Thomas M. Schmidt
Thomas M. Schmidt (* 1960 ) is a German philosopher and Roman Catholic theologian .
Life
Schmidt studied Roman Catholic theology and philosophy . Since 2003 he has been Professor of Philosophy of Religion in the Department of Catholic Theology and co-opted Professor at the Institute for Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . His main areas of work include philosophy of religion, political philosophy , discourse theory and German idealism .
Fonts
- Books
- Recognition and absolute religion. Formation of social theory and genesis of speculative religious philosophy in Hegel's early writings. Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 1997, ISBN 3-7728-1724-6
- Reasonable pluralism, rational belief. On the political and epistemic status of religious beliefs in pluralistic societies. Habilitation thesis. 2000
- with Matthias Jung & Michael Moxter : Philosophy of Religion. Historical positions and systematic reflections. Echter, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-429-02121-9
- with Michael G. Parker: Scientific Explanation and Religious Belief. Science and Religion in Philosophical and Public Discourse. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-16-148711-7
- with Matthias Lutz-Bachmann (ed.): Religion and cultural criticism. WBG, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 978-3-534-19834-4
- with Matthias Lutz-Bachmann (Ed.): Metaphysics Today - Problems and Perspectives of Ontology. Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-495-48217-9
- with Michael G. Parker (Ed.): Religion in the pluralistic public. Echter, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-429-02688-2
- with Knut Wenzel : Modern Religion? Theological and religious-philosophical reactions to Jürgen Habermas . Herder, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-451-30221-3
- with Siegfried Wiedenhofer (Ed.): Religious experience. Richard Schaeffler's contribution to the philosophy of religion and theology. Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-495-48401-2
- (Ed.): Does love make seeing? Wallstein-Verlag, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0745-2
- Essays
- Beliefs and Secular Reasons. On the legitimacy of religious arguments in a pluralistic society. In: Journal for Evangelical Ethics. Issue 4/2001, 248–261 ( PDF; 91 KB )
- God, Spirit, Brain: On the Way to a "Biology of Belief"? In: Research Frankfurt. 4/2005, pp. 58-61 ( PDF; 14 MB )
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas M. Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Schmidt on the website of the University of Frankfurt
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| SURNAME | Schmidt, Thomas M. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |