Johannes Reiter

This article deals with the theologian Johannes Reiter. For other people see Johann Reiter .

Johannes Reiter (born April 22, 1944 in Beckingen - Haustadt ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and emeritus professor for moral theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Life

After the degree in engineering in Trier took riders at the Theological Faculty of Trier 1968, the study of theology to which he after a period of study at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ended with a diploma. This was followed by the doctorate to Dr. theol. in Trier 1977 and 1983 the habilitation in moral theology in Mainz. In 1984 he was offered the C4 chair for moral theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.

Act

Johannes Reiter has made a name for himself especially in the field of bioethics . He is a member of numerous committees, including

• multiple memberships in inquiry commissions of the German Bundestag on genetic engineering and medical ethics
• Bioethics Commission of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Central ethics committee at the German Medical Association
• Faith Commission of the German Bishops' Conference
• Pontifical Academy for Life
• International Theological Commission
• Academy of Ethics in Medicine
• Working group for gene diagnostics

Fonts

• The moral theologian Ferdinand Probst (1816–1899). A study on the history of moral theology in the transition from romanticism to neo-scholasticism (= moral theological studies, historical department. Vol. 4). Patmos, Düsseldorf 1978, ISBN 3-491-78443-3 .
• Genetic engineering or the manipulation of life - current writings… Johannes-Verlag, Leutesdorf 1985, ISBN 3-7794-0940-2 .
• with Ursel Theile (ed.): Genetics and Moral. Contributions to the ethics of the unborn ( moral theology interdisciplinary ). Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 1985, ISBN 3-7867-1158-5 .
• Human dignity and Christian responsibility: Concern about technology, ethics, politics. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 1989, ISBN 3-7666-9635-1 .
• with Rolf Keller: The challenge of abortion. Facts - arguments - orientations (= Herder library. Vol. 1779). Herder, Freiburg 1992.
• (Ed.): The appearance of the offense. Pregnancy conflict counseling according to the papal letter. Facts - documents - perspectives. Herder, Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-451-26956-2 .
• The genetic society. Scope of action and limits (= Topos plus TB. Vol. 428). Lahn, Limburg 2002, ISBN 3-7867-8428-0 .
• with Marianne Heimbach-Steins: Finding orientation - ethics of areas of life ( theological modules ). Herder, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 3-451-29783-3 .
• with Markus Schulze, Georg Augustin: Christian ethos and lifestyle. Bonifatius, Paderborn 2009.

Web links

• Johannes Reiter on the website of the University of Mainz ( Memento from January 5, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
• Johannes Reiter: Human dignity as a yardstick . In: From Politics and Contemporary History . B 23-24, 2004.
• Literature by and about Johannes Reiter in the catalog of the German National Library
• Federal Cross of Merit for Johannes Reiter