Why Is Hans Küng Influential?
According to Wikipedia , Hans Küng was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. From 1995 he was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic . Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen in 1960, and served as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council. In 1978, after he rejected the doctrine of papal infallibility, he was not allowed to continue teaching as a Catholic theologian, but he remained at Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology until he retired with the title professor emeritus in 1996. He remained a Catholic priest until his death. He supported the spiritual substance of religion, while questioning traditional dogmatic Christianity. He published Christianity and the world religions: paths of dialogue with Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism in 1986, wrote Dying with Dignity together with Walter Jens in 1998, and signed the appeal Church 2011, The Need for a New Beginning. He was awarded honorific doctorates internationally, and received numerous awards including the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in 2008. An asteroid is named after him.
Hans Küng's Published Works
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1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 0 12.5 25 37.5 50 62.5 75 87.5 100 112.5 125 137.5 150 162.5 175 187.5 200 Published Papers On Being a Christian (170) A Global Ethic: The Declaration of the Parliament of the World's Religions (164) Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic A global ethic for global politics and economics (114) Islam: Past, Present and Future (70) Theology for the Third Millennium: An Ecumenical View A Global Ethic in an Age of Globalization The Catholic Church: A Short History Freud and the problem of God Christianity and Chinese Religions Christianity and the World Religions Does God Exist?: An Answer for Today (33) Paradigm change in theology : a symposium for the future (33) Justification: The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection (31) The Catholic Church Christianity: Essence, History, and Future The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion Paradigm Change in Theology (28) Yes to a global ethics (27) Women in Christianity A Global Ethic and Global Responsibilities : Two Declarations (25) Tracing The Way: Spiritual Dimensions of the World Religions (25) Infallible? An Inquiry (24) An Ethical Framework for the Global Market Economy Art and the question of meaning (19) CHRISTIANITY AND WORLD RELIGIONS: THE DIALOGUE WITH ISLAM AS ONE MODEL Great Christian Thinkers Christianity: Its Essence and History (15) Eternal Life?: Life After Death as a Medical, Philosophical, and Theological Problem (14) The Council, Reform And Reunion (14) Structures Of The Church (14) Global ethic for a new global order (13) Religion, violence and “holy wars” The Incarnation of God an Introduction to Hegel's Theological Thought as Prolegomena to a Future Christology (12) Judaism: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow The ethics of world religions and human rights (12) Dialogue of civilizations : a new peace agenda for a new millennium My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs (10) A Global Ethic and Education Disputed Truth: Memoirs II (9) Credo: The Apostles' Creed Explained for Today (9) Council speeches of Vatican II (8) Toward Vatican III: The Work That Needs to Be Done David Tracy Hans Küng Johann Metz New York, Seabury, 1978. 333 pp. $14.95 (paper $5.95) The Council And Reunion (7) Ciencia y ética mundial (7) Reforming the Church Today: Keeping Hope Alive Mozart: Traces of Transcendence (6) Dying with dignity : a plea for personal responsibility A Global Ethic In World Politics: The Middle Way Between “Real Politics” and “Ideal Politics” Truthfulness : the future of the church (5) Global Ethics and Education in Tolerance Islam : a challenge for Christianity (5) Freedom and man (4) How to do good and avoid evil : a global ethic from the sources of judaism (4) Infallible?: An Unresolved Enquiry (3) The Council in action (3) Why I Am Still a Christian (3) Apostolic Succession: Rethinking a Barrier to Unity (3) Consensus in Theology The Global Economic Crisis Requires a Global Ethic: The Manifesto for a Global Economic Ethic Post-ecumenical Christianity (2) A dignified dying : a plea for personal responsibility (2) The Incarnation of God (2) Christianity among world religions (2) Does God Exist? An Answer for Today. Hans Küng Responds Who Has the Say in the Church (2) What I Believe Küng In Conflict (2) The Sacraments : an ecumenical dilemma (1) Dying With Dignity (1) The Right to dissent (1) Conflicting Ways of Interpreting the Bible (1) Consensus in Theology: A Dialogue With Hans Kung and Edward Schillebeeckx (1) The Church - Maintained in Truth: A Theological Meditation (1) Basic trust as the foundation of a global ethic A Global Ethics Hans Küng: His work and his way (1) Signposts For The Future (1) The Living Church: Reflections on the Second Vatican Council (1) A Council for peace (1) Lebensmodell (2), Studium Generale, SS 2009 (0) The Decalogue as an ABC of Human Behavior The Christian challenge: A shortened version of On being a Christian (0) Structures of the Church : with a preface to the new paperback edition, "Twenty years later" (0) DOES GOD EXIST? AN ANSWER FOR TODAY, by Hans Küng. Translated by Edward Quinn. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1980. Pp. 839. $17.50 (0) Mary in the churches (0) How Are we to Think of God?: A Theologian Answers Science, Think of God? The Testimony of Faith to the Ultimate Origin How the Idea of a "Global Ethic" Arose—And a Catholic Christian's Reading of the Qur'ānic Basis for It Global Ethic for a New World Order Die widerspenstige Religion (0) Lebensfreude (2), Studium Generale, SS 2009 (0) Global Ethic, Law and Politics The Controversy over Brain Research Escape from the Third Paradigm A Joint Vision for World Peace? Religions as Driving Forces for a Culture of Peace [Religion--the last taboo? On the displacement of religiosity]. (0) Literature & Religion: Pascal, Gryphius, Lessing, Holderlin, Novalis, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Kafka (0) SG (SS 2009) Lebensleid (0) Empresa global y ethos global (0) Review Conclusion: No Clash, But Dialogue Among Religions and Nations The age of globalization requires a global ethic* Lebenskunst, Studium Generale, SS 2009 (0) Global Ethic: A Response to My Critics Clash of Civilizations or World Peace through Religious Peace The Future of ecumenism (0) Lebensvertrauen (2), Studium Generale, SS 2009 (0) Hans Kung: New Horizons for Faith and Thought (0) Lebensmacht, Studium Generale, SS 2009 (0) Heresies of Modern Art@@@Art and the Question of Meaning More Papers This paper list is powered by the following services:
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