Medard Kehl

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Medard Kehl (born November 9, 1942 in Berlin ) is a German Jesuit and Catholic theologian ( dogmatist ).

Life

Medard Kehl entered the Jesuit order in 1961 and studied philosophy and theology in Munich and Frankfurt. He was ordained a priest on July 26, 1969 in Frankfurt Cathedral . After further studies u. a. with Walter Kasper at the University of Tübingen he received his doctorate in 1975 at the University of Vienna . From 1976 until his retirement in 2011 he taught dogmatics and fundamental theology as a professor at the Philosophical-Theological University of Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main .

Kehl's numerous publications deal primarily with ecclesiology , eschatology and theology of creation . Many of his books have been translated into several languages ​​and published several times. Kehl understands the church in the sense of the Second Vatican Council as “communio”, that is, as the community of God's people. He is also known for his theological analysis of the current state of the church.

Despite his university obligations, Kehl's pastoral work was particularly important. Among other things, he worked as a pastor in a children's home in Offenbach am Main and in a Christian home for the disabled ( Arche ) near Basel, and from 1977 to 2009 also in youth and Bible work in the parish of Ebersbach . Until 2015 he was a priestly assistant at the Herz-Jesu-Kirche in the catholic parish of St. Bonifatius in Frankfurt-Oberrad .

Publications (selection)

  • Church as an institution. The theological justification of the institutional character of the Church in modern German Catholic ecclesiology (=  Frankfurt theological studies . No. 22 ). 2nd Edition. Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 978-3-7820-0360-5 (338 pages, first edition: 1976, dissertation).
  • And you make the face of the earth new. Suggestions for being a human Christian . Echter, Würzburg 1980, ISBN 978-3-429-00637-2 (61 pages).
  • Eschatology . 3. Edition. Echter, Würzburg 1996, ISBN 978-3-429-01020-1 (369 pages, first edition: 1986).
  • New age or new covenant? Christians in conversation with the turning point, esotericism and occultism (=  Topos pocket books . No. 176 ). Grünewald, Mainz 1988, ISBN 978-3-7867-1345-6 (130 pages).
  • Where is the church going A time diagnosis . 6th edition. Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 1997, ISBN 978-3-451-23961-8 (173 pp., First edition: 1996).
  • The church. A Catholic ecclesiology . 4th edition. Echter, Würzburg 2001, ISBN 978-3-89754-330-0 (472 pages, first edition: 1992).
  • Your kingdom come. Eschatology as an account of our hope (=  Topos-plus-Taschenbuch . No. 498 ). Echter, Würzburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-7867-8498-2 (369 pages).
  • Announce your kindness (=  Sankt Georgener Sermons . No. 12 ). Phil.-Theol. University of St. Georgen, Frankfurt am Main 2006 (90 pages).
  • And what comes after the end? From the end of the world and completion, rebirth and resurrection (=  Topos pocket books . No. 571 ). 3. Edition. Grünewald, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-8367-0571-4 (206 pages, first edition: 1999).
  • Introduction to Faith (=  Topos pocket books . No. 685 ). 2nd Edition. Grünewald, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-8367-0685-8 (168 pages, first edition: 1984).
  • And god saw, that it was good. A theology of creation . 2nd Edition. Herder, Freiburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-29273-6 (432 pages, first edition: 2006).
  • And god saw, that it was good. A Theology of Creation (3rd edition updated and expanded by Dirk Ansorge) . 3. Edition. Herder, Freiburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-38186-7 (493 pages, first edition: 2006).
  • To become priestly. Claim for lay people and clergy (=  Ignatian impulses . No. 43 ). Echter, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-429-03220-3 (96 pages, with Stephan Ch. Kessler ).
  • Feeling with the Church (=  Ignatian impulses . No. 44 ). Echter, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-429-03305-7 (64 pages).
  • God's word is like light in the night (=  Sankt Georgener Sermons . No. 14 ). Phil.-Theol. University of St. Georgen, Frankfurt am Main 2015 (75 pages).
  • Why we exist. Understand the message of creation . revised new edition edition. Kath.Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-460-23409-3 (173 pp., First edition: 2010).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Medard Kehl: "Witnesses of Grace" . The ark as a school of humanity and faith. In: The pastoral service in a time of sowing (=  working aids . Volume 185 ). Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference, Bonn June 5, 2004, DNB  971920710 , p. 136–138 ( dbk.de [PDF; accessed October 19, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Clever theologian with a sense of community . In: Main-Echo . February 13, 2009 ( main-echo.de [accessed October 19, 2016]).
  3. ↑ Pfarrbrief July 2015, p. 22 ( Memento of the original dated February 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bonifatius-ffm.de
personal data
SURNAME Kehl, Medard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kehl, Father Medard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jesuit, Catholic theologian and dogmatist
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin