Caritas et veritas 2022, 12(2):16-19
Interview with Heinrich Dickerhoff about fairy tales [in German]
Dr..Heinrich Dickerhoff (*1953) is a Catholic theologian, historian and storyteller. Since childhood, he has been fascinated by how people condense life into secular and religious stories. From 1978 to 2018, he worked as a lecturer and pedagogical director in the large North German adult education institution, the Catholic Academy Stapelfeld. From 2002-2012 he was also the Honorary President of the European Fairy Tale Society. Since the 1980s, he has published several books on experiential theology (e.g. Dass wir Zärtlichkeit nicht gottlos nennen. Zur Versöhnung von Glauben und Sexualität. Würzburg: Echter, 1992; Beten. Das Leben zur Sprache bringen. Freiburg: Herder, 2011) and on the interpretation of fairy tales (e.g. Die Suche nach dem verborgenen Schatz. Mit Märchen nach Gott fragen. München: Claudius Verlag, 2009) From 2019 is retired but still occasionally lectures. The text is in German.
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