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associate Prof. Dr Peter Scheuchenpflug

Vita

Biography

1965

  • Birth

1984 - 1989

  • Study of Catholic theology (diploma) in Regensburg and Innsbruck

1989 - 1990

  • part-time religion teacher at the Kelheim Vocational School, WHK at the Chair of Medieval and Modern Church History, University of Regensburg

1990 - 1996

  • Pastoral assistant/referent for the diocese of Regensburg:

    (until 93: parish of St Konrad, Regensburg)

    (93 to 96: Religious education at the Hans-Herrmann-Hauptschule Regensburg)

1996 - 2008

  • Research Assistant/Senior Assistant at the Chair of Pastoral Theology, University of Regensburg
  • 1996: Doctorate: The Catholic Bible Movement in the early 19th century
  • 2003: Habilitation: Catechesis in the context of modernisation and evangelisation
  • 2003: Licence to teach pastoral theology
  • 2004-2007: Lectureship in pastoral theology in Passau

2008

  • Parental leave

2008 - 2009

  • Pastoral counsellor (on part-time parental leave): Religious education at Albrecht-Altdorfer-Gymnasium and at the International School Regenstauf

2009 - 2012

  • Senior lecturer at the Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Religious Education at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

since 2012

  • Senior lecturer at the Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Religious Education at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

since 2021

  • Academic Director at the Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Religious Education at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg

Bibliography

Monographs:

Editorial activity:

  • August Laumer/Peter Scheuchenpflug (eds.), Konrad Baumgartner. Faith that helps to live. Selected contributions to the theology and practice of pastoral care, Regensburg 2020.
  • Peter Scheuchenpflug (ed.), The private library of Johann Michael Sailer. Nachdruck des Verzeichnisses von Büchern aus seinem Nachlass (Sulzbach 1832), Frankfurt 2006 (Regensburger Arbeiten zur deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Reihe A: Quellen), Frankfurt et al. 2006.
  • Peter Scheuchenpflug (ed.), Tröstende Seelsorge. Opportunities and Challenges for Christian Action in a Pluralistic World, Würzburg 2005 (SThPS 60).
  • Konrad Baumgartner/Peter Scheuchenpflug (eds.), Lexikon der Pastoral. 2 vols., Freiburg 2002.
  • Konrad Baumgartner/Peter Scheuchenpflug (eds.), From Aresing to Regensburg. Festschrift for the 250th birthday of Johann Michael Sailer on 17 November 2001, Regensburg 2001 (Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bistums Regensburg 35).
  • Johann Michael Sailer. The Christian month. Reflections and prayers for every day of the month, Regensburg 2001.
  • Erich Garhammer/Peter Scheuchenpflug/Hubert Windisch (eds.), Provokation Seelsorge. Marking the way for pastoral theology today. FS Konrad Baumgartner, Freiburg/Basel/Vienna 2000.

Articles in specialist journals and anthologies

  • Invitation to a change of perspective: Space-orientated pastoral care in the countryside, in: Wort und Antwort 67 (2026), 18-23.
  • Prelude. Science loves spaces - with consequences for practice?, in: KatBl 150 (2025) 85-89.
  • Accent: Routine control, in: KatBl 149 (2024) 52f.
  • Accent: Diabolical things, in: KatBl 149 (2024) 139-141.
  • Accent: An essential school utensil: The lunch box, in: KatBl 149 (2024) 218f.
  • Accent: The radio gum - an original catechetical symbol?, in: KatBl 149 (2024) 296f.
  • Accent: Poor digital school?, in: KatBl 149 (2024) 370f.
  • A place of longing for an ideal world. On the unicorn hype and religious education, in: Evangelische Orientierung 4/2024, 12f.
  • Aesthetic orientation: religious education that takes the sensuality of religion and life seriously, in: Stögbauer-Elsner, Eva / Lindner, Konstantin / Porzelt, Burkard (eds.), Studienbuch Religionsdidaktik, Bad Heilbrunn 2021, 38-46
  • Encounters with spaces, in: Stögbauer-Elsner, Eva / Lindner, Konstantin / Porzelt, Burkard (eds.), Studienbuch Religionsdidaktik, Bad Heilbrunn 2021, 327-330
  • History of the Church and Christianity, in: Stögbauer-Elsner, Eva / Lindner, Konstantin / Porzelt, Burkard (eds.), Studienbuch Religionsdidaktik, Bad Heilbrunn 2021, 189-198.
  • Religious learning outside of religious education, in: Stögbauer-Elsner, Eva / Lindner, Konstantin / Porzelt (eds.), Studienbuch Religionsdidaktik, Bad Heilbrunn 2021, 116-123
  • (together with Christina Hofmann): People on the run, in: Klein, Lisa / Hübner, Ann-Kathrin / Munser-Kiefer, Meike (eds.), Nach der Flucht. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven eines Netzwerks von Hochschulen und Zivilgesellschaft, Regensburg 2019 (online publication), 103-117.
  • Ecclesiastical Books as a Transnational Educational Medium. The example of Johann Michael Sailer, in: Wischmeyer, Johannes (ed.), Transnational Dimensions of Religious Education in the Modern Age, Frankfurt 2018, 135-151.
  • New spaces for an old sacrament? Pastoral theological perspectives on the home of confession in today's society, in: Demel, Sabine (ed.), Sacrament der Barmherzigkeit, Freiburg 2017, 534-560.
  • "Sailer 2032" - A vision? On the way to an edition of Johann Michael Sailer's collected works, in: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bistums Regensburg 50 (2016), 101-111.
  • Forgiveness - the great alternative in the meritocracy, in: Kompass H.3/16, 21.
  • The unicorn! A journey through time from the Roman Empire to the nursery, In: Universität Regensburg (ed.), Universität für Kinder, Sommersemester 2016, Regensburg 2016, 13-18.
  • Loved in the Middle Ages and forgotten today: The "mystical unicorn hunt as a motif of Advent catechesis, in: KIBI 95 (2015), 235-237.
  • New spaces for an old motif. How "discipleship" can become a theme in modernised society, in: Theology of the Present 58 (2015), 42-53.
  • Johann Michael Sailer as a bridge builder among his pupils and friends. Pastoral theological sketches on the theological-generative potential of social spaces, in: Baumgartner, Konrad/Voderholzer, Rudolf (eds.), Johann Michael Sailer als Brückenbauer. Festgabe zum 99. Katholikentag 2014 in Regensburg, Regensburg 2014, 223-244.
  • Of inviting spaces and their development. Church as host, in: Fuchs, Guido (ed.), Hospitality. Its theology, spirituality and practice in worship, Regensburg (Pustet) 2012, 84-92.
  • Church in exile? On the supposed topicality of an Old Testament model, in: BiLi 84 (2011) 185-195.
  • "Every year again?" The family Christmas celebration in the field of tension between constancy and change, in: KlBl 90 (2010) 285-287.
  • The cowboy and his sunset, pastoral care in the field of tension between cliché and real life. Peter Scheuchenpflug's reply to Annegret Reese-Schnitker, in: LS 61 (2010) 179-180.
  • "Tell me where the men are..." Contours of pastoral care with male singles, in: LS 61 (2010) 169-174.
  • Johann Michael Sailer (1751-1832) - "plus qu'un maître spirituel", in: BGBR 44 (2010) 171-181.
  • Practical-theological perspectives on modern tourism, in: KlBl 89 (2009) 164-167.
  • New accentuations of baptismal pastoral care, in: KlBl 88 (2008) 37-40.
  • Reading as the cultivation of relationships. Johann Michael Sailer's endeavours for spiritual education as reflected in his private library, in: KlBl 87 (2007) 234-238.
  • The private library of Bishop Johann Michael von Sailer, in: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Bistums Regensburg 41 (2007) 161-175.
  • Farewell to the Almighty? Natural disasters as a challenge for "consoling pastoral care", in: KlBl 86 (2006), H.7/2006, 162-166.
  • The fan community, in: Merkt, Andreas (ed.), Fußballgott. Elf Einwürfe (Kiepenheuer & Witsch), Cologne 2006, 51-65.
  • Notes for practice, in: Themenhefte Gemeindearbeit 2005, H. 67: Geht uns die Schuld verloren?, 13.
  • Catechesis in transition, in: KlBl 85 (2005) H.1, 9-11.
  • Spaces of encounter. Pastoral theological reflections on the significance of church buildings in the context of a modernised society, in: PthI 24 (2004) 101-116.
  • Contours of living catechesis, in: LS 55 (2004) 188-192.
  • "Pilgrims" and "converts". New forms of Christian existence in a mobile society?, in: LS 55 (2004) 52-55.
  • Sulzbach and the Bible movement in the early 19th century, in: Der Eisengau Bd. 19 (2002), 8-50.
  • Johann Michael Sailer, in: RU-Notizen 22 (2002) H. 2, 26-33 (together with Christian Herrmann).
  • "Proposing faith in today's society". Impulses of the dialogue process in France for evangelisation in Germany, in: LebZeug 56 (2001) 219-229.
  • Catholic Church in exile? On the limited validity of a biblical model in the context of the current shape of the Church, in: Frühwald-König, Johannes/Prostmeier, Ferdinand/Zwick, Reinhold (eds.), Steht nicht geschrieben? Studies on the Bible and its History of Impact. FS Georg Schmuttermayr, Regensburg 2001, 519-536.
  • Johann Michael Sailer's Impulses for the Catholic Biblical Movement in Germany, in: KlBl 81 (2001) 196-200.
  • Foreign-language literature by and about Sailer, in: Baumgartner/Scheuchenpflug, Von Aresing bis Regensburg 394-410.
  • Johann Michael Sailer's contribution to the translation and dissemination of Holy Scripture, in: Baumgartner/Scheuchenpflug, Von Aresing bis Regensburg 190-206.
  • Pastoral Contacts in the Airport World, in: People on the Move 31 (2000) 31-42.
  • Singles - a provocation for pastoral care?, in: Erich Garhammer/Peter Scheuchenpflug/Hubert Windisch (eds.), Provokation Seelsorge. Marking the way for pastoral theology today. FS Konrad Baumgartner, Freiburg/Basel/Vienna 2000, 251-264.
  • Making the diversity of lived faith visible, in: PThI 20 (2000) 84-86.
  • The cemetery - a place of proclamation, in: Regensburger Bistumsblatt, 29 October 2000, 4f.
  • Totally out of focus and blurred? Reflections on the professional profile of pastoral assistants, in: Berufsverband der PastoralassistentInnen und PastoralreferentInnen in der Diözese Regensburg (ed.), 25 Jahre PastoralreferentInnen in der Diözese Regensburg, Regensburg 1999, 18-30.
  • Accompanying and supporting young people. Changes in the profile of parish youth work, in: Konrad Baumgartner (ed.), Gemeinde gestalten, Regensburg 1999, 141-172.
  • A Bible for Christians of all denominations, in: Stadtmuseum Sulzbach (ed.), Das Buch der Bücher. 1000 Bibles from 2200 years, Sulzbach 1999, 153-155.
  • Foot pilgrimage to Bettbrunn - Statio on the way, in: 500 Jahre Pfarrwallfahrt. Festschrift, published by the parish of St Barbara, Abensberg, Abensberg 1997, 125-130.
  • "The path of mercy". A dice game for religious education and youth work, in: KatBl 120 (1995) 566.
  • The Bible movement in the 19th century - Requirements for the distribution of the New Testament by Joseph Franz von Allioli, in: Stadtmuseum Sulzbach (ed.), Joseph Franz von Allioli 1793-1873. Leben und Werk, Sulzbach 1993, 95-107.

