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Hans Küng

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born

March 19, 1928 in Sursee, Switzerland

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male

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Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

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Karl Barth

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Hans Küng is a Swiss Catholic priest, controversial theologian, and prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng is "a Catholic priest in good standing," but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology. Though he had to leave the Catholic faculty, he remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of Ecumenical Theology, serving as Emeritus Professor since 1996. In spite of not being allowed to teach Catholic theology, neither his bishop nor the Holy See has revoked his priestly faculties.

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Books by Hans Küng

Average rating: 3.79 · 633 ratings · 77 reviews · 100 distinct works

	The Catholic Church: A Short History by Hans Küng, John Bowden (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	My rating:
	On Being a Christian by Hans Küng, Edward Quinn (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Does God Exist? An Answer for Today by Hans Küng, Edward Quinn (Translator) 3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Christianity: Essence, History, Future 4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Why I Am Still a Christian by Hans Küng, E.C. Hughes 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Theology for the Third Millennium : An Ecumenical View by Hans Küng, Peter Heinegg (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Islam: Past, Present and Future 4.17 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	My Struggle for Freedom: Memoirs by Hans Küng, John Bowden (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Great Christian Thinkers: Paul, Origen, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Schleiermacher, Barth 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1994	My rating:

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Quotes by Hans Küng

“No peace among the nations
without peace among the religions.

No peace among the religions
without dialogue between the religions

No dialogue between the religions
without investigation of the foundation of the religions.”
― Hans Küng, Christianity: Essence, History, Future

tags: dialogue

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“If you cannot see that divinity includes male and female characteristics and at the same time transcends them, you have bad consequences. Rome and Cardinal O'Connor base the exclusion of women priests on the idea that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, there were only male disciples, etc. They are defending a patriarchal Church with a patriarchal God. We must fight the patriarchal misunderstanding of God.”
― Hans Küng

tags: catholicism , christianity , church , clergy , patriarchal , women-and-religion

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“The Pope would have an easier job than the President of the United States in adopting a change of course. He has no Congress alongside him as a legislative body nor a Supreme Court as a judiciary. He is absolute head of government, legislator and supreme judge in the church. If he wanted to, he could authorize contraception over night, permit the marriage of priests, make possible the ordination of women and allow eucharistic fellowship with this Protestant churches. What would a Pope do who acted in the spirit of Obama?”
― Hans Küng

tags: catholicism , celibacy , christianity , church , clergy , contraception , ecumenism , eucharist , pope , priesthood , priests , protestantism , religion , women-clergy