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Hans Küng
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Swiss Catholic priest, theologian and author (1928-2021)
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Hans Küng (1928–2021) was a Swiss theologian, writer, philosopher, and university teacher. Born in Sursee, he held citizenship in Switzerland and worked at the University of Tübingen. His academic background included studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Catholic University of Paris, and the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum. Küng was a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and participated in the Second Vatican Council.
He was affiliated with the Catholic Church and spoke German, Latin, and Italian. Küng received the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, the Steiger Award, and the Otto Hahn Peace Medal. Among his notable works are *Woran man sich halten Kann*, *Was ist Kirche?*, *Die Kirche*, *Structures of the church*, and *Was Geht uns Maria an?*. He died of natural causes in Tübingen in 2021.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928-03-19
- Died
- 2021-04-06
- Works
- 461
Top works
- Hans Kung
- Vertrauen, das trägt
- Woran man sich halten Kann
- Was ist Kirche?
- Die Kirche
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 18
- Total plays
- 373
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,622x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,572x
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Quotes
- “If you cannot see that divinity includes male and female characteristics and at the same time transcends them, you have bad consequences. Rome and Cardinal O'Connor base the exclusion of women priests on the idea that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, there were only male disciples, etc. They are defending a patriarchal Church with a patriarchal God. We must fight the patriarchal misunderstanding of God.”
- “Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.”
- “There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.”
- “Joseph Ratzinger has stood still because as a Bavarian Catholic in the Hellenistic tradition, interpreted in Roman terms, he wanted to stand still. To this degree he represented and represents a different basic model of theology and church, as different from mine as in astronomy Ptolemy's geocentric picture of the world is different from Copernicus' heliocentric picture.”
- “The same church must, in my opinion, also respect that the one whose name is absent from the same declaration out of embarrassment, although he and he alone led Muslims to pray to this one God, so that once again through him, Muhammad, the prophet, this God "has spoken to mankind".”
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Key facts
- Born
- Hans Küng , ( 1928-03-19 ) 19 March 1928, Sursee , Canton of Lucerne , Switzerland
- Died
- 6 April 2021 (2021-04-06) (aged 93), Tübingen , Germany
- Alma mater
- Pontifical Gregorian University Institut Catholique de Paris University of Tübingen
- Occupations
- Catholic priest Academic Writer
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Encyclopedic overview
Hans Küng ( German: [ˈhans ˈkʏŋ]; 19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. He was a leading and often controversial figure in modern Catholic thought, known for his critique of papal infallibility and his advocacy of a re-examination of Catholic doctrine. He served as a theological adviser (''peritus'') at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) and was Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Tübingen from 1960 until his retirement in 1996.
His views led to prolonged conflict with Church authorities, and in 1979 the Vatican revoked his authorization to teach Catholic theology. Küng later focused on interreligious dialogue and global ethics, serving as president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic from 1995. He remained a Catholic priest throughout his life and received numerous honors, including the Otto Hahn Peace Medal in 2008.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hans Küng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.