Johannes Füllenbach

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Johannes Füllenbach SVD (born February 15, 1935 in Wied , Neuwied district (Westerwald) Rhineland-Palatinate ) is an internationally renowned Steyler missionary , author and Catholic theologian .

Training and commitment

After graduating from elementary school, Füllenbach trained as a gardener. He did his high school education at the Missionshaus St. Josef in Geilenkirchen and in 1958 obtained his university entrance qualification at the high school St. Xaver in Bad Driburg . In 1958 he entered the clerical noviciate of the Steyler missionaries in Sankt Augustin . He studied philosophy and theology at the St. Augustin Missionary Seminary near Bonn , where he was ordained a priest on October 17, 1964 . At the Pontificia Università Gregoriana the Jesuits he obtained the Licentiatein theology. In 1972 he visited Mother Teresa and her sisters in Calcutta, India for six months to get to know their work and way of life. For seven years Füllenbach gave courses in philosophy, sociology and theology at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay , Philippines . He completed his doctorate at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1977. His dissertation Ecclesiastical office and the primacy of Rome: an evaluation of recent theological discussion of First Clement was published in 1980. Füllenbach also gave lectures at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago , at the Regional Seminary in Davao , Philippines, and at the Catholic Theological Union in Melbourne , Australia. During his twelve-year tenure as director of the international renewal courses of his order in Nemi near Rome , Füllenbach began to give lectures on liberation theology and the Kingdom of God ecclesiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1985 . From 1997 to 2006 he was consultor of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome. Until 2005 he lectured at the Gregoriana and Beda College in Rome.

In addition, Füllenbach is a regular lecturer in numerous renewal courses of various orders and various pastoral institutes worldwide, such as B. the East Asian Pastoral Institute at the Ateneo de Manila University in Manila and the North American College in Rome. As a retreat and workshop leader, he became known and appreciated in the local Catholic churches in Asia, North America and Africa, but also in Ireland and, since moving to the St. Augustine Missionary Seminary near Bonn (2005), now also in Germany. Since 1995 Füllenbach has been teaching ecclesiology at the Philosophical-Theological University SVD St. Augustin in Sankt Augustin and holding special lectures on the kingdom of God.

Many of his books have been translated from English into various languages. B. Throw fire into Arabic (2007) and Proclaiming His Kingdom. Meditations for Personal Reflection in Bengali. On October 12, 2014, Father Füllenbach celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest in the church of the mission seminary in Sankt Augustin together with nine other classmates. He currently lives in the Sankt Augustin-Bonn seminary, from where he holds workshops and lectures.

Publications

Books

  • John Fuellenbach: Ecclesiastical office and the primacy of Rome: an evaluation of recent theological discussion of First Clement . Catholic University of America Press: Washington, DC 1980, 278 pp., ISBN 0-8132-0551-4 .
  • Your kingdom come - The original message of Jesus . Münsterschwarzacher Kleinschriften 164, Vier Türme Verlag: Münsterschwarzach 2007, 110 pages, ISBN 978-3-87868-664-4 .
  • John Fuellenbach: To proclaim his kingdom: retreat meditations for religious , Satprakashan: Indore 1991, 159 pp., ISBN 81-85428-08-5 .
  • The Kingdom of God. The Message of Jesus Today , Orbis Books, New York 1995, 340 pp., ISBN 1-57075-028-9 , Ibid: Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Oregon 2006. ISBN 1-59752-517-0
  • Throw fire , Logos Publication, Manila 1998, ISBN 971-510-116-X
  • Church: Community for the Kingdom , Orbis, New York 2002, 238 pp., ISBN 1-57075-416-0 . Ibid .: Logos Publication: Manila 2004, ISBN 1-57075-416-0 .
    • Igreja: Comunidade para o Reino . Paulinas: Sao Paulo 2006, 357 pp., ISBN 85-356-1670-5 .
  • The kingdom of god: the central message of Jesus' teachings in the light of the modern world , Gregorian University Press, Rome 1992, 204 pp.,
  • Theology of Liberation. Philosophical Theological Background and main thrust , Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra: Indore (India) 1992, 213 pp., ISBN 81-85428-21-2 .
  • Proclaiming His Kingdom. Meditations for Personal Reflection , Logos Publications: Manila 1988, 244 pp., ISBN 971-510-065-1 .

items

  • Development - Redemption - Liberation . In: H. Bettscheider (Ed.): Theologie und Befreiung, publications of the Missionspriesterseminar St. Augustin 24, Steyler Verlag: St. Augustin 1974, 74-84.
  • The incarnational aspect of mission , in: Verbum SVD, 22: 3-4 (1981) 325-341.
  • The appropriation and rejection of marxism in liberation theology In: Catalyst, 16: 3 (1986) 181-200.
  • El reino de Dios , in: R. Latourelle - R. Fisichella (dirs.): Diccionario de teología fundamental , San Pablo: Madrid 1992, ISBN 978-84-285-1460-6 , 1115-1126. edba. In the other language editions: The kingdom of God : Dictionary of fundamental theology (New York 2000); Il regno di Dio : Dizionario di teologia fondamentale (Assisi 1990); Le royaume de Dieu : Dictionnaire de théologie fondamentale (Montréal 1992)
  • Five themes which form the Basis of Liberation theology. in: DIWA. Studies in Philosophy and Theology 14: 1-2 (1989) 173-189.
  • Preservation of creation: The present kingdom of God as the theological basis for a theology of the preservation of creation - In: Verbum SVD. - 34: 2 (1993) 119-132.
  • Religious life in 2000 . In: Ordenskorrespondenz 34: 3 (1993) 296-308.
    • Religious Life in the year 2000 . In: Theological Digest 42: 1 (Spring. 1995) 19-24.
  • Eglise et royaume , in: Spiritus, 36 (1995) 138-141, H. 140, 305-317.
  • The Kingdom of God in Latin American liberation theology . - In: Studia missionalia. - 46 (1997) 267-291. ISBN 978-88-7652-741-8
  • The mission of the church within the context of religious pluralism . In: Ishvani documentation and mission digest, 17 (1999) 1, 87-106.
  • The Church in the context of the Kingdom of God . In: The convergence of theology. Commemorative Honoring Gerald O'Collins, Ed. By D. Kendall and At. T. Devis, Paulist Press 2001, 221-239. ISBN 978-0-8091-4015-2
  • Some Thoughts on Cultural Orientation . in: Verbum SVD 43 (2002) 177-188.
    • Some Thoughts on Cultural Orientation . in: East Asian Pastoral Review 42 (2005) 262-273.
  • The Kingdom of God. Jesus' Principal Action in the World . in: Sedos Bulletin 38 (2006) 223-231.
  • "You Cannot Serve God and Money" (cf. Mt 6:24) - Some Biblical and Theological Considerations Concerning Mission and Money . in: Sedos Bulletin 38 (2006) 101-110.
    • "No podéis servir a Dios y al dinero" (Mt 6:24): consideraciones bíblicas y teológicas en relación con la misión y el dinero . In: Misiones extranjeras (2008) 222, pp. 52-67.
  • How to be a good foreigner . In: Mission Outlook, 39 (2006/07) 1, 16-17.
  • The Church in the Service of the Kingdom of God . In: Forum Mission. 3. 2007, 47-71.

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personal data
SURNAME Füllenbach, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Wied