Reinhard Rinnerthaler

Reinhard Rinnerthaler (born April 16, 1949 in Salzburg , Austria) is an author.

Life

Rinnerthaler worked for the St. Peter publishing house in Salzburg from 1971 to 2010 , and from 1973 in the position of publishing director. From 1975 to 1982 he studied journalism and sociology of culture (in addition to publishing work) at the Paris-Lodron University in Salzburg . In 1982 Rinnerthaler received his doctorate in philosophy with a dissertation on the communication structure of special religious communities using the example of the Jakob Lorber movement . This critical work on the Styrian "prophet" Jakob Lorber (1800–1864) sparked heated discussions among international followers of Lorber's teaching.

Rinnerthaler wrote folkloric essays in specialist journals, and in 2001 his book “O God, who helps me? - Holy advocates in love stories, helpers of the sick and professional patrons ”. A short version of the book is available as a brochure with the title “Who's who in the group of saints” - printed in five editions by the St. Peter publishing house. In November 2013, Edition Innsalz (Braunau) published Rinnerthaler's church-critical novel "When Petrus preferred to save his beer than the church - a satirical legend of saints".

In 2012/13 he wrote the column “Der Wortklauber” in the weekly newspaper “Salzburger Woche” (supplement to the Salzburger Nachrichten ). In between he created language-critical school plays such as B. 2014 “The extraterrestrials only understand train station” (all published by Unda-Verlag, Stubenberg am See) and comedies for adults.

Rinnerthaler is a member of the IG Authors Authors (Vienna).

Publications (selection)

• World War 3 is coming soon - or not. Essay on the “divine revelations” by Jakob Lorber. Engelsdorfer, Leipzig 2019.
• Weird monastery stories. Story.one publishing, Salzburg 2020.

Individual evidence

• Reinhard Rinnerthaler . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .