
Romano Guardini Visiting Professorship
Visiting Professor Dr. Ana Honnacker
Visiting Professor Dr. Ana Honnacker on the Romano Guardini Visiting Professorship
I understand philosophy first and foremost as a critical undertaking. Accordingly, I see it as philosophy's task to take the phenomena of the present day seriously and make them the subject of philosophical analysis. Following the tradition of philosophical pragmatism, this task always has a practical element and possesses a transformative impetus. In this way, dealing with socially relevant topics as well as interacting beyond academic circles are central to my work.
In regard to research in the philosophy of religion, for me this means that research should not be limited to a project of (Christian) apologetics, but can instead create many more opportunities for reflection on the challenges of a pluralist society, which have a relevance beyond a specifically religious context. As part of the Guardini visiting professorship, one of my tasks is therefore to pursue the critical and transformative potential of contemporary philosophy of religion and to make this visible, also in the sense of public philosophy. Present crises, in particular, will serve as the starting point for this, and philosophy of religion, with its array of instruments, can make a significant contribution towards understanding and overcoming them.
Current news and events
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17 Oct—19 Oct
Previous events
- SALON LUITPOLD, HfP: Religion und Pluralismus (05.06.2024)
- Philosophisches Café: Holzweg Hoffnung? (23.04.2024)
- Domberg Akademie: (Un-)verzichtbar? Zur Bedeutung der Religion für die Demokratie (18.04.2024)
- Salon Luitpold: Das Anthropozän. Ein philosophisches Experiment (02.02.24)
- Public evening lecture in the „Am Puls der Zeit" series: „Mensch(lich)-Sein im Anthropozän: Erkundungen eines neuen Humanismus"
(08.11.23) - Munich Philosophy of Religion Colloquium 2023: Religion und Gewalt (26. - 27.10.23)
- Workshop with Sami Pihlström (Helsinki University) (26.10.2023)
- Lecture series: Dynamiken des Unglaubens (summer semester 2023)
Current Romano Guardini Visiting Professor
Contact and address
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie
und Religionswissenschaft
Professur für Religionsphilosophie
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Previous holders of the Romano Guardini Visiting Professorship
- Prof. Dr. Francesco Miano, visiting professor from 02.11.2018 to 31.07.2019