Paul Zulehner

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Paul M. Zulehner on July 2nd, 2008 at a lecture at the Catholic rural community college "Schorlemer Alst"

Paul Michael Zulehner (born December 20, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian theologian and Catholic priest . The sociologist of religion and former university professor retired in 2008.

Life

Paul Zulehner was born in the hospital in Döbling . After Josef (1932–2003), Hans (1934–2011) and Jörg (1938–2003), he was the fourth son of his parents Josef and Luise Zulehner, née Tauber. His brother Josef was ordained a priest by Franz König in 1961 . A daughter of his brother Jörg is a professor at the University of Frankfurt a. M. In his youth Paul Zulehner was a member of the Schottensängerknaben. Here he made friends with Georg Braulik and Wolfgang Schüssel . After graduating from the Wasagymnasium in 1958 , Paul Zulehner studied theology and philosophy in Innsbruck , Vienna and Munich . He sees himself as a student of Karl Rahner . At the age of 21, he received his doctorate in philosophy from the social ethicist Johannes Schasching in Innsbruck in 1961 . With an investigation into Austromarxism , he received his doctorate in theology under Gottfried Heinzel in Innsbruck in 1964. On June 29, 1964, he was ordained a priest by Franz Jachym . He celebrated his first class on July 19, 1964 in Bad Schallerbach . From 1965 to 1967 he worked as a chaplain in the Altmannsdorfer Church in Vienna. In 1967 he became prefect of studies in the Vienna seminary and assistant to Rudolf Weiler at the University of Vienna. He learned the statistical trade in the following years with Hermann Denz at the University of Linz. In 1969 he was released from Franz König to study for his habilitation. He first went to Constance for a year, where he studied with Thomas Luckmann and lived in the parsonage at the Constance Minster. Then he went to Munich for a year to study with Karl Rahner. In 1973 he completed his habilitation with the Würzburg pastoral theologian Rolf Zerfaß with a study on secularization . In 1973 he went to the University of Bamberg as a professor and from 1974 to 1984 he was a university professor in Passau , where he dealt intensively with questions of religion and church sociology as well as pastoral theological issues. Isidor Baumgartner was his successor in Passau .

Paul Zulehner, 2017

Since 1984 he has been a professor of pastoral theology at the University of Vienna. His specialty is religion and values ​​research, in which he carried out numerous research projects and studies at home and abroad. He is an advisor to several specialist committees and a sought-after speaker. In addition to his narrow field of expertise, he has a. a. on the subject of youth values, men's research , the question of meaning in society and the church tax . From 2000 to 2007 he was Dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna .

Zulehner retired in October 2008 , but is still active in science. He is a member of the scientific advisory board of the Upper Austrian think tank Academia Superior .

On October 16, 2017, Paul Zulehner, together with the Prague religious philosopher Tomáš Halík , initiated the online petition Pro Pope Francis , which was signed by almost 75,000 people before it was handed over to the Pope on February 28, 2019. It is expressed to the Pope that the signatories are grateful to the Pope for his courageous and theologically well-founded administration. The Pope's concern is “every single person loved by God.” The petition assures Pope Francis of prayer and support and encourages him to continue on the path he has chosen.

After the end of the Amazon Synod on October 27, 2019, when the participating bishops decided to recommend the ordination of married permanent deacons to priests to the responsible church authorities for the Amazon under certain circumstances , Zulehner wants an online petition “Amazonia also with us ”, which aims to make similar proposals to the German bishops.

Fonts (selection)

  • Help people live , Passau 1976.
  • Marriage - birth - death. A pastoral on the turning points of life , Vienna 1976.
  • Divorce - what then ...? , 1981.
  • Religion in the life of Austrians , 1981.
  • The Rumor of God , 1986.
  • Against the resignation in the church , Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-210-24953-9 .
  • Four-volume pastoral theology:
    • Fundamental Pastoral , Düsseldorf 1989.
    • Parish pastoral care, Düsseldorf 1989.
    • Transitions , Düsseldorf 1990.
    • Pastoral Futurology , Düsseldorf 1990.
  • A shelter for the soul , 1994.
  • Church Disappointments , 1997.
  • A child in their midst , 1999.
  • Paths to a solidary policy , 1999, ISBN 3-7022-2224-3 .
  • together with Andreas Müller OFM and Arno Tausch : Global Capitalism, Liberation Theology and the Social Sciences , New York 1999.
  • according to with Anna Hennersperger : You leave and don't get tired. Priest in today's culture. Results of the study Priester 2000 , Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7966-1026-9 .
  • With Fritz Lobinger and Peter Neuner : People priests in lively parishes. A plea for parish presbyteries. Ostfildern: Schwabenverlag 2003, ISBN 978-3-7966-1124-7 .
  • Rebuilding the church - don't save to death , Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7966-1173-7 .
  • as editor: MannsBilder. A decade of men's development , Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7966-1134-6
  • Location search - Survey among pastoral consultants in German-speaking countries , Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7966-1310-1 .
  • together with Anna Hennersperger: So that the church does not get lost. Parish councils for sustainable communities , Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7966-1504-7 .
  • Martin Kolozs (Ed.): An answer of faith: In conversation with Paul M. Zulehner and Petra Steinmair-Pösel. Studienverlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7065-5210-3 .
  • Church Visions - Orientation in Times of Church Renovation , 2012, ISBN 978-3-8436-0168-9
  • Dowry: Another kind of autobiography. Patmos-Verl., Ostfildern 2014, ISBN 978-3-8436-0542-7 .
  • together with Tomáš Halik (Ed.): Pro Pope Francis. Worldwide support for the pope from the church people , Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2018, ISBN 978-3-8436-1115-2 .

Awards and memberships

Individual evidence

  1. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 40.
  2. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 46.
  3. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 62.
  4. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 47.
  5. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 63.
  6. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 69.
  7. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 63.
  8. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 77.
  9. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 74.
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141221065242/http://www.kathpress.co.at/site/nachrichten/database/66768.html
  11. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 295.
  12. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 76.
  13. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 76.
  14. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. P. 107f.
  15. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 85.
  16. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. P. 112f.
  17. ^ PM Zulehner, dowry. Ostfildern 2014. p. 113.
  18. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141221065242/http://www.kathpress.co.at/site/nachrichten/database/66768.html
  19. ^ Report in the online university newspaper with information on curriculum vitae and work
  20. ^ Academia Superior - Scientific Advisory Board . Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  21. ↑ propope-francis.com , accessed April 15, 2019
  22. ↑ tmg / KNA: Zulehner starts petition for church reforms in the German-speaking area. In: kathisch.de. October 30, 2019, accessed June 24, 2020 .
  23. ↑ a b c d e f g Paul Zulehner ( Memento from January 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Vita on the website of the University of Vienna, accessed on March 16, 2011
  24. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

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personal data
SURNAME Zulehner, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zulehner, Paul Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theologian
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna