Marianne Schlosser

Marianne Schlosser at the “Fear of God & Heidenangst” conference of the RPP Institute

Marianne Schlosser (born December 3, 1959 in Donauwörth , Bavaria ) is a German theologian and university professor for theology of spirituality at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna .

Life

Marianne Schlosser studied Latin Philology and Catholic Theology at the University of Munich . In 1985 she passed the examination for licentiate in Catholic theology, in 1989 she received her doctorate in Dr. theol. (Topic: "Cognitio et amor. On the cognitive and voluntative reason for the experience of God according to Bonaventura" - awarded the dissertation prize of the university society). 1998 habilitation they are in professional history of dogma and doctrine with the work Lucerna in caliginoso loco. Aspects of the concept of prophecy in scholastic theology . From 1985 to 2004 she was a research assistant at the Martin Grabmann Institute in Munich, most recently as an academic adviser and private lecturer. In October 2004, Schlosser became university professor for theology of spirituality at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna , which on the occasion of her appointment created its own institute for theology of spirituality and thus achieved a pioneering feat in the German-speaking area.

Her main research interests are theology and spirituality of the patristic and the high Middle Ages, especially the mendicant orders (Bonaventure, Catherine of Siena), the Eucharist and the development of classical texts of Christian spirituality. She is co-editor of the Franciscan source scriptures in German translation.

On September 23, 2014, Pope Francis appointed her to the International Theological Commission for five years . In August 2016 she was appointed by Pope Francis as a member of the Study Commission for the Diaconate of Women.

Schlosser has also been an advisor to the Faith Commission of the German Bishops 'Conference since autumn 2016 and a member of the Theological Commission of the Austrian Bishops' Conference since January 2018 .

Awards

• 1991: Promotion Prize of the Munich University Society
• 2018: Joseph Ratzinger Prize

Works

Publications in book form

• Old but not out of date. The consecration of a virgin as a way of following Christ. Cologne 1992 ( reprint of the order correspondence . 1992, ISSN  1867-4291 ).
• Cognitio et amor. On the cognitive and voluntative reason for the experience of God according to Bonaventure . Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 1990, ISBN 3-506-79435-3 .
• Bonaventura encounter . Sankt-Ulrich, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-929246-63-5 .
• Lucerna in caliginoso loco. Aspects of the concept of prophecy in scholastic theology . Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2000, ISBN 3-506-79443-4 .
• As editor: In the mirror of Christ. The writings of Clare of Assisi . Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2004, ISBN 3-7867-8532-5 .
• Together with Josef Weismayer : Eucharist. Source and climax of the spiritual life . Patristic Center Koinonia - Oriens eV, Cologne 2005.
• Catherine of Siena meet . Sankt-Ulrich, Augsburg 2006, ISBN 3-936484-65-1 .
• The gift of discernment. Texts from two millennia. Echter, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-429-02986-9 .
• Thomas Aquinas, Catena aurea. Comments of the Church Fathers on the Gospels in the annual cycle . Edited by Marianne Schlosser, Florian Kolbinger, Andres and Gerhard Schmidt, Gudrun Nassauer, EOS Verlag, St. Ottilien 2012, ISBN 978-3830675471 - website Catena aurea
• Elevation of the Heart - Theology of Prayer: Compendium Theology of Spirituality 2 . Eos-Verlag, St. Ottilien 2015, ISBN 978-3-8306-7717-8

Articles in collective works

• Freedom, destiny, grace. Or: three Our Father's requests. A theological relecture of the " Lord of the Rings ". In: The Lord of the Rings. Fantasy - Mythology - Theology? With contributions by Knut Backhaus , Thomas Gerold, Karl-Heinz Steinmetz, Marianne Schlosser and Florian Kolbinger, (study volume on the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien ), Aleph-Omega-Verlag, Salzburg 2006, ISBN 3-901636-14-5 .
• On the Bonaventure Studies of Joseph Ratzinger . In: Joseph ( Benedict XVI. ) Ratzinger: Understanding of Revelation and theology of history of Bonaventura. Habilitation thesis and Bonaventure studies ( Joseph Ratzinger Gesammelte Schriften , Vol. 2), Herder, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-30130-8 , pp. 29–38

Interviews

• Episcopal Press Office Regensburg (Interview) Institute Pope Benedict XVI. presents the second volume of Joseph Ratzinger's collected writings to Bavarian bishops - "Theology serves to strengthen all believers" (PDF; 18 kB) (Edition of " Joseph Ratzinger Collected Writings , Vol. 2 - The Understanding of Revelation and the Theology of History of Bonaventura - Habilitation thesis and others Bonaventure Studies "(2009)), November 9, 2009.
• Henning Klingen (Interview), The Promise of Divine Assistance , in: Canisiuswerk (Ed.), Together, Volume 85, Issue 5–6, 2013, pp. 4–5.

Web links

• Literature by and about Marianne Schlosser in the catalog of the German National Library
• Theology saturated with experience : Interview by Vatican Radio on December 6, 2014, shortly after the appointment to the International Theological Commission, accessed on February 16, 2015
• Marianne Schlosser on the website of the Institute for Historical Theology of the University of Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina di nuovi Membri e conferme nella Commissione Teologica Internazionale in: Press Office of the Holy See, Daily Bulletin of 23 September 2014
2. ↑ [1]
3. ^ German theologian Schlosser receives Ratzinger Prize 2018 in: Vatican News, September 20, 2018