Joseph Höffner Society

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The Joseph Höffner Society sees itself as an association for the promotion of the Christian social teaching of the Church in the sense of the scientific, social and pastoral life work of Joseph Cardinal Höffner .

The association is dedicated to the memory and work of the scientist and Bishop Joseph Höffner. In 2002 the Joseph Höffner Society was founded by Lothar Roos , Manfred Spieker , Martin Lohmann and others. Legally, it is an association in the Archdiocese of Cologne with its seat in Cologne ; however, the office is located on the premises of the Collegium Albertinum in Bonn . The chairman has been the Dominican Father Johannes Zabel since 2018, his deputy is the social scientist Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer ; Since then, the managing director has been the lawyer Georg Dietlein, the treasurer of the economist Michael Sendker. The board also includes: Elmar Nass , Christian Müller , Philipp M. Laufenberg, Thomas Nickel and Jochen Sautermeister. Honorary chairman is the Bonn social ethicist Lothar Roos, who headed the society from 2002 to 2018 as chairman. The Auxiliary Bishop Manfred Melzer from Cologne was a member of the board until his death (2018) . Auxiliary Bishop Dominik Schwaderlapp succeeded him as the representative of the Archbishop of Cologne on the board .

The aim and task is to cultivate the social doctrine in the sense of the scientific, social and pastoral life's work of Joseph Cardinal Höffner, to deepen it through scientific research, to disseminate it and to convey it in the context of current issues and applications.

Publications

  • Paul Kirchhof : Marriage and family as prerequisites for the survival of our society , PEK Cologne 2003
  • Manfred Spieker, Christian Hillgruber , Klaus Ferdinand Gärditz : The dignity of the embryo. Ethical and legal problems of pre-implantation diagnosis and embryonic stem cell research (publications of the Joseph Höffner Society, Vol. 1). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-77649-5
  • Alfred Schüller , Elmar Nass, Joseph Cardinal Höffner: Economy, currency, values. The Euro (pa) crisis in the light of Catholic social teaching (publications by the Joseph Höffner Society, Vol. 2). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-77868-0
  • Andreas Kruse , Giovanni Maio , Jörg Althammer : Humanity of an aging society (publications of the Joseph Höffner Society, Vol. 3). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-77943-4
  • Lothar Roos, Werner Münch, Manfred Spieker: Benedikt XVI. and the world relationship of the church (publications of the Joseph-Höffner-Gesellschaft, Vol. 4). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2015, ISBN 978-3-506-78243-4
  • Rainer Maria Woelki , Christian Hillgruber, Giovanni Maio , Manfred Spieker, Christoph von Ritter: How do we want to die? Contributions to the debate on euthanasia and terminal care (publications by the Joseph Höffner Society, Vol. 5). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2016, ISBN 978-3-506-78435-3
  • Christian Müller, Elmar Nass, Johannes Zabel (eds.): Natural law and morality in pluralistic society (publications of the Joseph Höffner Society, Vol. 6). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2017, ISBN 978-3-506-78685-2
  • Giuseppe Franco: From Salamanca to Freiburg: Joseph Höffner and the Social Market Economy (Publications, Vol. 7). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2018, ISBN 978-3-506-78908-2
  • Werner Lachmann, Harald Jung, Christian Müller (eds.): Corporate responsibility in the social market economy (publications, vol. 8). Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2019, ISBN 978-3-506-72850-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joseph-Höffner-Gesellschaft: Goals and Working Methods , Archdiocese of Cologne , accessed on February 25, 2015
  2. ↑ Statutes of the Joseph-Höffner-Gesellschaft ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 25, 2019 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.joseph-hoeffner-gesellschaft.de
  3. ^ Joseph-Höffner-Gesellschaft: Board of Directors , Joseph-Höffner-Gesellschaft, accessed on February 25, 2015