Michael Eckert (theologian)

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Michael Eckert (* 1951 in Münnerstadt ) is a German Roman Catholic fundamental theologian .

Life

He studied philosophy , theology and Romance studies in Würzburg and Regensburg . He had a doctoral scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . After graduation in 1979, Doctor of Philosophy (with a study of Ernst Bloch ) and the Licentiate 1,981 of theology, he was from 1979 to 1989 research assistant at the University of Regensburg . After his habilitation in 1985 and the venia legendi for philosophical-theological border issues, he became a private lecturer in 1985 . He represented chairs in Tübingen in 1987, Regensburg 1987–1989, and Mainz 1993–1995 . He taught as visiting professor : 1987 Parma , 1988 Jerusalem and 1991 at the Buddhist Dongguk Universities in Seoul and Gyeongju , as well as at Sogang University . In 1991 he became an adjunct professor at the University of Regensburg. From 1995 until his retirement in 2019 he was Professor of Fundamental Theology at the University of Tübingen .

His main research areas are borderline questions between philosophy and theology, intercultural religious philosophy, negative theology and aesthetics.

Works (selection)

  • Transcending and immanent transcendence. The transformation of the traditional two-world theory of transcendence and immanence in Ernst Bloch's two-sided theory . Herder-Verlag, Vienna / Freiburg / Basel 1981, ISBN 3-631-52140-5 (also dissertation, Regensburg 1979).
  • God - belief and knowledge. Friedrich Schleiermacher's Philosophical Theology ( Schleiermacher Archive . Volume 3). Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1987, ISBN 3-11-040216-5 (also habilitation thesis, Regensburg 1984/1985).
  • with Urs Baumann (ed.): Lexicon of theological works . Kröner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-520-49301-2 .
  • with Harald Schwaetzer (ed.): Cusanus. Aesthetics and theology ( texts and studies on European intellectual history. Series B. Volume 5). Aschendorff, Münster 2013, ISBN 3-402-15990-2 .
  • with Gerardo Cunico (ed.): Orientation crisis. Cultural, ethical and religious challenges of the individual in today's society. Orientation crisis. Cultural, ethical and religious challenges of the individual in present society ( Philosophy interdisciplinary . Volume 35). Roderer, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-89783-810-9 .

literature

  • Heinz Kimmerle : Complete mediation of the negative ?, in: Philosophisches Jahrbuch 90 (1983) 422-424.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of emeritus professors of the Catholic theol. Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. In: Faculty website. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Catholic theol. Faculty, December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Eckert, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Münnerstadt