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Ulrich L. Lehner (born 1976 in
Straubing Straubing () is an independent city in Lower Bavaria, southern Germany. It is seat of the district of Straubing-Bogen. Annually in August the Gäubodenvolksfest, the second largest fair in Bavaria, is held. The city is located on the Danube for ...
, Bavaria, Germany) is the Warren Foundation Professor of Theology at the
University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main c ...
. He is a trained philosopher, theologian and historian.


Life

After graduating from the (high school) in Straubing in 1996 he received a B.A. in philosophy from the Munich School of Philosophy and a B.A. in theology from the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
in 1999, and a diploma in theology from the University of Munich in 2003. From 1996 to 2003 he also studied history. In 2006 he received his PhD in theology from the
Universität Regensburg The University of Regensburg (german: link=no, Universität Regensburg) is a public research university located in the medieval city of Regensburg, Bavaria, a city that is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The university was founded on 18 ...
with a thesis on the concept of providence of
Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...
and Protestant school philosophy. In 2015 the received the degree of habilitated doctor in history from the
Central European University Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its highly intensive programs in the social science ...
with his award winning book ''Enlightened Monks''; it was the first ever habilitation awarded at the CEU. From 2006 to 2019 he was professor of historical theology and religious history at
Marquette University Marquette University () is a private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Established by the Society of Jesus as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, it was founded by John Martin Henni, the first Bishop of the diocese of ...
in Milwaukee. In 2013 he declined a job offer for a professorship in German Literature at the University of Kansas and in 2019 for the Warren Chair at Duke Divinity School. Since July 2019 he is the William K. Warren Foundation professor of Theology at the
University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main c ...
. His main research areas are religious history of Early Modernity and the Enlightenment as well as intellectual history from the Renaissance to the present. Especially his studies on the Catholic Enlightenment have received international acclaim. Apart from global Enlightenment studies, he researches the intellectual diversity of modern Catholicism, the history of gender relations, and the history of the
Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
within Catholicism. In twentieth century history, is focus is on the relationship of Catholics to German
Nazi ideology Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Na ...
. Since 2014 he is a member of the
European Academy of Sciences and Arts The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (EASA, la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea) is a transnational and interdisciplinary network, connecting about 2,000 recommended scientists and artists worldwide, including 37 Nobel Prize laur ...
, since 2018 of the Accademia Ambrosiana, and since 2022 of the Academia Europea. Lehner is member and former Herodotus Fellow of the
Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent schola ...
in Princeton, was twice Distinguished Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, twice research fellow of the
Earhart Foundation The Earhart Foundation was an American private charitable foundation that funded research and scholarship since its founding in 1929 by oil executive Harry Boyd Earhart. Richard Ware served as the Foundation's longtime president. History The Ph ...
and senior fellow of the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (german: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Rese ...
as well as the
Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation or Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung is an independent foundation in Germany with the goal of promoting the humanities and the sciences. It is named after Carl Friedrich von Siemens and was founded in 1958 ...
, and visiting professor at the
Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Roman Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Compared to other German universities it is a rather small institution with 4,800 students in 2019 ...
, the
University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vo ...
and the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...
.


Publications (selected)

