Karl-Heinz Peschke

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P. Karl-Heinz Peschke

Karl-Heinz Peschke SVD (born August 12, 1932 in Breslau , Silesia ) is a German-Austrian religious, Roman Catholic theologian and professor of moral theology .

Life

Peschke graduated from high school in 1951 in Osnabrück and then joined the religious order of Steyler missionaries in St. Augustin near Bonn. In 1958 he was ordained a priest , in 1959 the licentiate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and in 1965 the doctorate in moral theology at the Accademia Alfonsiana .

From 1959 to 1962 Peschke was a lecturer in moral theology at the seminars of the Steyler missionaries in São Paulo (Brazil) and St. Augustin (Germany). Peschke worked as a professor from 1968 to 1984 at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City (Philippines), from 1984 to 1991 at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, from 1991 to 2000 at the St. Gabriel Theological College in Mödling near Vienna, from 1995 to 2003 at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Augustin near Bonn and from 1999 to 2007 at the Philosophical-Theological University of Benedict XVI. in Heiligenkreuz (Austria).

His work, Christian Ethics , has been translated into many languages ​​and has been reviewed in academic journals.

In 2012, on the occasion of Karl-Heinz Peschke's 80th birthday, an international conference and laudation about his life and work was held at the Theological Faculty of the Catholic University of Ružomberok in Košice .

Christian ethics

The two volumes of moral theologian Peschke on Christian ethics, Fundamentals of Moral Theology and Special Moral Theology, are among the standard works of Christian ethics . They are very often used and cited as sources in secondary literature . The original text of the two volumes was written in English and published simultaneously in England and the Philippines in 1975 and 1978, and from 1979 also in India. In all three countries, the books had 10 editions or more. Translations into several other languages ​​followed.

Based on the great tradition of the Latin sums of moral theology (Noldin, Prümmer, Marc), the author integrated its instructions into moral theology after the Second Vatican Council and - at the request of the council - developed its biblical basis in more detail. In repeated revisions, the texts were brought up to date with the latest developments in theology and related sciences (Volume 1: 1986 and 1996; Volume 2: 1992 and 2004). Emphasis is placed on the written doctrine of the ecclesiastical denomination, such as presented in the social encyclicals. The author's statements are concise, but are not structured according to the ten commandments or four cardinal virtues - as is generally the case in tradition - but according to internal criteria of the subject areas. New chapters and sectors have been responsibility for creation since 1989 and business ethics since 1992. The manual is aimed at everyone who is interested in the moral direction of the Christian faith.

The author also paid special attention to natural law and business ethics. The writing Economics from a Christian Perspective also originally appeared in English and has been translated into ten other languages.

Publications (selection)

  • Natural law in controversy. Critique of Protestant theology of the Catholic doctrine of natural law and natural morality. Otto Müller, Salzburg 1967.
  • Christian ethics. Paulinus, Trier
    • Vol. 1: Foundations of Moral Theology. 1997, ISBN 3-7902-0064-6 .
    • Vol. 2: Special moral theology. 1995, ISBN 3-7902-0063-8 .
      • (Original in English, further translations in Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Czech, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indonesian, Romanian).
  • Economy from a Christian point of view. Paulinus, Trier 1992, ISBN 3-7902-5210-7 .

literature

  • John Emeka Anosike: Formation of conscience. A moral theological problem. A study in the context of Karl Heinz Peschke's Christian ethics. Lang, Frankfurt am Main a. a. 2000, ISBN 3-631-37039-3 .
  • Gómez Mier, Vicente, La refundacion de la moral catolica. Il cambio di matriz disciplinar después del Concilio Vaticano II. Estella: Editorial Verbo Divino, 1995.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ Reviews of publications by P. Dr. Peschke
  3. ↑ Konferencia o živote a diele Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Peschke SVD
  4. ↑ Laudation (homage) Prof. Karl-Heinz Peschke, SVD in Košice Slovakia
  5. ↑ List of basic literature in the subject of systematic theology (PDF; 240 kB) from the Justus Liebig University in Giessen
  6. ↑ Guide to Scientific Work in the Study of Theology ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 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. (PDF; 3.0 MB) at the University of Regensburg , page 92 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-regensburg.de
personal data
SURNAME Peschke, Karl-Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peschke, Karl-Heinz SVD
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian religious and Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw , Silesia