Leo Karrer

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Leo Karrer (born April 10, 1937 in Röschenz , Switzerland) is a Catholic theologian and emeritus professor of pastoral theology at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) .

Life

Leo Karrer attended the Marienburg high school in Rheineck SG . He then studied philosophy, theology and psychology in Vienna, Chicago, Munich and Münster (Westphalia) . He received his doctorate in 1967 with Michael Schmaus in Munich, his habilitation in 1976 with Adolf Exeler .

Karrer worked as a teacher, assistant to Karl Rahner in Münster, parish assistant and mentor for the lay theologians studying in the diocese of Münster , advisor for pastoral assistants in the diocese of Münster and episcopal personnel assistant in the diocese of Basel . From 1982 to 2008 he was professor of pastoral theology at the Swiss University of Freiburg im Üechtland, and from 1993 to 2001 he was chairman of the International Conference of Pastoral Theologians . Karrer is considered the nestor of lay theologians in Europe .

In 2001 he was elected chairman of the European Society for Catholic Theology . He held this post until he was replaced in September 2004 by the Belgian fundamental theologian Lieven Boeve .

Karrer is married and has two grown children.

Awards

Works (selection)

Publications in book form

  • Lay theologians in pastoral professions ; Grünewald Mainz, 1974, ISBN 3-7867-0477-5
  • Hermann Boventer , Leo Karrer, Gerhard Gruber , Josef Bommer a. a. (Ed.): Lay theologians in pastoral service - location determination and trends. (= Bensberger Protocols No. 17), Thomas-More-Akademie, Bensberg 1976.
  • Faith in short formulas: zur theol. u. language theory. Problem u. for religious education. Use d. Short formulas d. Belief ; Grünewald Mainz, 1982, ISBN 3-7867-0671-9
  • Awakening of Christians: The End of the Clerical Church ; Kösel Munich, 1989, ISBN 3-466-25131-1
  • God's foreign language: the cross with suffering ; Herder Freiburg, 1990, ISBN 3-419-50938-3
  • We really are the people of God! On the way to a fraternal church ; Paulus Freiburg, 1994, ISBN 3-7228-0337-3
  • Days of Decision: Sermons for Palm Sunday through Easter ; Paulus Freiburg, 1995, ISBN 3-7228-0361-6
  • The Great Breath of Life: How We Can Pray Today ; Herder Freiburg, 1996, ISBN 3-451-22772-X
  • The hour of the laity: On the dignity of a nameless class ; Herder Freiburg, 1999, ISBN 3-451-27093-5 .
  • Huge victims: film talks with René Girard and Lars von Trier ; KIM Cologne, 2000, ISBN 3-934311-07-5
  • Dream worlds: the cinematic look inside ; Charles Martig Ed., Schüren Marburg, 2003, ISBN 3-89472-341-6
  • Eros and Religion: Exploring the Realm of the Senses ; Charles Martig Ed., Schüren Marburg, 2007, ISBN 3-89472-480-3
  • Because it is about people: the wounds of the Church and her healing ; Paulus Freiburg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7228-0771-3
  • By the way: what goes through the mind and heart of Christians ; Paulus, Freiburg i. Ü. 2010, ISBN 978-3-7228-0793-5
  • Faith who loves life. Christianity as the courage to be truly human ; Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-33382-8
  • Belief that matures. Spirituality in old age , Herder Verlag, Freiburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-451-37617-7

Magazine articles

  • Spirituality and images of God in old age , in: Living Testimony, Volume 71, 2017, Issue 4.

literature

  • Michael Felder / Jörg Schwaratzki (Ed.): Credibility of the Church: Dignity of Believers ; Herder, Freiburg Br. 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-30702-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lieven Boeve new chairman of the European Society for Catholic Theology . In: Herder correspondence . Monthly books for society and religion. September 6, 2004 ( online [accessed July 1, 2013]).
personal data
SURNAME Karrer, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Röschenz