Klaus Arntz

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Klaus Arntz (born August 1, 1963 in Kalkar ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian and university professor.

Life

Arntz studied Roman Catholic theology from 1982 to 1984 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and from 1984 to 1989 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . In 1988 Arntz was ordained a priest in Münster. There he completed his doctorate in Catholic theology until 1996 and then completed his habilitation . From 1998 to 2001 he had a teaching position for Catholic moral theology at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal . In June 2001 he became a private lecturer at the University of Münster. From November 2001 to May 2012 he was Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Augsburg , 2006/2007 Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty. Since the winter semester 2012/2013 he has been part of the Institute for Philosophy at the University of Augsburg.

He worked as a chaplain in the St. Antonius parish in Rheine and as a priest in the parish of Oberottmarshausen in Bavaria . In 2012 Arntz gave up his priesthood. He confessed to his relationship with a woman. The Augsburg Bishop Konrad Zdarsa then withdrew Arntz's permission to teach .

Fonts

  • Unlimited quality of life? Bioethical Challenges of Moral Theology , Series: Studies of Moral Theology, Volume 2, 1996, ISBN 3-8258-2930-8
  • Addressed. Sermons on biblical subjects . Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 1998 ISBN 3-7666-0148-2
  • Melancholy and ethics. A philosophical-theological examination of the limits of moral subject being in the 20th century. Pustet, Regensburg 2002 ISBN 3-7917-1806-1
  • Are Christians Better People? Proclaim morality differently. Pustet, Regensburg 2003 ISBN 3-7917-1836-3
Editorships
  • with Peter Schallenberg: Ethics between claim and encouragement. Festschrift for Klaus Demmer (Studies on Theological Ethics; 71). Freiburg i. Ue. 1996.
  • with Johann Ev. Hafner and Thomas Hausmanninger : Right in the middle instead of just being there. Christianity in a plural society . Regensburg 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ Prof. Arntz: "The Church has imposed a ghetto" . In: Münstersche Zeitung online from May 9, 2010
  3. ^ Wedding: Priest Klaus Arntz quits duty . In: Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung online from April 25, 2012
  4. ↑ Report on kath.net on May 8, 2012
  5. ^ Lit-verlag: Klaus Arntz
personal data
SURNAME Arntz, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalkar