Bernhard Casper
Born24 April 1931
Trier, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany
Died8 June 2022(2022-06-08) (aged 91)
Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Freiburg
University of Augsburg
OccupationPhilosopher

Bernhard Casper (24 April 1931 – 8 June 2022) was a German philosopher.

Biography

Born in Trier in 1931, Casper passed his Abitur in Aschaffenburg in 1949.[1] From 1979 to 2000, he taught Christian philosophy at the University of Freiburg.[2] He was a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Würzburg and lived in Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg. In 1995, he earned an honorary doctorate from the Institut Catholique de Paris.[3] In 2012, he was named a citizen of honor of Travagliato.[4]

Bernhard Casper died in Wittnau on 8 June 2022 at the age of 91.[5]

Publications

  • Das Dialogische Denken. Franz Rosenzweig, Ferdinand Ebner und Martin Buber (1967)[6]
  • Feuerbach, Marx, Freud (1974)
  • Phänomenologie des Idols (1981)
  • Gott nennen. Phänomenologische Zugänge (1981)
  • Alltag und Transzendenz. Studien zur religiösen Erfahrung in der gegenwärtigen Gesellschaft (1992)
  • Das Ereignis des Betens. Grundlinien einer Hermeneutik des religiösen Geschehens (1998)
  • Angesichts des Anderen. Emmanuel Levinas – Elemente seines Denkens (2009)
  • Grundfragen des Humanen. Studien zur Menschlichkeit des Menschen (2014)
  • „Geisel für den Anderen – vielleicht nur ein harter Name für Liebe“. Emmanuel Levinas und seine Hermeneutik diachronen da-seins (2020)
  • Die Rose der Barmherzigkeit - Ein Hauptwerk des Freiburger Münsters (2021)

References

  1. ↑ "Professor em. Dr. Bernhard Casper wird 90 Jahre alt". Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg (in German). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Adam, Johannes (10 June 2022). "Denken im Dialog: Zum Tod des Freiburger Religionsphilosophen Bernhard Casper". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Professor em. Dr. Bernhard Casper wird 80 Jahre alt". Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg (in German). 14 April 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Morto Bernhard Casper, filosofo delle religioni". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (in Italian). Rome. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h. c. Bernhard Casper (✝)". University of Freiburg (in German).
  6. ↑ Didierjean, C. (1970). "Bernhard Casper : Das dialogische Denken, 1967 [compte-rendu]". Persée (in German). 44 (3): 331–332.
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