Articles in encyclopaedias

  • WiReLex:

enlightenment (Catholic), didactic of church history (February 2025).

articulation schemes (February 2020).

johann Michael Sailer (1751-1832) (May 2018).

  • Lexicon of the pastoral:
    Orthodox Churches, in: Lexikon der Pastoral 1, 910-913.
    Internet. Practical-theological, in: Lexikon der Pastoral 1, 771-773.
  • LThK3:
    Bible Movement, in: LThK3 2, 402-403.
    Merz, Georg, in: LThK3 7, 153.
    Statistics, in: LThK3 9, 934-935.W
    Widmer, Joseph, in: LThK3 10, 1142-1143.
    Internet pastoral care, in: LThK3 11, 142.

biser, Eugen / Hahn, Ferdinand / Langer, Michael (eds.), Der Glaube der Christen. An Ecumenical Handbook, Munich 1999:
Leib, Leib-Seele-Verhältnis, Leib und Glieder, Leid, Lernen, Leviratsehe, Leviten, Lex orandi - lex credendi, Liberalismus und Christentum, Libido, Licht, Liebe, Literatur und Religion, Liturgie, Lob/Lob Gottes, Logienquelle, Logos, Logotherapie, 294-303.

Reviews

  • Appl, Tobias / Lübbers, Bernhard (eds.), Die Briefe Johann Michael von Sailers an Eduard von Schenk, Regensburg 2014, in: VHVO 155 (2015) 351-353.
  • Guggemos, Claudia, Mystagogical accompaniment. Empirical analyses of conversations with pastoral workers in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart and the archdiocese of Freiburg (Zeitzeichen; vol. 30), Ostfildern 2012, in: Rpb 70/2013, 123-125
  • Kaupp, Angela / Leimgruber, Stephan / Scheidler, Monika (eds.), Handbuch der Katechese. For study and practice, Freiburg 2011, in: RpB 68/2012, 95-96.
  • Büsch, Andreas (ed.), Handbuch der Ministrantenpastoral. Points of reference - fields of practice - opportunities, Düsseldorf 1999, in: KatBl 125 (2000) 386f.
  • Schlemmer, Karl (ed.), Crisis of Confession - Crisis of Man? Ökumenische Beiträge zur Feier der Versöhnung, Würzburg 1998. Title of the review: Es geht um erlöstes Dasein, in: AnzSS 7 (1999) 351-352.

Practice-related publications before 1997

  • Collaboration on: "Hallo Taxi". Working aids for the 10 Commandments (audio cassette and book), Regensburg 1996.
  • A star goes round the world. Dice game for the carol singing campaign, Verlag Haus Altenberg 1996 (together with Josef Dimpfl)
  • "The path of mercy". A dice game for religious education and youth work, in: KatBl 120 (1989) 566.
  • Once Jordan and back. A game - not only for Advent, in: KatBl 113 (1988) 833-835.

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