Matthias Gillner

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Matthias Gillner (* 1962 ) is a German Catholic theologian and social ethicist .

Life

Gillner studied Catholic theology, philosophy and religious education in Frankfurt am Main, Munich and Petrópolis. He earned an MA from the Munich School of Philosophy (1988) and a diploma from the Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen (1990). From 1990 to 1995 he was a research assistant at the chair for Catholic social ethics at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg . In 1996 he was in Catholic theology Dr. theol. PhD.

Afterwards he was a research assistant at the Institute for Theology and Peace in Hamburg. Since 1999 he has been a lecturer in Catholic social ethics in the human and social sciences department of the Bundeswehr leadership academy in Hamburg.

Gillner is married and has four children.

Fonts (selection)

  • Bartolomé de las Casas and the conquest of the Indian continent. The peace ethic profile of a world historical upheaval from the perspective of an advocate for the oppressed (= Theology and Peace. Vol. 12). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 1997, ISBN 3-17-013930-4 .
  • Practical reason and military professionalism (= WIFIS aktuell. 23). Edition Temmen, Bremen 2002, ISBN 3-86108-021-4 .
  • Freedom of conscience under the conditions of command and obedience. The judgment of the Federal Administrative Court of June 21, 2005 on the freedom of conscience of soldiers and the Catholic doctrine of conscientious obedience and conscientious obedience (= Gerechtigkeit und Frieden series, H. 117). Justitia et Pax, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-940137-16-6 .
  • with Stefan Bayer (ed.): Soldiers in action. Social science and ethical reflections (= social science writings. H. 49). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-428-13646-9 .
  • with Volker Stümke (ed.): Peace ethics in the 20th century (= Theology and Peace. Vol. 42). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-021837-6 .
  • with Volker Stümke (ed.): collateral victim. The killing of innocents as a legal and moral problem (= Studies on Peace Ethics. Vol. 49). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2014, ISBN 978-3-8487-1908-2 .
  • with Klaus Ebeling (Ed.): Ethics Compass. 77 key concepts . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-33283-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Gillner, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian and social ethicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg