Josef Spindelböck

Josef Spindelböck (born September 17, 1964 in Kirchberg in Tirol ) is an Austrian Catholic priest and theologian . He is professor of moral theology and lecturer in ethics .

Career

After elementary school and secondary school in Kirchberg in Tirol (1971–1979), Spindelböck attended the private upper secondary school of the Servite patres in Volders , where he graduated in 1983 . He then completed his studies in technical theology (Catholic) at the Philosophical-Theological University of Heiligenkreuz (diploma examination 1989) and a doctorate at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna (PhD 1993 in moral and fundamental theology ).

In the following years Spindelböck gave religious instruction at the secondary schools in Wieselburg and Tulln and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1996 in Sankt Pölten by Bishop Kurt Krenn as a member of the community of St. Joseph .

From 1996 to 1999 Spindelböck was in the diocese of St. Poelten in the pastoral care worked, as a chaplain in Mank and Ybbs , 1999 to 2000 he was next to his scientific activities as an assistant chaplain in Altenmarkt and Ysper and in large Haselbach and Scheideldorf operates from 2000 until 2006 in Aggsbach Markt and Spitz and since 2006 in Mühldorf-Niederranna .

Josef Spindelböck has been a lecturer in ethics at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Pölten since 2003 and has been a visiting professor for moral theology at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family (ITI) since 2001 . In 2005 he completed his habilitation at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) in the subject of moral theology. Effective from the academic year 2008/2009, Spindelböck was appointed full professor for moral theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Pölten by Bishop Klaus Küng . He was Vice-Rector there since March 22, 2019. After Josef Kreiml's resignation as rector, which took effect at the end of 2019 , Spindelböck was appointed as his successor by Bishop Alois Schwarz .

Spindelböck has been a member of the Lower Austrian Ethics Commission since 1996 as a representative of the diocese of St. Pölten and was also a member of the board of the forum of Austrian ethics commissions. He also works as a defender of the band at the Episcopal Diocesan Court of St. Pölten. Since October 17, 2016, he has also been the moderator of the Community of St. Joseph .

Research priorities

When recognizing a theological target, Spindelböck takes an ethical approach based on natural law and therefore sees the possibility of a meaningful and further ethical discourse on this basis, also between believers and non-believers. In political ethics he recognizes the fundamental justification of a right of resistance in dealing with unjust state violence. He values ​​the basic decision ( fundamental option ) as decisive for the formation of the moral personality , which, however, must always be seen in unity with the specific moral behavior.

In the field of medical ethics, at the invitation of Bishop Klaus Küng , Spindelböck worked as editorial secretary in the preparation of the guidelines for Catholic institutions in the service of health care "Life in Abundance" for the Austrian Bishops' Conference .

Publications

• Active right of resistance. The problem of the moral legitimacy of violence in the confrontation with unjust state power. A basic description of the history of the problem , St. Ottilien 1994, ISBN 3-88096-470-X
• Basic decision and concrete moral behavior. Unity and dissociation of fundamental options and concrete moral decisions in the moral theological discussion , St. Ottilien 2003, EOS, ISBN 3-8306-7163-6
• Responsible freedom. Contributions to theological ethics , Verlag St. Josef, Kleinhain 2004, ISBN 978-3-901853-09-8
• as editor and translator: Karol Wojtyła (John Paul II), love and responsibility. An ethical study , 2nd edition, Kleinhain 2010 (Verlag St. Josef), ISBN 978-3-901853-14-2
• Believe and live Christianly. A guide to Catholic morality , Verlag St. Josef, Kleinhain 2010/2014, ISBN 978-3-901853-19-7
• Theology of the body in a nutshell. A reading aid on “Love and Responsibility” by Karol Wojtyła and the catecheses of John Paul II on human love . 1st edition. Verlag St. Josef, Kleinhain 2015, ISBN 978-3-901853-31-9 , p. 160 .
• 50 years of Humanae Vitae - the vocation of conjugal love and the transmission of life. ( online )

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Spindelböck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal homepage
• Prof. Dr. theol. habil., Mag. theol. Josef Spindelböck