Wolfgang Weirer

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Wolfgang Weirer (* 1963 in Graz ) is an Austrian Roman Catholic theologian and teacher .

Life

Weirer studied Roman Catholic theology and education . From 1989 to 1992 Weirer was a teacher for religious education at a grammar school in Graz. Since 2004 he has been a professor for catechetics and religious education at the University of Graz . Weirer is married and has four children.

Research priorities

Since 2009, Weirer has been responsible for the editorial management of the Austrian religious education specialist journal “Österreichisches Religionspädagogisches Forum”, which he has developed into an open access journal with a peer review process since 2013.

Since 2013 he has been leading the FWF project “Narratological Exegesis and Subject-Oriented Biblical Didactics” together with Josef Pichler .

Works (selection)

  • Paechter, Manuela; Stock, Michaela; Schmölzer-Eibinger, Sabine; Slepcevic-Zach, Peter; Weirer, Wolfgang (Ed.): Handbook of competence- oriented teaching . Weinheim: Beltz 2012.
  • Quality and quality development of theological courses of study Evaluation processes in the context of church and university requirements from a practical theological perspective , LIT-Verlag Münster 2003, ISBN 3-8258-7267-x
  • Theology in transition. Between wholeness and specialization (jointly with Reinhold Esterbauer ) (= theology in cultural dialogue), Volume 6, Graz-Vienna-Cologne 2000
  • Current opportunities and problem areas of extracurricular children's catechesis using the example of the Catholic youth group Austria. An empirical study , 2 volumes, Graz 1993
  • Bringing Faith to Speech. New approaches in religious adult education , Institute for Catechetics, Graz 1991

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ University of Graz: Wolfgang Weirer
  2. ↑ Austrian Religious Education Forum at unipub.uni-graz.at
  3. ↑ Narratological exegesis and subject-oriented Bible didactics at /bibel-didaktik.uni-graz.at
personal data
SURNAME Weirer, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz