Joachim Negel

Joachim Negel (born January 18, 1962 in Neuhaus Castle ) is a German Roman Catholic fundamental theologian .

Negel studied Catholic and Protestant theology, philosophy and Romance studies in Würzburg, Paderborn, Paris ( Institut Catholique de Paris ), Bonn and Münster. In 1989 he was ordained a priest in Paderborn. From 1989 to 1993 he worked as a chaplain in Höxter, from 1993 to 2004 as a pastor or subsidiary in Hagen / Westf. and from 1998 to 2004 as a student pastor in Dortmund. From 2004 to 2009 he was Dean of Studies for the Jerusalem Theological Academic Year , and from 2009 to 2015 lecturer in the philosophy of religion and fundamental theology at the Philipps University of Marburg .

In 2002 Joachim Negel received his doctorate in dogmatics from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. theol. PhD; In 2011 he completed his habilitation at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and received the venia legendi in the subject of fundamental theology. In October 2013 he started teaching there as a private lecturer .

Joachim Negel has been Full Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Theological Faculty of the University of Friborg and Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Studies (ISO) there since August 2015 .

His work focuses on soteriology and the doctrine of the sacraments, the hermeneutics of revelation and religious biography research. He deals with authors of French phenomenology ( Maurice Merleau-Ponty , Paul Ricoeur , Jean-Luc Marion , Michel Henry ) and the new phenomenology ( Heinrich Rombach , Hermann Schmitz , Bernhard Waldenfels ).

In May 2016, Negel was offered a position at the University of Bonn. He should teach there from the winter semester 2016/2017. The appointment negotiations were scheduled; it was only about the conditions. But the university withdrew in an opaque way.

In October 2018 there were press reports that the Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki had prevented Negel from being appointed to the University of Bonn in 2016. Negel told the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger that “Woelki was very angry in 2016 that the faculty had not considered his favorite theologian Thomas Marschler, who teaches in Augsburg, in its pre-selection. Marschler is Cologne priests and already known from his days as an altar boy with today's archbishop. "Woelki have at the former Science Minister Svenja Schulze intervened (SPD) and found that to be assessed under the rules of so-called professional competence Negels questioned Prussia Concordat responsibility alone University is. A spokesman for the archdiocese told KNA that the church has the right to press for “best selection”. According to the Concordat, the Archbishop has the right to reject a candidate if there are objections to his teaching or way of life; neither was the case with Joachim Negel.

Since Whitsun 2018, Negel has been a volunteer pastor at Rothenfels Castle on the Main . He succeeded Gotthard Fuchs , who held this office for 22 years.

Monographs

• Ambivalent sacrifice. Studies on the symbolism, dialectic and aporetic of a fundamental theological concept. Schöningh, Paderborn 2005 (dissertation 2002).
• World as a gift. Hermeneutical boundaries between theology and phenomenology (= Jerusalem Theological Forum , Vol. 26 = Ecumenical Contributions from the Jerusalem Theological Academic Year , Vol. 2). Aschendorff, Münster 2013.
• Thinking ahead Feuerbach. Studies on the projection argument critical of religion (= religion - history - society. Fundamental theological studies , vol. 51). Lit, Münster 2014.
• Projection as inspiration. Attempt a phenomenological reformulation of the concept of revelation. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2016 (abridged version of the habilitation thesis).
• Friendship. About the diversity and depth of a way of life. Herder, Freibur im Breisgau 2020, ISBN 978-3-451-38595-7 .

Web links

• University of Friborg: Prof. Dr. Joachim Negel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Criticism of Cardinal Woelki Woelki is said to have blocked the appointment of a theologian. In: Kölnische Rundschau. October 19, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Joachim Frank: How Cardinal Woelki prevents an unpleasant professor. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. October 17, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger: Woelki blocked university professor's objection to the appointment of dogmatist Joachim Negel at the NRW state government. In: press portal. October 18, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Joachim Frank: "Assaulting and illegal" Woelki blocks appointment of unpopular Bonn professor. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. October 18, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 . 
5. ^ Newspaper: Woelki prevented dogmatists from being appointed to the University of Bonn. In: Church + Life Network. The catholic online magazine. October 18, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 . 
6. ^ Lawyer: Woelki complained about errors in the Negel appeal procedure. Principle of "best selection". In: domradio. October 19, 2018, accessed October 22, 2018 .