Johannes Dörmann

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Johannes Dörmann (born December 27, 1922 in Holzwickede ; † January 27, 2009 ) was a German Catholic theologian and missiologist .

Life

John Dörmann first studied mathematics and physics in teaching , then philosophy and theology to priests to be. In 1953 he was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Cologne , where he was also incardinated . From 1953 to 1966 Dörmann was a chaplain and pastor in various parishes.

Dörmann also studied missiology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster , ethnology , ethnosociology and religious studies in Bonn and Basel . In 1963 he received his doctorate from Joseph Ratzinger . In 1966 he completed his habilitation in religious studies and missiology. Then he was a private lecturer from 1966 to 1970 until he took over a chair for missions and religious studies at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster in 1970 . From 1970 until his retirement in 1984 he headed the Institute for Mission Studies at the Westphalian Wilhelms University. In addition, Dörmann was visiting professor at the Theological Faculty in Paderborn from 1969 to 1975 .

His specialty was the antiquity research of Johann Jakob Bachofen . In several works he dealt critically with the theology of Pope John Paul II, who died on April 2, 2005, and the world prayer meeting in Assisi, which he initiated . Dörmann's books on the development of this Pope's ecumenical approach have been translated into several languages.

Johannes Dörmann last lived in Senden . He was a member of the Fördergemeinschaft Theologisches eV , which publishes and publishes the magazine Theologisches . After the death of the former editor Johannes Bökmann , Dörmann was also the editor for a transitional period.

Publications (selection)

  • New sources for research into evolutionism in the nineteenth century from the estate of Johann Jakob Bachofen . Munster 1965
  • with Adolf Exeler : Questions of the Church Today . Echter, Würzburg 1971, ISBN 3-429-00218-4
  • The one truth and the many religions . Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 1988, ISBN 3-87442-024-8
  • The theological path of John Paul II to the World Day of Prayer of Religions in Assisi , 5 volumes. Sitta, Senden / Westphalia 1990–1998, complete ISBN 3-9802-4440-7

As editor

  • World mission in the world crisis. Lecture series on the Month of World Mission in Münster , October 1978, St. Augustin 1978, Steyler Verlag, ISBN 3-87787-127-5
  • with Walter Strasser: Johann Jakob Bachofen, Antiquarian Letters. In: Johann Jakob Bachofen, Collected Works. Edited by Karl Meuli using the estate . Basel 1943-1967, Volume VIII (1966).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For this and the following biographical data, cf. Dörmann's curriculum vitae in Johannes Dörmann: The theological path of John Paul II on the World Day of Prayer of Religions in Assisi . Volume II, part 3: Encyclical Dominum et vivificantem , Senden (Westphalia) 1998, Sitta-Verlag, ISBN 3-9802444-4-X , back cover.
personal data
SURNAME Dörmann, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and missiologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Holzwickede
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2009