Wolfgang Spindler (theologian)

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Wolfgang Hariolf Spindler OP (born September 22, 1968 in Ellwangen ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian , religious priest and professor at the Philosophical-Theological University in St. Pölten .

Education and professional career

Wolfgang Spindler studied law, theology, philosophy and political science in Würzburg , Munich and Vienna . He graduated as a lawyer and a master of theology. He worked as a research assistant at the Chair for Christian Social Sciences at the Theological Faculty of Trier and was awarded a Dr. theol. PhD. His dissertation was entitled "Humanistic Appeasement"? Hans Barion's criticism of the political and social doctrine of the Second Vatican Council .

In 1996 he entered the Dominican Order . In 2001 Spindler was ordained a priest and, after stops in Augsburg and Trier, worked as a pastor at the Theatine Church in Munich . Among other things, he has been the deputy chairman of the Institute for Social Sciences Walberberg in Bonn since 2007 and editor of the two-month social-ethical publication Die Neueordnung since 2008 . Since 2013 he has been a professor at the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Pölten.

Memberships

Publications

In addition to numerous essays and articles, especially on political theory and theology, the following monographs have been published so far:

  • Talking about God to children. Christian knowledge of faith for religious education. Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2003.
  • “Theory of Immediate Concrete Life” - On the conception and criticism of Carl Schmitt's political theology . Grin Verlag, Munich 2008.
  • Trasmettere la fede ai bambini: come parlare di Dio, Gesù Cristo, Bibbia, Chiesa, paradiso con i più piccoli (= Orientamenti per la catechesi; 25). Editrice Elledici, Leumann, Turin 2008.
  • "Humanistic Appeasement"? Hans Barion's criticism of the political and social doctrine of the Second Vatican Council. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-428-13588-2 .
  • Together with Gerd Giesler and Ernst Hüsmert: Poems for and by Carl Schmitt. Edited on behalf of the Carl-Schmitt-Gesellschaft e. V. by Gerd Giesler and Ernst Hüsmert (= Carl Schmitt Opuscula. Plettenberger Miniatures, 4). Plettenberg 2011.
  • Arthur F. Utz, The human path to lasting happiness and inner peace. A résumé of the ethics and moral theology of Thomas Aquinas. On behalf of the Institute for Social Sciences Walberberg and the Foundation Prof. Dr. AF Utz edited and provided with a foreword by Wolfgang Hariolf Spindler. nova & vetera, Bonn 2011.
  • Together with Gerd Giesler and Ernst Hüsmert (eds.): Carl Schmitt, Der Schatten Gottes. Introspections, diaries and letters 1921 to 1924. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-428-14308-5
  • The political theology of Carl Schmitt: context - interpretation - criticism. Disserta Verlag, Hamburg 2015.
  • Álvaro d'Ors, common good and public enemy. Edited and provided with an introduction by Wolfgang Hariolf Spindler. Karolinger Verlag, Vienna and Leipzig 2015.
  • Together with Elmar Nass and Johannes H. Zabel (eds.): Kultur des Gemeinwohls. Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Ockenfels OP. Paulinus Verlag, Trier 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME Spindler, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spindler, Wolfgang Hariolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd September 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellwangen