Magnus Striet

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Magnus Striet (* 1964 in Rheine ) is professor of fundamental theology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau .

Life

After studying Catholic theology, German and history, he was a research assistant at the seminar for dogmatics and the history of dogmas in Münster from 1994 to 2000 . In 1998 he became a Dr. via the subject in Nietzsche's late philosophy “The I in the fall of reality”. theol. PhD in Freiburg. He completed his habilitation in 2001 in Münster with a thesis on the subject of "Revelable Secret - On the Critique of Negative Theology" and received the Venia legendi for the subject of dogmatics and the history of dogmas.

After substituting professorships in Tübingen, Osnabrück and Münster, he was appointed professor for fundamental theology (since 2017: fundamental theology and philosophical anthropology) at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg. From April 1, 2008 to February 28, 2010 he was dean of the theological faculty of the University of Freiburg , and from 2015 to 2017 he was vice dean.

Since 2011 he has been a co-opted member of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Freiburg. In the same year he turned down offers to the universities of Münster and Vienna.

Act

Striet's work focuses on anthropology, the doctrine of God and eschatology. Striet deals in particular with questions of theological anthropology and the doctrine of God, he also turns to difficult questions such as the theodicy debate . The dialogue between theology and philosophy is very pronounced with him, with a focus on the modern philosophy of freedom.

He is a signatory of the memorandum “ Church 2011: A Necessary Awakening ” and co-editor of the series ratio fidei - Contributions to the Philosophical Accountability of Theology .

Fonts

  • '' Unheilige Theologie '' (Ed.) Herder, Freiburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-451-38509-4
  • Emergency freedom. Work on the "razing of the bastions". Herder, Freiburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-38159-1
  • God's silence. Longing for resurrection - and skepticism. Grünewald, Mainz 2015, ISBN 978-3-7867-3033-0 .
  • In the god's loop. Of religious longing in the modern age. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-451-30686-0 .
  • as editor: Return of Atheism. Curse or blessing for theology? Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-29821-9 .
  • Nativity whispers. Christmas between skepticism and longing. Matthias-Grünewald, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7867-2678-4 .
  • as editor with Michael Kappes, Raimund Litz, Saskia Wendel (eds.): Basic course in philosophy. Focal points of philosophical theology. 2 volumes, Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer:
  • Obvious secret. On the criticism of negative theology (= ratio fidei. Contributions to the philosophical account of theology. Vol. 14). Pustet, Regensburg 2003, ISBN 3-7917-1822-3 (habilitation thesis, University of Münster, 2001).
  • The new man? Untimely reflections on Sloterdijk and Nietzsche. Knecht, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-7820-0849-9 .
  • The I in the fall of reality. Philosophical-theological studies on a theory of the subject dealing with Nietzsche's late philosophy (= Ratio fidei. Contributions to the philosophical account of theology. Vol. 1). Pustet, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-7917-1624-7 (dissertation, University of Münster, 1997/98).

literature

  • Magnus Lerch : God's essential revelation as the mutual love of three freedoms. The trinity theological position of Magnus Striet. In: Magnus Lerch: God's self-communication. Challenges of a freedom-theoretical revelation theology. Regensburg 2015. pp. 319–376.
  • Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger : Is God silent? An interview with Magnus Striet. In: Erhard Mayerhofer (Ed.): Searching and asking about God. Impulses for religious education and religious instruction. Vienna 2018, pp. 29–50.
  • Ludger Jansen: God beyond concepts , in: feinschwarz.net, July 16, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Striet, Magnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fundamental theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheine