Johann Baptist Metz

The Reverend
Johann Baptist Metz
The Reverend Johann Baptist Metz
	Johann Baptist Metz
Born	5 August 1928; Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
Died	2 December 2019 (aged 91); Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupations	Catholic priest; Theologian;
Organizations	University of Münster
Academic background
Doctoral advisor	Karl Rahner
Influences	Karl Rahner; Immanuel Kant; Karl Marx; Martin Heidegger; Walter Benjamin; Ernst Bloch; Theodor W. Adorno; Max Horkheimer;
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Political Theology; Holocaust Theology; Fundamental Theology; Eschatology;
Doctoral students	Jürgen Moltmann;
Notable ideas	Dangerous Memory; Memoria Passionis; Theology after Auschwitz; Anamnestic Reason; Political Theology; Postidealist Theology; Practical Fundamental Theology; Theology as Interruption; Mysticism of Open Eyes;
Influenced	Gustavo Gutiérrez; Jürgen Moltmann; Dorothee Sölle; Lieven Boeve;

Johann Baptist Metz (5 August 1928 – 2 December 2019) was a German Catholic priest and theologian. He was ordinary professor of fundamental theology at the University of Münster and a consultant to the synod of German dioceses. He is regarded as one of the most important German theologians after the Second Vatican Council, and was an influence on the development of liberation theology.