Udo Zelinka
Udo Zelinka (born August 20, 1959 in Olsberg ; † September 10, 2006 ) was a German Catholic theologian and professor of moral theology at the Ruhr University in Bochum .
Life
Udo Zelinka studied theology and philosophy in Paderborn and Vienna from 1979 to 1984 . After his ordination in 1986 in Paderborn, he worked as a vicar in the parish of St. Johannes Baptist in Attendorn. In 1990 he went to the chair for moral theology at the University of Würzburg as a research assistant , where he received his doctorate in theology in 1993.
After completing his doctorate, he took on the position of a research assistant at the Social Science Institute of the Bundeswehr in Munich / Strausberg. During this time he lived in Mering near Augsburg and still works as a priest in the parish. In 1995, Archbishop Cardinal Johannes Joachim Degenhardt appointed him managing director of the diocesan commission in preparation for Pope John Paul II's visit to Paderborn.
From 1996 he was director of the Catholic Academy Schwerte. Until 2006 he was chairman of the board of trustees of the Catholic Academy Schwerte. From 2002 until his death, Zelinka held the chair for moral theology in the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum .
Works
- Normativity of nature - nature of normativity . An interdisciplinary study on the genesis and function of norms (SthE 57), Herder 1994, dissertation ISBN 3-451-23157-3
- Burning bush and tongues of Pentecostal fire . Biblical traces in modern literature, Paderborn 2003.
Web links
- Literature by and about Udo Zelinka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary on the homepage of the Ruhr University Bochum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zelinka, Udo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic moral theologian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 2006 |