt (ed.): Theology of Social Ethics (Quaestiones Disputatae 255), Freiburg / Basel / Vienna, 229–251.
  • 2013 autonomy of earthly realities. Reflections on a complex council metaphor. In: Mariano Delgado / Michael Sievernich (ed.): The great metaphors of the Second Vatican Council. Their significance for today, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna, 267–286.
  • 2013 according to with Irene Klissenbauer, lawsuits against blasphemy? On the difficult relationship between freedom of religion and freedom of expression. In: Thomas Weißer (ed.): Can one offend God? On the current blasphemy debate (controversial theology), Freiburg, 179–191.
  • 2013 On the future of democracy under globalization conditions. A socio-ethical problem indicator. In: Yearbook for Christian Social Sciences, Vol. 54, 83-104.  
  • 2013 Where Difference Matters: Social Ethics in the Contemporary World. In: Journal of Ecumenical Studies 48, No. 1, 97-106.
  • 2012 “In the world, but not of the world”. The Catholic Church in public space. In: Alojz Ivanišević (ed.): Re-sacralization of public space in Southeast Europe after the fall of the Wall in 1989 ?, Frankfurt am Main, 17–34. 
  • 2012 Christian social ethics in the modern age: The hardly received approach of Gaudium et spes. In: Jan Heiner Tück (ed.): Memory of the future: The Second Vatican Council, 2nd edition, Freiburg im Breisgau, 605–621.
  • 2012 Giving Meaning to Work: The Spiritual Challenge of Our Time. In: Bartholomew C. Okonkwo (ed.): Finding Meaning in Business, Theology, Ethics, and Vocation, New York, 3–11.
  • 2011 What is virtue good for? Reflections on the topicality of virtue ethics, in: Karl Baier / Markus Riedenauer (ed.): The span of existence: Philosophy, theology, psychotherapy and religious studies in conversation (Festschrift for Augustinus Wucherer-Huldenfeld on his 80th birthday), Vienna, 199–219 .
  • 2010 Christianity in an Age of Uncertainty: A Catholic Perspective. In: Peter L. Berger (ed.), Between Relativism and Fundamentalism. Religious Resources for a Middle Position, Grand Rapids, 124-151.
  • 2010 Why Religions Should Opt for Emancipation. In: Richard Potz / Sabine Kroissenbrunner / Astrid Hafner (eds.): State, Law and Religion in Pluralistic Societies - Austrian and Indonesian Perspectives, Göttingen, 157–163.
  • 2010 The Role of Religions in the Public Square: Elements of Transformation Process. In: Richard Potz / Sabine Kroissenbrunner / Astrid Hafner (eds.): State, Law and Religion in Pluralistic Societies, Göttingen, 179–190.
  • 2010 The fascination of domination. The dark side of modernity, its ecological consequences and the ethical and spiritual handling of them. In: Geiko Müller-Fahrenholz (ed.): Peace with the earth. How do we overcome our violence against nature ?, Frankfurt, 83–112.
  • 2010 Like Rosewater. Reflections on Interreligious Dialogue. In: Journal of Ecumenical Studies 45, No. 1, 1–23.
  • 2010 Western lifestyle in crisis. How we live and how we should live. In: Helmut Renöckl / Stephan Baloban (ed.): Shaping the future now. Social ethical perspectives, Vienna 2010, 197–226.
  • 2009 paradigm shift in social ethics. In: Johann Reikerstorfer / Martin Jäggle (eds.): Forward memories. 625 years of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna, Göttingen, 145–171.
  • 2009 transformations. Europe twenty years after the fall of the Wall. In: Amos. International Journal for Christian Social Ethics 3, Issue 4, 3–13.
  • 2008 How much Christian ethics or Catholic social teaching can politics tolerate? Position determination and desiderata in view of Austria, in: Mariano Delgado / David Neuhold (eds.): Politics from Christian responsibility. A country comparison Austria-Switzerland, Innsbruck / Vienna / Bozen, 137–155.
  • 2008 On the way to an ecumenical social ethic. In: Amos. International Journal for Christian Social Ethics 2, Issue 2, 48–50.
  • 2008 Global Ethic in Motion: Between Religious and Secular Ethics. In: Erwin Bader (ed.): Weltethos und Globalisierung, Münster, 149–163.
  • 2007 Is the re-theologization of politics an evil? One answer to Rudolf Burger. In: Friedrich Gleißner / Hanspeter Ruedl / Heinrich Schneider [u. a.] (ed.): Religion in Public Space. Religious Freedom in the New Europe, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar, 115–131. 
