Johann Werner Mödlhammer

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Johann Werner Mödlhammer (born July 16, 1932 in Oberndorf near Salzburg ; † November 7, 2017 there ) was an Austrian Catholic theologian . He was a professor for fundamental theology and ecumenism in Salzburg with a focus on Reformation theology .

Life

Werner Mödlhammer studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg and in Paris at the Institut catholique de Paris . In 1957 he was ordained a priest in Salzburg Cathedral . He was a cooperator in Mayrhofen and Straßwalchen, then as vicar in Hallein.

After studying Charles de Foucauld and Islam in Morocco in 1965/66, he was a research assistant at the Institute for Dogmatics at the Theological Faculty of the University of Salzburg from 1966 to 1973. In 1969 he became involved with the work “Church and World at Paul Tillich. Post-conciliar studies on the theological approach "to Dr. theol. PhD. In 1973/74 he was an assistant at the Institute for Ecumenical Theology at the University of Salzburg. In 1976 he qualified as a professor in ecumenical theology with a special focus on Protestant theology with the study “Adoration and freedom. Theological-anthropological reflections on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology ”. Shortly thereafter, Mödlhammer took over the management of the newly established department for Reformation Theology. In 1977 he became a lecturer at the University of Vienna . During his habilitation studies, he was a spiritual director in the seminary in Salzburg for a few years . In 1992 he was offered the chair for fundamental theology and ecumenism in Salzburg. On September 30, 2000, he retired from the Theological Faculty of the University of Salzburg.

Christian ecumenism was of particular concern to him, and he chaired ecumenical commissions and working groups in the Archdiocese of Salzburg and in the universal church sector. He was also a member of the Priestly Council, the Ecumenical Commission, the Mixed Catholic-Protestant Commission, the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria and the Ecumenical Commission of the Austrian Bishops' Conference.

Fonts (selection)

  • 1. Church and world with Paul Tillich. Post-conciliar studies on the theological approach (= dissertations from the University of Salzburg . Volume 3). Notring, Vienna 1971, OCLC 251468970 (also dissertation, Salzburg 1968).
  • Worship and freedom. Theological-anthropological reflections on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology . Müller, Salzburg 1976, ISBN 3-7013-0540-4 .
  • with Karl Erwin Schiller : Heretic and Christ. Martin Luther's testimony to Christ in the mirror of the Second Vatican Council . Veritas Verlag, Linz 1983, ISBN 3-85329-370-0 .
  • Belief and power. Inaugural lecture held on June 8, 1983 at the University of Salzburg (= Salzburg University Speeches . Volume 76). Pustet, Salzburg 1985, ISBN 3-7025-0237-8 .

literature

  • Josef Aussermair as editor: Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Places of his theology. Johann Werner Mödlhammer on his 75th birthday . Schöningh, Paderborn / Munich 2008, ISBN 3-506-76340-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Mödlhammer obituary on bestattung-ginner.at , accessed on November 9, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Short biography of Johann Werner Mödlhammer . University of Salzburg , August 19, 2005, accessed on November 9, 2017 (pdf; 19 kB).
  3. ↑ Prof. Dr. Werner Mödlhammer passed away . Parish Oberndorf, November 7, 2017, accessed on November 9, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mödlhammer, Johann Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mödlhammer, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberndorf near Salzburg , Austria
DATE OF DEATH 7th November 2017
Place of death Oberndorf near Salzburg , Austria