"Münster is a very special location": Prof. Michael Seewald on the importance of his faculty and the role of dogma in the Catholic Church

Born in 1987, Prof. Michael Seewald is Germany's youngest Professor of Theology and holds the Chair of Dogmatics and the History of Dogma at the Faculty of Catholic Theology - as the successor to, among others, Joseph Ratzinger and Karl Rahner - and he is also involved in the "Religion and Politics" Cluster of Excellence. Gerd Felder asked Michael Seewald what he particularly liked about this professorship and discussed with him his new book, entitled "Changing Dogma: How Doctrines Develop". You have already taught at other universities and you refused an offer from the University of Paderborn. What was it about the Chair of Dogmatics in Münster that appealed to you especially? Was it perhaps the particular atmosphere in the Theology Faculty or Faculties? The Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Münster is the largest of its kind in Europe. It's great to lecture to full houses and to work with students who derive pleasure from my subject. And in Münster there is also a Faculty of Protestant Theology, the Centre of Islamic Theology and of course the "Religion and Politics" Cluster of Excellence. You won't find this combination anywhere else.