Discussion with dean's office catholic theology department faculty Erfurt University of the university Michael Gabel "In the case of theology we have three actors: state, church and theology as a science..." Gabel Michael - Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Erfurt (Germany). michael.gabel@uni-erfurt.de called so the of phenomenon the discusses then and discipline academic free a as theology of characteristics basic draws Gabel Dr. Humanities. and Science of Council German the of decision 2010 the to according discipline scientific a as theology recognizes State The agencies. State relevant the and Church Catholic the between requirements the of coordination of mechanism the shows then He community. academic to subject only are they departments, theological finances state the while that fact the emphasizes He universities. German in theology of state current the to moves then and GDR, in education theological Catholic of story a with interview his starts Gabel Dr. Fakultätentag and the work of AKAST - a special state-church agency managing the accreditation and quality of theological disciplines, which Dr. Gabel heads since 2014. Keywords: theology, science, university, academic liberty, Church and State, State-Church law, Fakultättentag, AKAST. How you came in theology? You because grown up in GDR... Michael Gabel: I came to theology through the theses of Marxism-Leninism, which I considered false. I needed clarity, especially on the question of the relationship between faith and the natural sciences. The answer offered by the Communists - either faith or science - did not satisfy me. M. Gabel "In the case of theology, we have three participants: the state, churches and theology as a science..." (interview) / / State, religion, Church in Russia and abroad. 2016. N 3. pp. 266-284. Gabel, Michael (2016) "In the case of theology we have three actors: state, church and theology as a science..." (interview), Gosudarstvo, religiia, tserkov' v Rossii i za rubezho ... Читать далее