Achim Buckenmaier (born 1959 in Hechingen, Baden- Württemberg ) is a Roman Catholic priest and dogmatist.

Life

Achim Buckenmaier studied in

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and

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and received

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in 1985. In addition, he passed the state examination for teaching at secondary schools and the state examination for the subject German at high schools. After being vicar and bible teacher in the Archdiocese of Freiburg, he joined in 1990, the " Community of Priests Serving Catholic Integrated Communities" (KIG), for which he was, inter alia, several years in Tanzania. In 1994, Buckenmaier earned his doctorate at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich with

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with the dogmatic work ''Das Verhältnis von Schrift und Tradition nach dem Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil. Vorgeschichte und Rezeption'' (''The Relationship of Scripture and Tradition after the Second Vatican Council''). From 2000 to 2002 he was managing director of St. Anna School Association, a private school with Catholic orientation. In 2009 he habilitated with the document ''Universale Kirche vor Ort - Aspekte zur Verhältnisbestimmung von Universalkirche und Lokalkirche ausgehend von der Debatte zwischen

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und

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an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.'' (''Universal Church on the spot - Aspects of determining the relationship between Universal Church and Local Church''). As Professor of Dogmatics, Achim Buckenmaier was the director of the Founding Chair for the Theology of the People of God at the

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from 2009 to 2021, established by the Catholic Integrated Community. The "distinction of the Jewish-Christian in relation to the religions," "Ecclesiology" and "Sacramental Doctrine and Practice" are contents of the work of this chair, which wants to teach the "unity between the Old and New Testament". In the spirit of a new evangelization, the chair deliberately uses a comprehensible language and is open to anyone interested. From autumn 2016, the chair offers a post-gradual distance learning "The profile of the Jewish-Christian" in German and since September 2017 also in English. The Chair forms part of the Pontifical Pastoral Institute "Redemptor Hominis". Since 2009, Buckenmaier is a member of the New Circle of Students Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI, an international circle of theologians. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him in 2011 as the

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of the

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for the Promotion of the New Evangelization and on 15 December 2012 as the Consultor of the

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. This appointment was prolongated by Pope Francis until 2027. In 2015, in addition to his professorship in Rome, he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Munich-based St. Anna School Association.

Publications (selection)

* ''Der gerettete Anfang. Schrift und Tradition in Israel und der Kirche''. Bad Tölz 2002, . * ''Abraham. Vater der Gläubigen. Eine Glaubensbiographie''. Augsburg 2003, . * ''Was ist der Mensch? Ausgangspunkte einer christlichen Erziehung''. Bad Tölz 2004, . * ''Moses. Geschichte einer Rettung''. Augsburg 2005, . * ''Ist das noch unsere Kirche?'' Regensburg 2012, . * ''Lehramt der Bischofskonferenzen?'' Regensburg 2016, . * with Arnold Stötzel and Ludwig Weimer: ''Die sieben Zeichen des Messias : das eine Volk Gottes als Sakrament für die Welt'', Regensburg, Pustet 2012, * ''Il Tesoro Particolare. Temi della Chiesa di oggi''. Ecumenica Editrice, Bari 2022, * ''Priester Beruf und Berufung auf dem Prüfstand''. Pustet, Regensburg 2023,

References

External links

Literature by and about Achim Buckenmaier in the catalog of the German National Library

Chair for the theology of the People of GodDistance Learning - Theology of the people of GodCatholic Integrated Community
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckenmaier, Achim 20th-century German Catholic theologians 1959 births Living people