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Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz (born 23. November 1945 in Oberwappenöst, Germany) is a German Catholic philosopher and author. She studies Catholic religious philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Biography

Personal life

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Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz (Tagespost Oct. 2, 2020, photo by Elisabeth Fürst)

Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz was married to Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling until his death in 2019.[1]

Education

Gerl-Falkovitz studied philosophy, German Studies, and political science at the universities of Munich and Heidelberg from 1965–1971; she earned her doctorate from the University of Munich in 1971.[2] In an interview in 2021, she said of this formative period in her life, "The theology of the 1960s, when I was studying in Munich, was not attractive for me: too much historical criticism, also in methodology, too much existentialism." By contrast, she explained, "In philosophy I learned to see the structures and objective orders of thinking and of the world, the contradictions of atheism, the senselessness of denying the truth. Also, the deep meaning of the objective world, that is much more than a construction of the human mind."[3]

While she was the Director of Studies at Burg Rothenfels am Main from 1975 to 1984, she earned her Habilitation from the University of Munich in 1979.[4]

Career

From 1993 to 2011 she held the chair for Religious Philosophy and Comparative Religious Studies at the Technical University of Dresden.[5]

Since 2011, she has been Director of the European Institute for Philosophy and Religion (EUPHRat) at the Pope Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University in Heiligenkreuz, Austria.[6]

She is one of the editors of the 29-volume German edition of the collected works Romano Guardini and one of the editors of the 27-volume German edition of the collected works of Edith Stein (Edith Stein Gesamtausgabe, Herder Verlag). She is an expert on Ida Friederike Görres.[7] And she is Vice President and a founder of the Gertrud von le Fort Society in Germany.[8]

Views

Gerl-Falkovitz has defended the traditional Catholic teaching on marriage.[9] She is opposed to abortion and has studied the philosophical background of the mentality that favors abortion.[10]

She defends the Catholic teaching that ordination to the priesthood is for men only.[11] In 2022, she criticized a call by the German Synodal Way for the ordination of women.[12]

In 2019, Gerl-Falkovitz was one of over 200 professors worldwide who signed an open letter to the leaders of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute expressing “great concern” following the removal of Msgr. Livio Melina and Father José Noriega from the Institute.[13]

Awards

Gerl-Falkovitz has received many awards for her work, including:

  • 2019: Josef Pieper Prize from the Josef Pieper Foundation[14]
  • 2020: Edith Stein Prize of the Polish Edith Stein Society and the Edith Stein House (Dom Edyty Stein) in Wroclaw, Poland[15]
  • 2021: Augustin Bea Prize from the Humanum Foundation[16]
  • 2021: Joseph Ratzinger Prize from the Ratzinger Foundation[17]
  • 2022: Pontifical Order of St. Sylvester

Works

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Gerl-Falkovitz edited the collection of letters "Wirklich die neue Phönixgestalt?" by Ida Friederike Görres.

Gerl-Falkovitz has authored written multiple works on Catholic figures and theological topics, some of which include:

  • Romano Guardini 1885–1968. Leben und Werk. Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag (1985)
  • Freundinnen. Christliche Frauen aus zwei Jahrtausenden
  • Edith Stein. Themen – Bezüge – Dokumente (with other authors), 2003
  • Romano Guardini – Konturen des Lebens und Spuren des Denkens (2005)
  • Frau – Männin – Menschin. Zwischen Feminismus und Gender (2009, 2016)
  • Maria. Der andere Anfang (2016)
  • Geheimnis des Lebendigen. Versuche zu Romano Guardini (2019)

Gerl-Falkovitz edited two volumes by Ida Friederike Görres:

  • Ida Friederike Görres. Der Geopferte: ein anderer Blick auf John Henry Newman (2011)
  • Ida Friederike Görres.“Wirklich die neue Phönixgestalt?” Über Kirche und Konzil; Unbekannte Briefe 1962-1971 von Ida Friederike Görres an Paulus Gordan (2015)

Gerl-Falkovitz in English translation:

References

  1. ^ "Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling | Freundeskreis Mooshausen" (in German). 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  2. ^ "em. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz". Hochschule Heiligenkreuz. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  3. ^ "2021 Ratzinger Prize Laureate: 'The Sexual Revolution Left Behind a Deep Track of Destructions'". NCR. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  4. ^ "em. Univ.-Prof. DDr. Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz". Hochschule Heiligenkreuz. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  5. ^ Tagespost, Die (2021-04-20). "Die Tagespost". die-tagespost.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  6. ^ Germany, Kirche und Leben, Münster. "Philosophin Gerl-Falkovitz erhält Josef-Pieper-Preis". www.kirche-und-leben.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Ida Friederike Görres: Erkenntnisse und Einsichten, retrieved 2022-07-30
  8. ^ "Über Uns | Gertrud von le Fort" (in German). 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  9. ^ Tagespost, Die (2022-05-24). "Die Tagespost". die-tagespost.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  10. ^ Tagespost, Die (2010-11-15). "Die Tagespost". die-tagespost.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  11. ^ "Kommentar zum Jahresschluss: Von Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in German). 2021-12-31. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  12. ^ Schoenle, Bryant (2022-02-05). "German 'Synodal Way' Members Back Text Calling For Women Priests". Ave Maria Radio. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  13. ^ "Scholars Worldwide Sign Open Letter About JPII Institute Changes". NCR. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  14. ^ Germany, Kirche und Leben, Münster. "Philosophin Gerl-Falkovitz erhält Josef-Pieper-Preis". www.kirche-und-leben.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "Prize". Towarzystwo im. Edyty Stein. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  16. ^ "Religionsphilosophin Gerl-Falkovitz erhält Augustin-Bea-Preis". www.kathpress.at. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  17. ^ "2021 Ratzinger Prize Laureate: 'The Sexual Revolution Left Behind a Deep Track of Destructions'". NCR. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
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