  • 2007 Perspectives on Social and Business Ethics. Reflections on the Russian Orthodox social concept from the perspective of Catholic social teaching. In: Pro Oriente (ed.): The social conception of the Russian Orthodox Church. A document of social responsibility, Vienna, 132–159 (in German and Russian).
  • 2007 Interreligious Dialogues - A Path to Peace and Understanding. In: Gerald Faschingeder / Clemens Six (ed.): Religion and Development. Interactions in State and Society, Vienna, 205–235.
  • 2006 The different faces of poverty. In: Andreas Bsteh / Tahir Mahmood (ed.): Poverty and Injustice - Signs of Crisis in the Current Social Order Worldwide, Mödling, 27–37 (also published in English and Arabic).
  • 2006 Human rights as the basis of European political culture, in: Helmut Renöckl / Alzbeta Dufferova / Alfred Rammer (eds.): Rowing on stormy seas. Social-ethical perspectives in Central Europe, Vienna, 152–162.
  • 2005 The Long Shadow of History: Conflict and Reconciliation in Christian-Muslim Relations. In: Andreas Bsteh / Seyed A. Akrami / Seyed A. Mirdamadi (eds.): Peace, justice and their threats in today's world, Mödling, 31–56 (also published in Persian and Arabic).
  • 2004 Humanity and Holiness. Spirituality and ethics as "signs of the times" and as a request to the Christian churches. In: Paul M. Zulehner (ed.): Spirituality - more than a megatrend? Commemorative document for Cardinal Franz König, Ostfildern, 95–107.
  • 2004 The Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church: A Contribution to Christian Social Ethics. In: Z. Sarelo (Red.): Zyc godnie w zmieniajacym sie swiecie. Ksiega pamiatkowa ku czci ks. Prof. dra got. Jana Pryszmonta, Zabki, 349-367.
  • 2003 Morality in times of globalization. Between secularity and religion. In: Ralf Elm (ed.): Ethics, politics and cultures in the globalization process. An interdisciplinary merger, Dortmund, 47–64.
  • 2003 The Christian Churches in Europe. On the way to an ecumenical social ethic. In: Austrian Archives for Law & Religion 50, Heft 2 - 3, 201–212.
  • 2002 Democracy in times of globalization. Current challenges. In: Günter Virt (ed.): The globalization process. Facets of a dynamic from an ethical and theological perspective, Freiburg, 115–130.
  • 2001 remembrance and reconciliation. On the political renaissance of a theological concept, in : Ingeborg Gabriel / Christa Schnabl / Paul M. Zulehner (eds.): Einmischungen. On the political relevance of theology, Ostfildern, 25–47.
  • 2000 Work and human dignity, in: Karl Klein / Matthias Tschirf / Helmut Wohnout (eds.): What remains of social justice? Society and Catholic Social Doctrine in the New Millennium. Vienna, 69–85.
  • 1999 Current social developments as challenges for Christian ethics. In: Walter Krieger / Balthasar Sieberer (eds.): Caritas - Service to People and Society, Würzburg, 9–22.
  • 1998 The contribution of religions to a global ethic. In: Adel T. Khoury / Gottfried Vanoni (ed.): “I believed everything, that's why I talked” (Festschrift for Andreas Bsteh on his 65th birthday), Würzburg, 107–124.
  • 1997 Justice from a Christian perspective. In: Andreas Bsteh / Seyed A. Mirdamadi (ed.): Justice in international and interreligious relations from an Islamic and Christian perspective, Mödling, 51–72 (also published in English, Persian and Arabic).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Vienna
  2. ↑ Ingeborg Gabriel. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
  3. ^ Berthold Siegmar: Vienna theologian new OSCE representative. In: Church In 4/2017. Retrieved on April 25, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Ingeborg Gabriel was reappointed the OSCE's “Special Representative”. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
  5. ↑ History Department. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Alumni Hall of Fame | ClubDA. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ CEEPUS. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  8. ^ Christian-Muslim dialogue. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Christian-Muslim Summer Academy. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  10. ^ Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Retrieved May 27, 2019 (American English).
  11. ↑ Ingeborg Gabriel. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ingeborg Gabriel. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  13. ↑ IUPAX: Contact . Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  14. ↑ Ethics Advisory Board | Supervisory board and advisory bodies | About us | The private bank in the heart of Vienna - Schelhammer & Schattera. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  15. ↑ "criss-cross": "Athos - The Mountain of Monks" and "Clearing Out Life" - on April 23 from 10:35 p.m. on ORF 2. Accessed on May 27, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Publications by O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Gabriel. Retrieved on May 25, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Ingeborg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gabriel, Ingeborg Gerda (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels , Upper Austria