Reinhard Hütter
Reinhard Hütter (born November 1, 1958 in Lichtenfels / Upper Franconia ) is a German theologian and was for a short time President-designate of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt .
Life
Reinhard Hütter studied Protestant theology , philosophy and German at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the US-American Duke University . In 1990 he became a church witness in Erlangen with the work Evangelical Ethics. Interpretations of key issues theological ethics in the presence of graduated (summa cum laude); In 1996 he completed his habilitation there with the text Theology as a Church Practice. To determine the relationship between church, doctrine and theology . Since 1990 he has taught theological ethics and systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). In 1999 he moved to the professorship for systematic and philosophical theology at Duke University. In 2004 he converted to the Roman Catholic Church ; but continued to teach at Duke University.
On May 6, 2009 he was elected President of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt by the University Council. On May 25, 2009, he informed the university's sponsor, the Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Catholic University Foundation, that he would not take up his post. The negotiations for the conclusion of the contract had failed.
Act
Reinhard Hütter is particularly concerned with the theological and philosophical doctrine of man (faith and reason, nature and grace, freedom of God and man) with an emphasis on ecumenism . He is considered an expert on the life and work of Thomas Aquinas .
He is involved in numerous committees. Among other things, he is an elected member of the American Theological Society and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy of Thomas Aquinas . Until 2008 he was editor of Pro Ecclesia .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Reinhard Hütter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Reinhard Hütter (Duke University) (English)
- Zeit: "Church harmless" , May 6, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hütter, Reinhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huetter, Reinhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtenfels / Upper Franconia |