Lothar Roos

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Lothar Roos (born July 12, 1935 in Karlsruhe ) is a German prelate and social ethicist .

Life

Roos studied philosophy and Catholic theology from 1955 to 1960 at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , the University of Lucerne and the St. Peter's Seminary in Freiburg. On 12 June 1960 he received by the Archbishop of Freiburg, Hermann Schäufele the priesthood and then worked as vicar operates. In 1964 he became a research assistant at the Seminar for Christian Social Studies at Freiburg University. In 1969 he was with the work of democracy as a way of life for Dr. theol. PhD. From 1969 to 1975 he was a lecturer and sub-rain at the St. Peter seminary in Freiburg. In 1974 he qualified as a professor for Christian social studies and pastoral theology in Freiburg.

In 1975, he received a call to the professor for Christian social teaching and pastoral theology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . In 1979 he changed to the chair for Christian social teaching and pastoral theology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 2000 he retired , but until the summer semester 2008 he was professor for Christian social studies and sociology at the private university Gustav-Siewerth-Akademie (GSA) in Weilheim-Bierbronnen. From 2001 to 2005 he was an associate professor at the Theological Faculty of the Silesian University of Katowice .

Roos was editor-in-chief of the journal Lebendige Seelsorge from 1974 to 2003 and writes, among other things, in the journal The New Order . From 1984 to 2014 he was a spiritual advisor to the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs (BKU) . As founding chairman, he headed the Joseph Höffner Society from 2002 to 2016; In 2016 he became its honorary chairman.

Lothar Roos has been a member of the Catholic student association Unitas-Albertina in Freiburg since 1957 . He is a founding member of the Heinrich Pesch Prize ; he is involved in the scientific association Ordo Socialis . In 1995 he was made an honorary papal prelate . In 2011 Roos received the Wilhelm Weber Prize for services to Christian social teaching.

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Lothar Roos has dealt in particular with Catholic social teaching and has published on the ethical foundations of the political and economic order.

In 1962 Joseph Höffner published the widely acclaimed work Christian Society . The work has now been translated into ten languages ​​(including Russian and Chinese). In 1997 a new edition of the standard work, which had been translated several times, was published, edited and supplemented by Lothar Roos.

Fonts

  • The unified trade union in the light of Catholic social teaching , Society f. Christian social work 1962, together with Eugen Kohlenbach
  • Christian work ethic and modern work culture , 1962, together with Werner Then
  • The Christian trade unions and the new basic program of the DGB , Gesellschaft f. Christian social work 1965
  • Democracy as a way of life , dissertation, Schöningh 1969
  • Organization and organization of the economy , habilitation thesis, Bachem 1974
  • The Church's Social Responsibility. Paths and experiences from Ketteler until today , Bachem 1982, ISBN 3-7616-0404-1 , together with Anton Rauscher
  • Liberating Evangelization and Catholic Social Teaching , Grünewald Mainz 1987, ISBN 3-7867-1293-X , together with Jaime Velez Correa, Karl-Josef Hollender
  • The Basic Values ​​of Democracy and the Christian Responsibility , 1991, ISBN 3-87088-634-X
  • Latin America and the Catholic Social Teaching , in 3 parts, part 2, Armut, Grünewald Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-7867-1701-X , together with Ricardo Antoncich, Francisco Ivern
  • Communio et Communitas. Love and marriage in Nigeria , Echter Würzburg 1999, ISBN 3-429-02180-4 , together with Paul Ch Dimude, Heinrich Pompey
  • Agnes Neuhaus (1854-1944): Writings and speeches , Echter Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-429-02188-X , together with Hugo Maier, Illona Winkelhausen, Heinrich Pompey
  • Christian responsibility for a sustainable economy and society. Contributions to social policy , Hille 2001, ISBN 3-932858-52-2 , together with Werner Then, Günter Greitemann, Ernst Brüggemann, Cornelius G. Fetsch, Elisabeth Schulte, Christian Watrin
  • Joseph Cardinal Höffner: Christian Society , Butzon and Bercker 2002, ISBN 3-7666-0107-5
  • In the service of the incarnated truth. Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of His Holiness Pope John Paul II , Gustav-Siewerth-Akademie 2003, ISBN 3-928273-77-9 , together with Albrecht von Brandenstein-Zeppelin , Alma von Stockhausen, Hans Benirscke
  • Manager prayer book , Butzon and Bercker 2004, ISBN 3-7666-0405-8 , together with Michael Bommers, Mechthild Löhr
  • What carries us. Contributions to the spirituality of Christian life and pastoral action , Altius 2005, ISBN 3-932483-15-4

literature

  • Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer , Norbert Glatzel: Christian social ethics in dialogue. On the future viability of economy, politics and society. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Lothar Roos . Vector Verlag, Grafschaft 2002, ISBN 3-929304-37-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Responsibility for Church and Society - Prof. Lothar Roos celebrates his 60th anniversary of ordination. The daily mail , June 15, 2020, accessed on June 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Joseph Höffner Society: Current. In: www.joseph-hoeffner-gesellschaft.de. Retrieved August 30, 2018 .
  3. ^ BKU consultant Lothar Roos received the Wilhelm Weber Prize .
personal data
SURNAME Roos, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, social ethicist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe