Wolfgang Langer (theologian)

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Wolfgang Langer (born June 17, 1934 in Breslau ; † May 29, 2020 in Laxenburg ) was a German Catholic theologian .

Career

Langer studied Catholic theology in St. Georgen and was ordained a priest in 1960 . A study on the ethical update of biblical texts in the German Catholic Bible lessons since the end of the 18th century he received his doctorate in 1977 at the University of Münster Dr. theol. In the same year he became a full professor at the University of Education in Hildesheim . He remained a priest of the Hildesheim diocese even during his later activity in Austria , which gave him greater freedom of opinion compared to priests of Austrian dioceses.

From 1979 until his retirement in 2000 he was a full professor for religious education at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna . He founded the ecumenically oriented Austrian Religious Education Forum (ÖRF). In the academic years 1985 / 86–1986 / 87 he was dean of the faculty. In 2011 Langer signed the memorandum Church 2011: A Necessary Awakening .

Wolfgang Langer worked as a priest in the Perchtoldsdorf parish for over 40 years and lived from 2019 until his death in the nursing home of the Sisters of the Cross in Laxenburg.

Part of the parish of Perchtoldsdorf

In an obituary he is referred to as a “pioneer in religious education” and a “pioneer of Bible study in schools and adult education”. Another obituary goes into its ecumenical orientation and names it as the central source of inspiration for the creation of the Austrian curricula from 1980 to 1990.

The urn was buried on June 18, 2020 in the priest's grave at Perchtoldsdorfer Friedhof .

Fonts (selection)

  • Lavorare con la Bibbia , Ed. Elle di Ci, Leumann (Torino) 1994
  • Handbook of Bible Study , Kösel, Munich 1987
  • Religious instruction in a "post-Christian" society , Olms, Hildesheim 1985
  • Catechism - yes? No? How? , Benziger, Zurich 1982
  • A rice will emerge , Bernward, Hildesheim 1980

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary by Andrea Lehner Hartmann and Martin Jäggle. (accessed May 29, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c religious pedagogical thought leader dies kathpress, May 29, 2020 (accessed May 29, 2020).
  3. ^ History of the University of Vienna (with picture, accessed January 9, 2019).
  4. ↑ a b public party slip of the Perchtoldsdorf parish
  5. ↑ Parish team Perchtoldsdorf (accessed May 29, 2020).
personal data
SURNAME Langer, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 2020
Place of death Laxenburg