Cecilia Bischofberger, B.A, M.A.
In 2006, the Austrian FPA theologian and teacher Cecilia Bischofberger finished her decree at Innsbruck University. After a research period of half a year at the Milltown Institute (NUI) for Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, Ireland, a desire was evoked in her to explore the theological applications of the flow of presence in her daily life as a fulltime teacher. To quote her favourite Singer, Bono, Paul Hewson of the Irish rock band U2: "The Goal IS SOUL!" Bischofberger has tried to bridge various theological research areas in relation to her own personal experience of teaching teenagers in the most difficult situations. Successfully and diligently, with schools in need of improvement in the area of religious education, Bischofberger has found a concrete and solid application of teaching religion to young people and their parents. Her future aim is to develop an educational method based on the human experience of the divine, grounded in a knowledge of both religious tradition as well as the development of the human person in our world today.
Cecilia is actively involved in the scouts, creating a better world in promoting peace among nations, groups and individuals. She reaches out to the universal community with a generous spirit of service, compassion and love...Opening Windows in the sky!
From the publisher: "Human life is full of overwhelming experiences like illness, death, injustice, mercy, despair, hope, or love. Each of these experiences continually challenges the meaning of life and therefore often leads us to a struggle with the ultimate questions of our existence. Having already accepted WHO we are (our roles in society), every one of us eventually has to come to terms with WHAT we are (making sense of our roles, our lives, the whole cosmos). At the heart of this thesis stands the question of how Godwin's different characters in her novels 'The Good Husband' and 'Evensong' try to come to terms with WHAT they are. Whether they have an explicit religious belief or make sense of their existence in another way, all of them have reached a point in their lives where they feel overwhelmed by various circumstances and eventually open themselves up to a reality beyond their inner boundaries. Their examples can also help us readers to open ourselves up to the ultimate questions. By seeing different ways of both approaching and growing an 'inner spirit', we might find our own way to do so."