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[German Version] I. Philosophy of Religion – II. Ethics – III. Practical Theology I. Philosophy of Religion To begin the interpretation of society and religion with the notion of interaction means to assume a basis of action. Fundamental forms of interaction are, for example, cooperation, exchange, conflict and competition, or, according to F.D.E. Schleiermacher, identical and individual symbolization and organization. Problems of interaction occur when the rules of interaction are questionable. A monadic the…

[German Version] I. Religious Studies The term socialization…

[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Philosophy – III. Dogmatics – IV. Ethics – V. Practical Theology I. Religious Studies …

[German Version] (von; Jan 20, 1788, Bodnegg – Sep 4, 1865, Freiburg im Breisgau). Hirscher was ordained to the priesthood in Constance in 1810, assumed coaching and teaching responsibilities in Ellwangen and Rottweil, and became the first full professor for moral and pastoral theology at the newly founded faculty of Catholic theology…

[German Version] The self-designation “citizens' initiative” (cf. Ger. Bürgerinitiativ) appeared in the 1960s…

[German Version] I. Sociology and Social Ethics – II. Practical Theology …

[German Version] I. General – II. Family Religious Education I. General Because of altered social conditions, on the one hand, and a new definition of gender relations, on the other, the division of labor within families practiced across generations (Women: household; Men: profession) is in the process of an epochal transformation. This change…

[German Version] I. Church History – II. Catholicism – III. Practical Theology – IV. Art History I. Church History 1. General The word modernism, derived from the adjective …

[German Version] (May 1, 1754, Höckel near Osnabrück – Nov 9, 1826, Münster), was ordained as priest in 1779. After serving as chaplain in Everswinkel, he was appointed in 1783 by the prince bishop’s vicar general, F.F.W. Fürstenberg,…

[German Version] Between 1941 and 1944, for various reasons (pastoral care for French forced laborers under German occupation, France as a missionary territory, acquaintance with the living conditions of the workers) a few dio…