Joachim Giers

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Joachim Giers (born June 4, 1911 in Berlin , † November 28, 1996 in Munich ) was a Catholic social scientist and moral theologian .

Life

Joachim Giers studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the University of Breslau and received the sacrament of ordination in 1932 . He initially worked as a chaplain in Berlin , then studied moral theology with Theodor Müncker at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 1939 he was awarded the title of Dr. with a thesis on the doctrine of justice of Cardinal Thomas de Vio (“Thomas Cajetan”). theol. " PhD . From 1940 to 1942 he was chaplain at St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, from 1942 military service. After the war he worked again as a chaplain in Berlin. In 1955 he completed his habilitation in Freiburg with a work on Franz Suarez .

Since 1953 as a visiting professor, he received in 1955 a reputation as professor of moral theology and ethics at the Philosophical-Theological Seminary in Erfurt . From 1963 to 1979, as the successor to Nikolaus Monzel, he held the chair for Christian social teaching and general sociology of religion at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Since 1930 he was a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. Marchia (Breslau) to Aachen in the Cartell Association (CV) .

Fonts

  • Justice and love: the cornerstones of social order in Cardinal Cajetan's social ethics . Düsseldorf, 1941
  • Young Suarez's doctrine of justice. Freiburg im Breisgau, 1958
  • Social proclamation and social ethos. Hundred Years of Church Social Proclamation in Munich, 1993 ( ISBN 3-7698-0746-4 )

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personal data
SURNAME Giers, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic social scientist and moral theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1996
Place of death Munich