As sole author: * ''Historia Magistra. Zur Archivgeschichte des altbayerischen Kollegiatstiftes SS. Jakobus und Tiburtius in Straubing''. Nordhausen 2003, . * ''Kants Vorsehungskonzept auf dem Hintergrund der deutschen Schulphilosophie und -theologie''. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007, . * ''Enlightened Monks. The German Benedictines 1740–1803''. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011, . *''Monastic Prisons and Torture Chambers. Crime and Punishment in Central European Monasteries'', 1600–1800. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2013, . *''Mönche und Nonnen im Klosterkerker. Ein verdrängtes Kapitel Kirchengeschichte''. Kevelaer: ToposPlus 2015, . Completely rewritten and enlarged German edition of ''Monastic Prisons''. * ''On the Road to Vatican II. German Catholic Enlightenment and Reform of the Church''. Augsburg: Fortress Press, 2016, * ''The Catholic Enlightenment. The Forgotten History of a Global Movement.'' Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press 2016, . ** ''Die katholische Aufklärung. Weltgeschichte einer Reformbewegung''. Paderborn 2017, . German translation. ** ''Katalikų Apšvieta. Pamiršta pasaulinio judėjimo istorija''. Vox Altera, Vilnius 2018, . Lithuanian translation. ** ''Illuminismo cattolico. La storia dimenticata di un movimento globale.'' Milan, Edizione studium, 2022. ISBN 978-8838251306. Italian translation. * ''God is not nice.'' Ave Maria Press, 2017, . **''Dios no Mola''. Homo Legens, 2019, . Spanish translation. **''Gott ist unbequem''. Herder Verlag, 2019. . German translation. **''Bóg nie jest miły. Pułapka pluszowego chrześcijaństwa''. W Drodze, 2020 . Polish translation. **''Deus não é avô. Laisnova – Edição e Formação: Artis, 2020.'' . Portuguese translation. **''Dieu n'est pas un chic type.'' Artège: 2022. ISBN 979-1033612100. French translation. *''Think Better. Unlocking the Power of Reason.'' Baker Academic Press 2021. ISBN 978-1540964779. *''The Inner Life of Catholic REform. From the Council of Trent to the Enlightenment''. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0197620601. As sole editor: * ''Martin Knutzen-Beweis von der Wahrheit der christlichen Religion (1747)''. Bautz 2006, . * ''Johann Poiger – Theologie ohne Hexen und Zauberer (1780).'' Religionsgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit Bd. 4. Bautz. 2006. . * ''Religion nach Kant. Texte aus dem Werk des Kantianers Johann Heinrich Tieftrunk.'' Religionsgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit Bd. 3. Bautz, 2007. . * ''Die scholastische Theologie im Zeitalter der Gnadenstreitigkeiten I: Neue Texte von Diego Paez (†1582), Diego del Mármol (†1664) und Gregor von Valencia (†1603).'' Religionsgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit Bd. 2. Bautz, 2007. * ''Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim: Justinus Febronius – De Statu Ecclesiae. Abbreviatus et Emendatus (1777).'' Religionsgeschichte der frühen Neuzeit Bd. 5. Bautz, 2008. * ''Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim: Justinus Febronius – Commentarius in Suam Retractationem. Religionsgeschichte der frühen Neuzeit Bd. 6.'' Bautz, 2008. * ''Beda Mayr-Vertheidigung der katholischen Religion'' (1789). Brill, 2009, . * ''Klostergericht und -kerker. Der "Criminalprocess der Franciscaner" (1769).'' Religionsgeschichte der frühen Neuzeit Bd. 14. Nordhausen: Bautz, 2012. * ''Paul Simon—The Human Element in the Church of Christ'' (1936). With an Introduction by Ulrich L. Lehner. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016. . * ''Otto Michael Knab's Fox Fables''. Wipf and Stock, 2017, . * ''Women, Enlightenment and Catholicism.'' Routledge, 2017, . * ''Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism.'' London and New York: Routledge, 2022. As coeditor: * with R. Tacelli: ''Kontroverse Theologie.'' Nova et Vetera, 2005, vergriffen. * with R. Tacelli: ''Kant, Lonergan und der christliche Glaube.'' Bautz, 2005, . * with Michael Printy: ''Brills Companion to the Catholic Enlightenment.'' Brill, 2010, . * with Jeff Burson: ''Enlightenment and Catholicism in Europe''. University of Notre Dame Press, 2014. . * with G. Roeber, R. Muller: ''Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theology,'' 1500–1800. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, . Paperback: 2018. * with R. Tacelli u. a.: ''Wort und Wahrheit. Fragen der Erkenntnistheorie. Festschrift f. Harald Schöndorf.''
Kohlhammer Verlag W. Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, or Kohlhammer Verlag, is a German publishing house headquartered in Stuttgart. History Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-l ...
, Stuttgart 2019, . * ''Catholic Enlightenment. A Global Anthology.'' Edited with Shaun Blanchard. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0813233987. As series editor *
Early Modern Catholic Sources
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' Bautz Verlag.
Catholicisms, 1450–1800.
Boydell and Brewer-Durham University Press, UK


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University of Notre Dame: Dr. Ulrich L. Lehner
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