Karlheinz Ruhstorfer
Karlheinz Ruhstorfer (born May 9, 1963 in Simbach am Inn , Lower Bavaria ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor .
Life
Ruhstorfer studied philosophy, German literature and history at the universities of Munich and Freiburg from 1984 to 1987 . From 1988 to 1993 he studied Catholic theology at the University of Freiburg. In 1993 he received his diploma in Freiburg, his doctorate in 1997 and his habilitation in 2003 for the subjects of dogmatics and religious philosophy . The first supervisor of the dissertation and habilitation was Peter Walter , whose research assistant he was also from 1999 to 2006. In 2005 the University of Freiburg appointed him an extraordinary professor .
From 2006 to 2013 Ruhstorfer was Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Koblenz-Landau . From 2013 to 2017 he held the chair for systematic theology at the Technical University of Dresden . In 2015 Ruhstorfer was elected chairman of the German section of the European Society for Catholic Theology . In 2017 he accepted a call to the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg, where he has held a chair in dogmatics ever since.
His main research interests are the philosophical foundation of theology, the theory of revelation, doctrine of God, Christology, anthropology, theological diagnosis of the times and theology of history.
Fonts (selection)
As an author:
- The principle of Ignatian thought. To the historical location of the “Spiritual Exercises” of Ignatius von Loyola (= Freiburg theological studies. Vol. 161). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998 (dissertation).
- Conversions. An archeology of the determination of man in Foucault , Nietzsche , Augustine and Paulus . Schöningh, Paderborn 2004 (habilitation thesis).
- Christology (= currently thinking about faith. Systematic theology. Volume 1). Schöningh, Paderborn 2008.
- Doctrine of God (= think current faith. Systematic theology. Volume 2). Schöningh, Paderborn 2010.
- Faith on the move. Catholic perspectives. Schöningh, Paderborn 2013.
- Freedom - dignity - faith. Christian religion and western culture. Schöningh, Paderborn 2015
- Liberation of the Catholic. On the threshold of global identity. Herder, Freiburg 2019
As editor:
- with Hilary Mooney , Viola Tenge-Wolf (ed.): Theology from the spirit of humanism. Festschrift for Peter Walter . Herder, Freiburg i. Br. U. a. 2010.
- Systematic theology (= studying theology in a modularized course. Module 3; UTB . 3582). Schöningh, Paderborn 2012.
- Doctrine of God (= studying theology in a modularized course. Module 7; UTB. 3896). Schöningh, Paderborn 2014.
- Eternal in the flow of time. The God we need ( Quaestiones Disputatae 280). Herder, Freiburg 2016.
- with Martin Kirschner: The current crisis in Europe. Theological attempts to answer ( Quaestiones Disputatae 291). Herder, Freiburg 2018.
- Immutable? A controversial predicate of God in the discussion ( supplement to the Ecumenical Review ). Evangelical Publishing House, Leipzig 2018.
- Christology ( UTB. 4942). Schöningh, Paderborn 2018.
- Between progression and regression. Dispute over the path of the Catholic Church . Herder, Freiburg 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Karlheinz Ruhstorfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karlheinz Ruhstorfer on the website of the University of Freiburg
- Liberation of the Catholic - What Thomas Aquinas has to do with Pegida / Inaugural lecture at the University of Freiburg
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| SURNAME | Ruhstorfer, Karlheinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Simbach am Inn , Lower Bavaria |