Klaus Demmer, MSC (1931-2014) was a Catholic priest and theologian.[1] Born in Münster, Germany, he was a professor who taught moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome from 1970 to 2003, and was the first non-Jesuit to do so.[2] He was also a co-founder of the International Academy for Marital Spirituality (INTAMS).[3] He was far better known to European theologians than to Americans or the English-speaking world, but two of his books were translated into English: Shaping the Moral Life: An Approach to Moral Theology (trans. Roberto Dell'Oro, ed. James Keenan, Washington, D.C., 2000), a translation of the manuscript Einführung in die Moraltheologie; and Living the Truth: A Theory of Action (trans. Brian McNeil, Washington D.C., 2010).[4]
Klaus Demmer | |
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Born | Münster, Germany | May 27, 1931
Died | July 18, 2014 Münster, Germany | (aged 83)
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
Church | Latin Church |
Ordained | 1957 (priest) |
Alma mater | Pontifical Gregorian University |
Academic career | |
Discipline | Theology |
Sub-discipline | Moral theology |
Institutions | Pontifical Gregorian University |
Thesis | (1961) |
Notable students |
References
edit- ^ Keenan, James F. (24 July 2014). "Remembering Klaus Demmer | Commonweal Magazine". Commonweal. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ "Memory Conference for Klaus Demmer MSC". Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn, Aldegonde (18 July 2014). "In Memoriam: Fr. Klaus Demmer MSC" (PDF). International Academy for Marital Spirituality. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ Dell'Oro, Roberto (2012). "Recasting Fundamental Moral Theology: Notes on Klaus Demmer's Christological Anthropology". Gregorianum. 92 (3): 463–483. ISSN 0017-4114. JSTOR 44322318.