Norbert Glatzel

Norbert Glatzel (* 1937 in Bad Ziegenhals , Neisse district , Upper Silesia province ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian , social ethicist, sociologist of religion and professor emeritus. Most recently, he taught as a professor of Christian social studies at the Theological Faculty of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg .

Life

After studying philosophy and theology from 1957 to 1962 at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg , Glatzel was ordained a priest in 1963. He then worked as a chaplain in Plattling until 1965. From 1965 to 1970 he studied sociology (graduated as a sociologist) at the law and political science faculty of the University of Münster . From 1970 to 1971 he worked as an assistant at the Institute for Christian Social Sciences at Kath.-Theol. Faculty of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and from 1971 to 1976 at the chair for Christian social studies in the Catholic Theol. Department of the University of Augsburg . In 1975 he received his doctorate in theology. From 1976 to 1989 he was professor for Christian social teaching and general sociology of religion at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Bamberg . In 1989 he moved to the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg as a professor of Christian social studies, where he taught until his retirement.

He has been a canon since 2005 and from 2013 to 2018 was the dean of the collegiate foundation “Our Lady of the Old Chapel” in Regensburg .

Works (selection)

Publications in book form

• Community formation and structure. A contribution from the Christian social sciences to a key question of Christian life (= Treatises on Social Ethics, Volume 14), Munich, Paderborn, Vienna 1976.
• (Ed.), With Eugen Kleindienst (Ed.), The personal structure of social life. Festschrift for Anton Rauscher , Berlin 1993, pp. 135–148.
• (Ed.), With Gerhard Beestermöller (Ed.), Theology in the Struggle for Peace. Insights into the workshop of theological peace ethics , Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne 1995.
• (Ed.), With Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer (Ed.): Christian social ethics in dialogue. On the future viability of economy, politics and society. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Lothar Roos , Grafschaft 2000.

Articles in collective works

• Christian life in secular structures , in: Alfred E. Hierold (Ed.), The power of hope. Festschrift for Old Archbishop DDr. Josef Schneider on his 80th birthday, Bamberg 1986, pp. 192–199.
• Family and state - a critical relationship. In: Norbert Glatzel (ed.), Eugen Kleindienst (ed.), The personal structure of social life. Festschrift for Anton Rauscher, Berlin 1993, pp. 135–148.
• A just Europe , in: Alfred E. Hierold (ed.), Josef Ernst Nagel (ed.), Church mandate and political peacebuilding. Festschrift for Ernst Niermann , Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne 1995, pp. 138–143
• The economic or organizational security of health and social services by the state and free welfare associations , in: Heinrich Pompey (Ed.), Caritas in the field of tension between economic efficiency and humanity. (= Studies on theology and practice of Caritas and social pastoral care, Volume 9), Würzburg 1997, pp. 209–224.
• with Nils Goldschmidt , Ethical Perspectives of the Generational Contract (= series of the Institute for General Economic Research, Dept. of Mathematical Economics, Discussion Article 17), Freiburg 1999.
• Traffic space and living space. Considerations on the conception of pastoral care units , in: Hubert Windisch (Hrsg.): Pastoral care units and cooperative pastoral. Questions and impulses, (= Freiburg texts 38), Freiburg 1999, pp. 61–69.
• “Social justice” - a controversial term, in: Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer and Norbert Glatzel (eds.), Christian social ethics in dialogue. On the future viability of economy, politics and society. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Lothar Roos, Grafschaft 2000, pp. 138–150.
• The social teaching of Pope Pius XII. , in: History Association for the Diocese of Aachen eV (Ed.): From Pius XII. to Johannes XXIII , Neustadt ad Aisch 2001, pp. 9–28.
• The Charter of Family Rights, in: Wolfgang J. Mückl (Ed.), Family Policy. Basics and present problems. Paderborn u. a. 2002, pp. 21-31.
• Market as a personal web of action , in: Nils Goldschmidt (ed.) And Michael Wohlgemuth (ed.), The future of the social market economy (= studies on order theory and order policy, volume 45), Tübingen 2004, pp. 53–56

Journal articles (selection)

• The role of the priest in the performance society , in: Wilhelm Weber (Ed.), Yearbook for Christian Social Sciences , Volume 12, 1971, pp. 163-183.
• The scientific offspring in Catholic theology , in: Wilhelm Weber, (Ed.): Yearbook for Christian Social Sciences, Volume 23, 1982, pp. 249-274.
• The ethical foundations for long-term care insurance , in: Journal of Medical Ethics , Volume 39, 1993, pp. 321–329
• with Nils Goldschmidt, lived or prescribed solidarity? Social-ethical premises of the pension discussion , in: The New Order, Volume 54, 2000, pp. 357–371.

Lexicon article

• Art. Boycott , in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche , Vol. 2, Freiburg 1994, column 622
• Art. Federalism , in: LThK , Bd. 3, Freiburg 1995, columns 1339-1340
• Art. Border morality . in: LThK, Vol. 4, Freiburg 1995, 1040-1041
• Art. Collectivism , In: LThK, Vol. 6, Freiburg 1997, Columns 183–184.
• Art. Corporation , in: LThK, Bd. 6, Freiburg 1997, column 385.
• Art. Sunday work , in: LThK, Volume 9, Freiburg 2000, columns 731–732.
• Art. Social partnership , in: LThK, Volume 9, Freiburg 2000, 786.
• Art. Status I. Socio-historical, in: LThK, Volume 9, Freiburg 2000, Column 924–925.
• Art. Maintenance / maintenance obligation, I. Social ethics , in: LThK, Volume 10, Freiburg 2001, column 438–439.
• Art. Guilds , in: LThK, Volume 10, Freiburg 2001, Column 1501–1502.

Literature on Norbert Glatzel

• Nils Goldschmidt (Hrsg.), Gerhard Beestermöller (Hrsg.), Gerhard Steger (Hrsg.), The future of the family and their dangers. Norbert Glatzel on the occasion of his 65th birthday (= writings of the Institute for Christian Social Sciences at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster, Volume 44), Münster 2002.