Thomas Ruster

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Thomas Ruster (born December 16, 1955 in Cologne ) is a German, Roman Catholic theologian at the TU Dortmund . His focus is on dogmatics and systematic theology .

Life

Ruster grew up with three siblings in a conservative Catholic home. Studying Roman Catholic theology in Bonn and Paris (1974–1979) was followed by a doctorate in 1983 with the title “Sacramental Understanding. A contribution to the theological understanding of truth and at the same time a conversation with Eugen Biser and Ernst Fuchs ”. The habilitation took place in 1994 in the subject of fundamental theology ("The lost usefulness of religion. About the encounter between Catholicism and modernity in the theology of the Weimar Republic"). Since 1995 Thomas Ruster has been Univ.-Professor for "Theology and its Didactics with a focus on Systematic Theology / Dogmatics" at the TU Dortmund.

Others

Thomas Ruster is a member of the “9.5 Theses” initiative group, which advocates the establishment of an economic system based on Christian values.

Publications (selection)

  • The mistaken god. Theology after the unbundling of Christianity and religion (= Quaestiones disputatae. QD. 181). Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 2000, ISBN 3-451-02181-1 (7th edition, ibid 2004).
  • Of people, powers and forces. A doctrine of heaven. Matthias Grünewald Verlag, Mainz 2005, ISBN 978-3-7867-2570-1 .
  • Change. A treatise on the Eucharist and the economy. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-7867-2602-7 (2nd edition. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7867-2602-9 ).
  • Markion, a radical Pauline: his error and his truth. In: Norbert Kleyboldt (Ed.): Paulus. Identity and universality of the Gospel. Dialog-Verlag, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-941-462-12-0 , pp. 105-122.
  • The new angel religion. Light figures - dark forces. Butzon & Bercker, Kevelaer 2010, ISBN 978-3-7666-1356-1 .
  • Faith makes all the difference. The creed. Kösel, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-466-36891-4 .
  • with Simone Horstmann and Gregor Taxacher : Everything that breathes. A theology of animals. Pustet, Regensburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7917-3002-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/duesseldorf/stadtteile/garath/25-jahre-auf-tour-fuer-den-glauben-aid-1.6902635
  2. ↑ [1] . Retrieved November 23, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Ruster, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian, university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne