Matthias Sellmann

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Matthias Sellmann (born March 3, 1966 in Neheim-Hüsten ) is a German Catholic theologian .

Life

From 1972 to 1976 he attended the St. Nicolai elementary school in Höxter and from 1976 to 1985 the König-Wilhelm-Gymnasium Höxter . From 1985 to 1986 he did the 15-month military service in Höxter and Hamm . From 1986 to 1988 he studied Catholic theology at the Theological Faculty in Paderborn as a member of the Leokonvikt . From 1988 to 1989 he completed a voluntary social year in the elderly in the Caritas nursing home in Herten . From 1989 to 1995 he studied Catholic theology at the University of Bonn (diploma in July 1994) and social sciences (examination in July 1995). From 1995 to 1997 he was a research assistant at the Catholic-Social Institute of the Archdiocese of Cologne (main focus: evaluation of the consultation process “On the economic and social situation in Germany” by DBK and EKD; political adult education; new conception of political-ecological adult education). From 1998 to 2009 he was a policy advisor at the Catholic Social Ethics Office of the DBK, Hamm, (focus: pastoral counseling on the basis of lifestyle analysis and religious sociology; addiction pastoral care; youth pastoral care). Since 2009 he has taught as a junior professor for pastoral theology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum , where he was appointed full professor in 2012 after a positive evaluation of the junior professorship and the acquisition of the qualification for a habilitation .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Markus Vogt : acting for the future of creation. Building blocks for educational work . Hamm 1999, ISBN 3-7781-0897-4 .
  • with Reiner Fuchs and Simone Bell D'Avis: In the midst of shame, violence and fear. Theological foundations of pastoral care for addicts . Würzburg 2006, ISBN 3-429-02776-4 .
  • Religion and social order. Social theoretical analyzes . Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-593-38367-5 (also dissertation, Münster 2005).
  • Catholic Church in the USA. What we can learn from her . Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-32446-8 .
  • Listening-exchanging-proposing. Discoveries of pastoral theological research on the environment . Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03517-4 .
  • with Miriam Zimmer and Barbara Hucht: Networks in pastoral spaces. Scientific analyzes - case studies - practical relevance (= applied pastoral research 4). Würzburg 2017, ISBN 3-429-04336-0 .
  • with Florian Sobetzko: Founders manual for pastoral startups and innovation projects . Würzburg 2017, ISBN 3-429-04340-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Sellmann, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Neheim-Hüsten