Thomas Gertler

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Thomas Gertler SJ (born September 2, 1948 in Dingelstädt ) is a German Catholic theologian and former rector of the Sankt Georgen college in Frankfurt am Main .

Life

Thomas Gertler grew up as the son of a doctor in Heiligenstadt in Eichsfeld . After graduating from high school , he entered the Jesuit order in Erfurt in 1967 and studied theology. In 1976 he was ordained a priest and was subsequently, among other things, student pastor in Leipzig and novice master of his order. With a thesis on the Christology of the Second Vatican Council , he received his doctorate in 1986 and taught dogmatics at the Erfurt seminary .

From 1995 to 2004, Father Gertler Regens was at the Saint Georgen seminary and then headed the Sankt Georgen college as rector until February 2009, which consists of the seminary and the philosophical-theological college.

Gertler has lived in Augsburg since 2009 and works for the Christian Life Community. Since 2012 he has also been a member of the online pastoral care team of the German Jesuits.

Publications

  • Jesus Christ - the Church's answer to the question of being human (dissertation), Erfurt theological studies, Bd. 52 Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-7462-0036-9
  • Set off, Abraham! , Sankt Georgener Sermons, No. 11, Frankfurt 2005
  • To the greater glory of God - Ignatius von Loyola rediscovered for contemporary theology (ed.), Freiburg / Breisgau 2006, ISBN 978-3-451-28944-6
  • Federal Theology and Religious Freedom - Religion and Community in North America and Germany , Religion in the Modern Age, Vol. 19, Würzburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-429-03087-2

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personal data
SURNAME Gertler, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic religious and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Dingelstädt