Joseph Beck (theologian, 1858)

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Joseph Beck (born October 28, 1858 in Freiburg , Switzerland ; † September 20, 1943 in Sursee ) was a Swiss Catholic moral theologian and university professor.

Life

Joseph Beck became a Catholic priest in 1884 and a professor of morality and pastoral theology in 1888.

From 1891 until his retirement in 1934, Joseph Beck was a professor for pastoral theology and liturgy at the University of Friborg in Switzerland. His speech at the beginning of the rectorate of the University of Freiburg, which he had given on November 15, 1906, appeared in print.

He was one of the co-founders of the Swiss workers' association, editor of a monthly for Christian social reform and promoter of women's education.

From 1909 he was also director of the Ste Croix girls' high school.

Fonts (selection)

  • Economics and moral law. Speech at the beginning of the rectorate of the University of Friborg, Switzerland, given on November 15, 1906 , Friborg (Switzerland), 1908.
  • About social pedagogy , Donauwört: Auer, 1911.
  • Postulates on the revision of the Swiss Factory Act , Lucerne, no year [1911].
  • The Federal Law on Health and Accident Insurance , Lucerne, 1912.
  • Church relief for the poor , Lucerne, 1915.
  • The basic questions concerning citizenship education. Speech at the conservative party congress in Lucerne, June 29, 1916 , Olten, 1916.
  • The new school fight. Considerations on the Wettstein-Calonder program , Olten, 1918.
  • "League of Nations?" Warning to the Catholics of Switzerland , Olten, undated [1920].
  • Parental duties. A verb , Freiburg (Switzerland), 1927.
  • Today's socialism. An orientation , Winterthur, undated [1927].
  • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi: On the 100th anniversary of his death, February 17, 1827–17. February 1927 , Einsiedeln, undated [1928].
  • Presentation and criticism of liberal and socialist educational theory and school practice , Olten, undated [around 1930]
  • (with André Savoy): The Catholic Social Doctrine and the Problem of Social Insurance , Friborg (Switzerland), 1931.
  • Methodical help book for religious instruction. New Testament. For the hand of the teacher , Stuttgart, undated [1932].

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Economics and Moral Law. Speech at the beginning of the rectorate of the University of Friborg, Switzerland, given on November 15, 1906 , Friborg (Switzerland), 1908.
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss moral theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Uechtland
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1943
Place of death Sursee