Norbert Greinacher
Norbert Greinacher (born April 26, 1931 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a Catholic theologian from Germany .
Greinacher studied theology, philosophy and sociology from 1950 to 1956. His habilitation took place in 1966 and in 1969 he became professor of practical theology in Tübingen.
In 1980 he published the book The Church of the Poor - On the Theology of Liberation , with which he introduced Latin American liberation theology to a German readership. After a detailed presentation of liberation theology, he explains the conflict that it triggered in the Catholic Church and the development that liberation theology then went through before he concludes his book in the fourth main part with the effects and achievements.
literature
- Ottmar Fuchs (ed.): Pastoral theological interventions in a quintet. Future of the Gospel in Church and Society. With a documentation part of previous statements . Norbert Greinacher on his 70th birthday. Lit, Münster et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5376-4 ( Tübingen Perspectives on Pastoral Theology and Religious Education 11).
- with Clodovis Boff : Reversal and New Beginning: the North-South Conflict as a Challenge to theology and the Church of Europe (Edition Exodus) , Freiburg / Switzerland 1986, ISBN 3-905575-15-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Greinacher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Site by Greinacher at the University of Tübingen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Greinacher, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |