Heaven Meets Earth

Alina Pfeifer Heaven Meets Earth About God and My World: Poetry Slam Who am I, who do I want to be and where do I want to go? Poetry-slammer Alina Pfeifer takes us along on her search for answers to the big and little questions of life. She writes sensitively about losses, the struggle with the...

There Is Also Another Way

Notker Wolf There Is Also Another Way How Benedictine Monks Deal with Power and Authority The question of how to deal with power affects all areas of life in society, the economy and the Church. As an archabbot, abbot president and abbot primate, Notker Wolf has exercised leadership responsibility...

So That Heaven Comes to Earth – At Least In Traces

Paul M. Zulehner So That Heaven Comes to Earth – At Least In Traces Human Life in the Midst of Ideological Diversity "In the past, life was a major enterprise in public hands. Now it is a microenterprise in private hands," according to Thomas Luckmann, a sociologist of religion. Everyone builds and...

Brother Fire and Sister Light

Martina Kreidler-Kos / Niklaus Kuster Brother Fire and Sister Light Francis and Clare of Assisi: Two Life Stories in a Dialogue Francis and Clare of Assisi gave Christian spirituality impulses that are still strong today. Written by a Francis researcher and a Clare researcher, this double biography...

God, Where Are You?

Eugen Drewermann God, Where Are You? Eugen Drewermann Answers Young People "How is this meant: 'God, our Father'?," "Do the Creator God and evolution fit together?," "Is God almighty - in view of the suffering and misery in the world?," "What is meant by 'the Devil' and 'Hell'?," "Can God be...

We Are the Change

Michael Korth We Are the Change 20 Portraits of Strong Women Women can change the world – and they also do it! This book offers the life stories of women who deviated from traditional paths during their era and did pioneering work. They can also inspire us today: Hildegard of Bingen, Katharina von...

The Housed Human

Kurt E. Becker The Housed Human Four Walls and a Roof Over Your Head: In a Dialogue with 77 Personalities from Aristotle to Stefan Zweig A characteristic of human beings is that they live in residences and furnish them. The living space is part of the sphere of privacy and may be entered only by...

Having Presence of Mind

Annette Schavan Having Presence of Mind The Claim of Christianity "The Church began on the day of Pentecost. On this day, it chose cultural diversity." This quote by Pope Francis mentions an important attribute of the Catholic Church: Diversity is not a danger, but an enrichment. It helps raise the...

Secular Piety

Hubertus Halbfas Secular Piety Conversation About an Enlightened Christianity Hubertus Halbfas wants to reclaim the word "piety" for people who live secular lives. His thesis: People who live secular lives are not impious. Even a secular existence can be lived in a spiritual way. In the form of an...

Anxious Confidence

Paul M. Zulehner Anxious Confidence What Moves People in the Corona Crisis The Corona pandemic has profoundly changed people's attitude towards life. In order to protect the risk groups, some countries have taken Draconian measures. These have been willingly supported by a large portion of the...