Assistant Professor
Ulrich L. Lehner (Dr. theol., University of Regensburg 2005), [Historical], specializes in the study of European and Religious History from the 18th to the 20th century, especially in the history of the Enlightenment. He also does research in early modern church history, intellectual history and the history of monasticism.
Many of his articles and reviews have appeared in leading journals (e.g., Archivum Historicum Societatis Jesu, Theological Studies, Theologie und Philosophie, Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte) as well as popular magazines and newspapers (Commonweal, National Catholic Reporter). Furthermore Lehner has published a number of articles in authoritative reference works (e.g., Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers) and specialized monographs.
He has also written two books, Historia Magistra. Beiträge zur Archivgeschichte des Kollegiatstifts Straubing (Nordhausen: Bautz, 2003) and Kants Vorsehungskonzept auf dem Hintergrund der deutschen Schulphilosophie und -theologie (Leiden et al.: Brill, 2007), coedited two books with Ronald K. Tacelli, Kant, Lonergan und der christliche Glaube (Nordhausen: Bautz, 2005), Kontroverse Theologie (Bonn: Nova et Vetera, 2005), and is editor of a volume on the controversies on grace in the 16th Century, Die scholastische Theologie im Zeitalter der Gnadenstreitigkeiten vol. 1 (Nordhausen: Bautz, 2007).
Furthermore he is editor of the book series Religionsgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (History of Early Modern Religion), for which he has edited, introduced and commented on Martin Knutzen – Beweis von der Wahrheit der christlichen Religion (2006), Religion nach Kant – Texte aus dem Werk des Kantianers Johann Heinrich Tieftrunk (1759-1834) (2007), Benedikt Poiger – Theologia Ex-Magica oder: Theologie ohne Hexen und Zauberer (2007), Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim – Febronius abbreviatus et emendatus (2008) and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim – Commentarius in suam retractationem (2008). For Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History he is editing Beda Mayr - Vertheidigung der katholischen Religion (1789) (forthcoming 2008). Moreover he is Coeditor (together with Douglas Palmer) of Brill's Companion to the Catholic Enlightenment in Europe (2009/10), the first compendium to this important stream of thought.
Dr. Lehner’s current book project investigates the influence of the Enlightenment on religious orders. Furthermore he is Member of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, School of Historical Studies (2009), a Fellow of the International Research Center for Comparative History of Religious Orders at the Catholic University of Eichstätt/Germany (2008/09), and a Research Fellow of the Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (2009).
Teaching Fields
- Modern European History
- History of Religious Thought and Religious History (16th-19th Century)
- History of Monasticism and Mysticism
- The Enlightenment
Office Location & Contact
- Coughlin Hall 117
(414) 288-7333
ulrich.lehner@marquette.edu
- Dr. Lehner’s book series “History of Early Modern Religion”
Office Hours
- Fall 2008
TBD
Teaching Schedule
- Fall 2008
TuTh 12:35-1:50, 2:00-3:15
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