Rainer Hagencord

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Rainer Hagencord (* 1961 in Ahlen , Warendorf district ) is a Catholic priest and zoologist . Together with Anton Rotzetter until his death in 2016, he heads the Institute for Theological Zoology in Münster .

Life

Hagencord studied Catholic theology from 1980 to 1985 in Münster and Freiburg in Üechtland (Switzerland) and was ordained a priest in 1987. After four years of pastoral work, he studied biology and philosophy in Münster and graduated with the state examination. The main focus of study was behavioral biology .

From 1996 to 2000 he was a university pastor in Münster and during this time he established the interdisciplinary dialogue between theology and biology in the community. This is where the idea for his doctoral project arose with Norbert Sachser from the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioral Biology and Klaus Müller from the seminar for basic philosophical questions in theology with the title “The animal: a challenge for Christian anthropology. Theological and behavioral arguments for a change of perspective ”.

Hagencord was released in 2002 from the Bishop of Münster, Reinhard Lettmann , to work at the Institute for Neuro- and Behavioral Biology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. From 2006 to 2009 Hagencord was the spiritual director of the Cusanuswerk .

Anton Rotzetter and Rainer Hagencord founded the Institute for Theological Zoology in 2009. It offers the first degree with a combination of theology and science.

Publications

Monographs
  • The dignity of animals. A religious appreciation . Gütersloh 2011, ISBN 978-3-579-06564-9 .
  • God and the animals. A change of perspective . Regensburg 2008
  • This side of Eden. Behavioral and theological arguments for a new view of animals , Regensburg 2005
Essays
  • Hagencord, R., From Balaam's donkey and Joseph's cat; in: C. Lücking-Michel, S. Raueiser (Ed.), Three Religions - One Holy Land. Festschrift on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr. Josef Wohlmuth , Cologne 2008, pp. 161–169
  • The beast - still: this side of Eden. In: Bible Today. Animal and human. Biblical Impulses, 2nd Quarter 2006
  • Christian Gestalt pedagogy as reform pedagogy - A report from the former GDR. In: Journal for Integrative Gestalt Pedagogy and Pastoral Care No. 43 - December 2006
  • Gaining shape - with a view to the animals. In: Höfer, A., Steiner, K., Feiner, F., Handbook of Integrative Gestalt Pedagogy and Pastoral Care, Counseling and Supervision, Part II., Believing in pictures and becoming different, Werdenfels 2005
  • I find you in all of these things. Seven weeks for body and soul, Stuttgart 2005
  • Spiritual Aspects of Gestalt Therapy. In: Höfer, A., Steiner, K., Handbook of Integrative Gestalt Pedagogy and Pastoral Care, Counseling and Supervision, Part I., Our Image of Man, Werdenfels 2004
  • Diaconate of women: a salutary vitalization of our church. In: Kubera, U., Patt, S. (Ed. On behalf of the Network Diaconate of Women), Didn't our hearts burn? The first diaconate group for women, Stuttgart 2004
Reviews
  • Darwin and God. The relationship between evolution and religion . Edited by U. Lüke, J. Schnakenburg, G. Souvignier. Darmstadt 2004. In: Theologische Revue , No. 1, 2005
  • Human rights for great apes? What distinguishes animals and humans . Edited by M. Herberhold, C. Söling. Paderborn 2003. In: Theologische Revue No. 5, 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Priest and Pioneer In: Hamburger Abendblatt , November 20, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Hagencord, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist, university professor and Catholic priest
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Ahlen , Warendorf district