Josef Amstutz

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Josef Amstutz (born March 5, 1927 in Kerns ; † 1999 ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

Josef Amstutz was the son of the Tobias and Karolina Amstutz-Ming family. He resigned after his training in Immensee and Mission Seminar Schoeneck in the Bethlehem Mission Society and celebrated in 1953 in his home parish of the first mass . He acquired in 1957 the doctorate in theology at the Gregorian University and in 1959 at the University of Oxford the Ph.D. He was a missionary in Rhodesia for two years and then became an advisor to Aloysius Haene in the first council session . From 1967 to 1981 he headed the Bethlehem Mission Society as Superior General.

Fonts (selection)

  • Haplotēs. A conceptual historical study of Judeo-Christian Greek . Bonn 1968, OCLC 5073569 .
  • Church of the Peoples. Sketch of a theory of mission . Freiburg im Breisgau 1972, ISBN 3-451-02057-2 .
  • Charles de Foucauld in Tamanrasset. Researcher, politician, monk and missionary. Minutes of the lecture of June 29, 1993 . Lucerne 1993, OCLC 75386082 .
  • Missionary Presence - Charles de Foucauld in the Sahara . Immensee 1997, ISBN 3-85824-079-6 .
  • Tell where there is bread. Spiritual texts on church festivals and an essay on missionary work . Lucerne 2015, ISBN 978-3-7252-0978-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Amstutz, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Kerns
DATE OF DEATH 1999