Walter Andreas Euler

Walter Andreas Euler (born June 10, 1962 in Spiegelau ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

From 1981 to 1986 he studied Catholic theology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and at the University of Passau , where he graduated in 1986 with a degree in Catholic theology. After receiving his doctorate in 1990 as Dr. theol. In Freiburg im Breisgau he was a postdoctoral fellow from 1990 to 1992 from the DFG in Freiburg and Florence . On April 1, 1992, he was awarded a permanent C2 lectureship for Cusanus research at the Trier Theological Faculty . Since December 13, 1996, he has also been a permanent lecturer for religious studies and missiology at the Trier Theological Faculty. After his habilitation on June 20, 1997 in the subject of fundamental theology and religious studies at the Trier Theological Faculty, he was appointed private lecturer for the subject of fundamental theology and religious studies at the Trier Theological Faculty on December 8, 1997 . On April 1, 1998, he was appointed professor at the Trier Theological Faculty, and on October 1, 2001, he was appointed Full Professor of Fundamental Theology and Ecumenical Theology at the Trier Theological Faculty. From April 1, 2007 to September 30, 2016 he was director of the Institute for Cusanus Research. From October 23, 2008 to December 31, 2016 he was Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cusanus Society. As dean (April 1, 2009– March 31, 2010) he headed the Trier Theological Faculty

He is a member of the Board of Advisors of the American Cusanus Society, the Board of Directors of the Caspar Olevian Society Trier, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Emil Frank Institute and the Ecumenical Commission of the Diocese of Trier and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ecumenical Institute for Interreligious Dialogue of the University of Trier . His main research interests are theology of religions (historical and systematic); the relationship between Christianity and Islam; ecumenical theology; Nikolaus von Kues (interpretation of his theology and collaboration on the text-critical edition of the sermon work) and critic of Christianity.

Fonts (selection)

• Unitas et Pax. Comparison of religions in Raimundus Lullus and Nikolaus von Kues (= Studies in Religious Studies. Volume 15). Echter et al., Würzburg et al. 1990, ISBN 3-429-01342-9 (also dissertation, Freiburg im Breisgau 1989).
  • Unitas et Pax. Comparison of religions in Raimundus Lullus and Nikolaus von Kues (= Studies in Religious Studies. Volume 15). 2nd edition, Echter et al., Würzburg et al. 1995, ISBN 3-429-01342-9 (also dissertation, Freiburg im Breisgau 1989).
• Cusanus and the reform of the church today (= Small Writings of the Cusanus Society. Issue 14). Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 1993, ISBN 3-7902-1066-8 .
• "Pia philosophia" and "docta religio". Theology and religion with Marsilio Ficino and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (= humanistic library. Series 1. Treatises. Volume 48). Fink, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7705-3280-5 (also habilitation thesis, Trier Theological Faculty 1996).
• as editor: 40 years later. The Second Vatican Council and its Consequences . Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2005, ISBN 3-7902-1315-2 .
• Pope Benedict XVI., Emperor Manuel II and Cardinal Nikolaus von Kues. The relationship between faith and reason and the Christian view of Islam (= Small Writings of the Cusanus Society. Issue 17). Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2007, ISBN 978-3-7902-1069-9 .
• as editor with Harald Schwaetzer and Klaus Reinhardt : Sermones CXXII - CCIII (= Nikolaus von Kues: Sermons in German translation. Volume 3). Aschendorff, Münster 2007, ISBN 3-402-03483-2 .
• as editor: Nikolaus von Kues: De venatione sapientiae. Files from the symposium in Trier from October 23rd to 25th, 2008 (= messages and research contributions of the Cusanus Society. Volume 32). Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2010, ISBN 978-3-7902-1593-9 .
• as editor with Ylva Gustafsson and Iris Wikström: Nicholas of Cusa on the self and self-consciousness . Åbo Akad. Univ. Press, Åbo 2010, ISBN 978-951-765-518-7 .
• as editor with Tom Kerger: Cusanus and Islam . Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2010, ISBN 978-3-7902-0228-1 .
• as editor with Marco Brösch: 50 years of the Cusanus Society and Institute for Cusanus Research (= Small Writings of the Cusanus Society. Issue 19). Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2011, ISBN 978-3-7902-1071-2 .
• as editor: The God-Thought of Nikolaus von Kues. Files from the symposium in Trier from October 21 to 23, 2010 (= communications and research contributions from the Cusanus Society. Volume 33). Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2012, ISBN 978-3-7902-1594-6 .
• as editor with Viki Ranff, Harald Schwaetzer and Klaus Reinhardt: Sermones XXVII - CXXI (= Nikolaus von Kues: Sermons in German translation. Volume 2). Aschendorff, Münster 2013, ISBN 3-402-03482-4 .
• as editor with Marco Brösch: Handbook Nikolaus von Kues. Life and work . WBG, Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 3-534-26365-0 .
• As editor: files of the research colloquium in Freising from November 8th to 11th, 2012 (= messages and research contributions of the Cusanus Society. Volume 34). Paulinus-Verlag, Trier 2016, ISBN 3-7902-1595-3 .

Web links

• Trier Theological Faculty