Thomas Hoppe (theologian)

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Thomas Hoppe (born July 13, 1956 in Bremen ) is a German theologian and has been a professor of Catholic theology at Helmut Schmidt University since 1998, with special emphasis on social sciences and social ethics .

Life

In the winter semester 1985/1986 he was co-referee with Bruno Schüller with Klaus Lüdicke with the dissertation peace policy with military means. An ethical analysis of strategic approaches doctorate . Among other things, he worked as a deputy director at the Institute for Theology and Peace . In the 1997 summer semester he completed his habilitation with the work Human Rights in the Field of Tension between Freedom, Equality and Solidarity. Basics of an international ethos between universal validity and suspicion of particularity, supervised by Franz Anton Fridolin Furger and assessed by Klaus Müller and Antonio Autiero .

He is the moderator for the peace area of the German Commission Justitia et Pax . His main research interests are the ethics of international relations, the protection and implementation of political and social structures in accordance with human rights, and the ethics of dealing with a burdened past.

Publications (selection)

  • Peace policy by military means. An ethical analysis of strategic approaches (= Theology and Peace , Volume 1). Bachem, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7616-0863-2 (also dissertation, Münster 1985).
  • with Hans J. Schmidt : Conventional Stabilization. Military strategic and arms control issues of a war prevention concept with fewer nuclear weapons from an ethical and political science perspective (= Theology and Peace , Volume 6). Inst. For Theology a. Frieden, Barsbüttel 1990, ISBN 3-927320-05-6 .
  • Ethics as a security policy decision-making aid? Comments on the criteria "sufficiency" and "disarmament compatibility" of the words of the German bishops' conference "Justice creates peace" (1983) (= Theology and Peace , Volume 8). Inst. For Theology a. Frieden, Barsbüttel 1990, ISBN 3-927320-07-2 .
  • as editor: On the way to a European peace order. Perspectives and problems after the end of the Cold War (= Forum World Church. Development and Peace , Volume 3). Matthias-Grünewald-Verl., Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-7867-1764-8 .
  • as editor with Harry Neyer : The military as peacemaker? Peace-ethical reflections on the reorientation of Germany's foreign policy (= Justice and Peace. Documentation , Volume 38). Justitia et Pax, Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-928214-60-8 .
    • as editor with Harry Neyer: The military as peacemaker? Peace-ethical reflections on the reorientation of Germany's foreign policy (= Justice and Peace. Documentation , Volume 38). 2nd edition, Justitia et Pax, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-928214-60-8 .
  • On the way to just peace? Ethical peace considerations after the end of the East-West conflict (= WIFIS aktuell , Volume 2). Hamburg 1995, OCLC 76102876 .
  • as editor with Jörg Lüer : Experiences from the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Part 1 analyzes and recommendations (= Justice and Peace. Documentation , Volume 40). Justitia et Pax, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-932535-08-1 .
  • as editor with Jörg Lüer: Experiences from the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Part 2 Documentation of a workshop (= Justice and Peace. Documentation , Volume 40). Justitia et Pax, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-932535-05-7 .
  • as editor: Human Rights - Human Duties. Contributions to a joint symposium of the German Justitia et Pax Commission and the Scientific Working Group for World Church Tasks from December 7th to 8th, 1998 in Cologne (= Projects. Scientific Working Group for World Church Tasks of the German Bishops' Conference , Volume 8). Central Office World Church, Bonn 1999, ISBN 3-923535-33-2 .
  • as editor: Peace ethics and international politics. Problem analysis - solution approaches - perspectives for action (= Forum World Church. Development and Peace , Volume 9). Matthias-Grünewald-Verl., Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-7867-2231-5 .
  • Human rights in the area of ​​tension between freedom, equality and solidarity. Foundations of an international ethos between universal validity and suspicion of particularity (= Theology and Peace , Volume 17). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-17-015585-7 (also habilitation thesis, Münster 1997).
  • as editor: Protection of human rights. Civil interference and military intervention . Köster, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89574-521-9 .
  • as editor: physicality - identity. Encounter in physicality (= projects. Scientific working group for universal church tasks of the German Bishops' Conference , Volume 23). Academic Press Friborg et al., Freiburg et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-451-27065-9 .
  • as editor: Social human rights and Catholic social teaching. Contributions to a specialist conference of the scientific working group for universal church tasks of the German Bishops' Conference on 03/04. December 2009 (= projects. Scientific working group for universal church tasks of the German Bishops' Conference , Volume 23). Secretariat of the Dt. Bishops' Conference, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-940137-45-6 .
  • as editor: responsibility to protect. Intervention policy since 1990 - a balance of peace ethics. Analysis and recommendations . Köster, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-89574-852-3 .

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SURNAME Hoppe, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen