Thomas Pröpper

Thomas Pröpper (born October 6, 1941 in Balve , Westphalia ; † February 10, 2015 in Münster ) was a German Catholic dogmatist and fundamental theologian .

Life

Thomas Pröpper, son of the Balver church music director Theodor Pröpper , studied theology in Munich, Münster and Paderborn. In 1968 he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Paderborn .

After his time as vicariate, he was released from 1971 for further studies in Tübingen. From 1974 to 1981 he was assistant to Walter Kasper . From 1983 to 1988 Pröpper was a research assistant at the University of Paderborn . From 1988 until his early retirement due to illness in 2003, Pröpper held the chair for dogmatics and theological hermeneutics at the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Münster . From 2001 to 2003 he was their vice dean.

He also worked for years as a preacher in the Catholic University Church ( Dominican Church, Münster ). Some of his sermons have been published in magazine articles and in a book of their own.

On November 22, 2011, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg .

To theology

Pröpper tries to evaluate a transcendental analysis of freedom as a thought model of the Christian faith. He is particularly interested in soteriology (theology of redemption ), doctrine of grace , christology and theological anthropology . His theological approach tries to consistently think through to the end of the anthropological turn that Karl Rahner began in Catholic theology. He advocates the thesis that that unconditional moment can be discerned in human freedom that allows people to be God-capable.

Publications (selection)

The Jesus of the Philosophers and the Christ of Faith. A theological conversation with Jaspers , Bloch , Kolakowski , Gardavský , Machovec , Fromm , Ben-Chorin . Mainz: Matthias-Grünewald-Verl. 1976, ISBN 3-7867-0568-2 .
God's yes - our freedom. Theological considerations . Mainz: Matthias Grünewald Verlag 1983, ISBN 3-7867-1081-3 .
Belief in redemption and the history of freedom. A sketch on soteriology . Munich: Kösel 1985 (2nd, essential extended edition Munich: Kösel 1988), ISBN 3-466-20272-8 (dissertation).
First philosophical term or evidence of ultimate meaning? In: Bernd Jochen Hilberath (Ed.): Thinking after Karl Rahner . Theologische Viertelschrift 174 (1994), 4, pp. 257-303, ISSN 0342-1430 .
with Gerhard Larcher , Klaus Müller (eds.): Hope that gives reasons. On Hansjürgen Verweyen's project of a first-philosophical responsibility for faith. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1508-9 .
Gospel and Free Reason. Contours of a theological hermeneutics. Freiburg im Breisgau u. a .: Herder 2001, ISBN 3-451-27562-7 .
Theological anthropology. 2 volumes. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder 2011, ISBN 978-3-451-32267-9 and ISBN 978-3-451-34123-6 .
Seeking God's friendship. Sermons, Spiritual Thoughts and Prayers , ed. by Klaus Müller. Regensburg: Pustet 2016 ISBN 978-3-7917-2733-2

literature

Hansjürgen Verweyen : Responsibility for faith today: to the "Inquiries" from Thomas Pröpper . In: Theologische Quartalsschrift 174 (1994), pp. 288-303.
Paul Platzbecker: “Thinking about radical autonomy before God”. Responsibility for faith in transcendental philosophy in the dispute between Hansjürgen Verweyen and Thomas Pröpper . Pustet, Regensburg 2003. (ratio fidei; 19) ISBN 3-7917-1842-8
Klaus Müller , Magnus Striet (Ed.): Dogma and Form of Thought: Controversial in the foundation of revelation and the idea of God. (Contributions to a conference on the occasion of Thomas Pröpper's retirement). Regensburg: Pustet 2005 ISBN 3-7917-1959-9

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personal data
SURNAME	Pröpper, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholic dogmatist and fundamental theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Balve
DATE OF DEATH	February 10, 2015
Place of death	Muenster