Ulrich Lüke

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Ulrich Lüke (born September 9, 1951 in Münster , Westphalia ) is a German theologian and biologist , priest and pastor. From 2001 to 2017 he was Professor of Systematic Theology at RWTH Aachen University . In his research he deals in particular with the relationship between science and faith.

Life

Lüke studied philosophy, theology and biology in Münster and Regensburg before he was ordained a priest on May 23, 1980. From 1980 to 1992 he worked as a teacher and senior teacher at the Petrinum grammar school in Recklinghausen, where he taught the subjects of biology and religion. In 1990 he did his doctorate with Johann Baptist Metz . Between 1992 and 1998 he worked as a pastor in the parish of Greven-Gimbte in the Münsterland. He completed his habilitation in 1996 and became a private lecturer at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. From 1998 to 1999 Lüke was Professor of Philosophy and Fundamental Theology at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Freiburg . He then became professor for the history of philosophy and theological propaedeutics at the Theological Faculty in Paderborn , before he was appointed professor for systematic theology and director of the Institute for Catholic Theology at RWTH Aachen University in 2001.

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Lüke's interdisciplinary research touches on topics of evolutionary biology and hominization in biology , while in theology he touches on areas of the specialist disciplines anthropology , fundamental theology , moral theology , epistemology , soteriology , liturgy and creationism .

Lüke said of the new findings of brain research in relation to a belief in God:

"Experiments in brain research in search of God are about as useful as dismantling a television set in search of Ulrich Wickert ."

Publications

  • The mammal by the grace of God. Evolution - Consciousness - Freedom. Freiburg (Verlag Herder) 2007. ISBN 978-3-451-28859-3
  • Evolutionary Epistemology and Theology. A critical discussion from a fundamental theological perspective. Stuttgart (Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft) 1990. ISBN 978-3-8047-1073-3
  • Ministry of Culture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (ed.), The question of human identity (viewed from an interdisciplinary point of view) (= series of publications for teacher training in North Rhine-Westphalia. Upper secondary school. Vol. 3.1 - Vol. 3.6), Düsseldorf 1991.
  • Public rethinking. Offensive thoughts in the church year (1). Regensburg (Verlag Friedrich Pustet) 1993. ISBN 978-3-7917-1357-1
  • Thoughtful disturbance of the peace. Offensive thoughts in the church year (2). Regensburg (Verlag Friedrich Pustet) 1995. ISBN 978-3-7917-1452-3
  • “In the beginning, God created ...” Bio-Theology. Time - evolution - hominization. Paderborn (Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh) 1997, 2nd corrected edition 2001. ISBN 978-3-506-75260-4
  • Negligent consolation? Offensive thoughts in the church year (3), Leipzig (benno-Verlag) 1998. ISBN 978-3-7462-1263-0
  • Limited Hope Society? Offensive thoughts in the church year (4), Leipzig (benno-Verlag) 1999. ISBN 978-3-7462-1327-9
  • In other words. Offensive thoughts in the church year (5), Paderborn (Bonifatius-Verlag) 2002. ISBN 978-3-89710-210-1
  • Human - nature - God. Biological contributions and theological income, Münster (Lit-Verlag) 2002. ISBN 978-3-8258-6006-6
  • as ed .: Darwin and God. The relationship between evolution and religion, Darmstadt (Wiss. Buchgesellschaft) 2004. ISBN 978-3-534-17535-2
  • For- and Wi (e) der-words. Offensive thoughts in the church year (6), Paderborn (Bonifatius-Verlag) 2005. ISBN 978-3-89710-314-6
  • Course book church year. Living in the rhythm of faith, Münster (Aschendorff-Verlag) 2006. ISBN 978-3-402-00411-1
  • The mammal by the grace of God. Evolution - consciousness - freedom, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna (Herder-Verlag) 3rd completely revised and updated edition 2016. ISBN 978-3-451-28859-3
  • as editor: Man - nothing but nature? Interdisciplinary approaches, Darmstadt (Wiss. Buchgesellschaft) 2007. ISBN 978-3-534-20053-5
  • as publisher: How objective is science ?, Darmstadt (WBG) 2017. ISBN 978-3-534-74322-3
  • The creed before today's inquiries. Freiburg (Herder Verlag) 2019. ISBN 978-3-451-37798-3

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingeborg Breuer: Why did all cultures develop a religion? Different explanations for belief in God . In: Deutschlandfunk , November 19, 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Lüke, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Munster , Westphalia