Karl Bopp (theologian)

Karl Bopp SDB (born January 29, 1953 in Eichen ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

From 1975 to 1982 Bopp studied Roman Catholic theology and social pedagogy at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Salesians Don Boscos Benediktbeuern - Theological Faculty . In 1983 Bopp was ordained a Catholic priest. Since 1998 Bopp has been professor of pastoral theology at the Philosophical-Theological College of the Salesians Don Bosco in Benediktbeuern . From 2000 to 2005 he assumed the role of rector of the Philosophical-Theological University Benediktbeuern. In the 2010/2011 winter semester, he represented the Chair of Practical Theology at the University of Augsburg. He is a signatory of the memorandum “ Church 2011: A Necessary Awakening ”.

Church image and pastoral practice with Don Bosco . A pastoral-historical study on the problem of the theory-practice relationship within practical theology , (Benediktbeurer Studies, Volume 1), Munich 1992.
Mercy in the Church's pastoral action. A symbolic-critical theory of action for the reorientation of church practice , (Benediktbeurer Studies, Vol. 7), Munich 1998.
Mature in the faith and yet obedient to the church? Don Bosco as a model of mature obedience to faith , (= Don Bosco series, volume 2), Vienna 1998
Catholic Academy Cathedral School / Theology in correspondence course (ed.): Diaconal fields of action - history, theology, areas of responsibility (= lesson 20), Würzburg 2002.
"From the most beautiful gemstone ..." the pastoral. Theological considerations on charitable action , (together with Martin Lechner ), (= Benediktbeurer Hochschulschriften, Volume 21), Munich 2004.
The Arrival of the Church in the Modern World , (ed. With M. Lechner and FB Medel), Munich 2006.
Sustainability and Pastoral. Draft of an ecological pastoral , Munich 2009.