Michael Müller (publisher, 1958)

Michael Müller
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Michael Müller (born March 29, 1958 in Aachen ; † February 6, 2014 there ) was a German author and publisher .

Life

Michael Müller studied history , Romance languages and public law at the Universities of Cologne , Bonn and Montpellier . In 1987 he founded the journalism and reporting agency (journalism and PR agency) in Aachen . In 1991 his involvement as a publisher began with the establishment of MM Verlag . The publisher's focus was on Catholic theology , church and social politics . According to the Aachener Zeitung, his first book Pleading for the Church: Judgments about Prejudice gained nationwide attention and became a bestseller .

Michael Müller became known with his magazine KOMMA - The Magazine for Freedom & Christian Culture , of which he had been editor-in-chief since 2000. The core topics in the more than one hundred issues were values ​​and attitudes, religious and social phenomena such as “ Islamization ” and social controversies, e.g. B. Marriage and homosexuality.

His social commitment was shown, among other things, in the establishment of the local help association , which offered non-bureaucratic help to those in need in Aachen.

In 2010, he was able to attract numerous well-known authors for his publication Die Leise Diktatur - Das Schwinden der Freiheit : Hartmut Bachmann , Wladimir Bukowski , Stefan Herre , Karin Jäckel , Martin Kastler , André F. Lichtschlag , Jürgen Liminski , Chaim Noll , Andreas Püttmann , Joseph Ratzinger , Hans Thomas and Udo Ulfkotte .

Müller was married and the father of four children. He died of a heart attack .

Fonts

author

• Masked ball. Observations on the parquet . 2002, ISBN 3-928272-63-2 .
• Hard way to heaven. Small aids for everyday Christian life . 2004, ISBN 978-3-928272-66-7 .
• Church, Pope and Faith. Questions, errors, misunderstandings . 2010, ISBN 978-3-928272-97-1 .

Editing (selection)

• A plea for the church. Judge prejudice . 1991, ISBN 3-928272-00-4 .
• The desire to be Catholic . 1993, ISBN 3-928272-32-2 .
• March on Rome. a fight for church . 1993, ISBN 3-928272-33-0 .
• Church & Sex. my body is mine . 1994, ISBN 3-928272-39-X .
• Whom God is calling . 1997, ISBN 3-928272-58-6 .
• It was always the dog that died… . 1998, ISBN 3-928272-03-9 .
• Joachim Cardinal Meisner. See with the heart . 2000, ISBN 3-928272-12-8 .
• The German donkey on the ice. Challenges for politics, church and society . 2004, ISBN 978-3-928272-65-0 .
• Muckefuck and the fall of the wall. a journey through time through Germany . 2005, ISBN 3-928272-68-3 .
• Cerkev in spolnost (original title: Church and Sex . Translated by Urška Križman and Marija Ramšak). Slomškova Založba, Maribor 2006, ISBN 961-6522-26-4 (Slovenian).
• with Achim Kaiser: Our Aachen. Declarations of love to a city . 2006, ISBN 978-3-928272-79-7 .
• The quiet dictatorship. The waning of freedom . 2010, ISBN 978-3-928272-91-9 .

publisher

• Strong women. A women's book (also) for men. 1994, ISBN 3-928272-38-1 .
• The seeds are growing. Is the Church at the end of its morality? . 1995, ISBN 3-928272-46-2 .
• Catholic dogmatics in eight volumes by Leo Scheffczyk and Anton Ziegenaus . 1997, ISBN 3-928272-50-0 .
• God yes, church no. Answers to 66x criticism. 2 volumes, 1997, ISBN 3-928272-40-3 .
• Publicity for the kingdom of heaven. a journalistic (love) declaration to the church. 1998, ISBN 3-928272-01-2 .
• Christ in the sacraments of the Church. 1998, ISBN 3-928272-04-7 .
• Poor Germany. Glosses on the turning point and turning point. 1999, ISBN 3-928272-05-5 .
• Stormy times. The Catholic Church in the 2nd half of the 20th century. 1999, ISBN 3-928272-07-1 .
• The hidden treasure. Stories, fairy tales, fables. 1999, ISBN 3-928272-08-X .
• Farewell to Heaven. In the area of ​​tension between the church and the world. 1999, ISBN 3-928272-10-1 .
• See with the heart. The Church's Opportunity and Mission at the Beginning of the Third Millennium. Stefan Rehder in conversation with Joachim Meisner. 2000, ISBN 3-928272-12-8 .
• The great adventure. Marriage. 2001, ISBN 3-928272-60-8 .
• From rubble to the European city. from 1945-2005. 2005, ISBN 3-928272-73-X .
• Great moments instead of the dark middle ages. 2006, ISBN 978-3-928272-72-8 .
• Give me your smile, at the age of 19 Ilona died of cancer, testimony of her mother. 2006, ISBN 978-3-928272-75-9 .
• Magical Mexico. 2007, ISBN 3-928272-77-2 .
• The long arm of the Stasi, torture, psychological terror, GDR nostalgia. Personal references. 2009, ISBN 978-3-928272-89-6 .
• When HE knocks ... 12 conversion stories. 2009, ISBN 978-3-928272-90-2 .
• Angel hunger. Celestial novel. 2010, ISBN 978-3-928272-96-4 .
• The history of the church. 2000 eventful years. 3 volumes, 2012, ISBN 978-3-942698-03-0 .
• Rejoice! Creed of a young Christian. 2013, ISBN 978-3-942698-15-3 .
• Konrad Adenauer. The Catholic and his Europe. 2013, ISBN 978-3-942698-17-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
• MM Verlag website
• One who wanted to encourage courage (obituary by Guido Horst in the daily mail from February 11, 2014)
• On the death of Michael Müller, obituary by Irene Rothweiler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Irene Rothweiler: On the death of Michael Müller , kath.net, February 11, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b} R. IP Michael Müller , kath.net, February 8, 2014.
3. ^ ^{A b c} Aachener Zeitung: Died . Issue No. 35 of February 11, 2014, p. 19 A1.
4. ↑ Michael Müller. In: comma. Retrieved February 8, 2014.