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Martin Rhonheimer (born 1950 inZurich,Switzerland) is a Swisspolitical philosophy professor and priest of theCatholicpersonal prelatureOpus Dei. As of July 2017[update] he is teaching professor at the Opus Dei-affiliatedPontifical University of the Holy Cross inRome.
Rhonheimer was born 1950 inZurich,Switzerland into aSwiss Jewish family.[1] He studied philosophy, history, political science and theology in Zurich and Rome.
In 1974, he joined thepersonal prelatureOpus Dei as anumerary member.[citation needed]In 1983, he was ordained apriest.[citation needed]
As of July 2017[update] he teaches at the Opus Dei-affiliatedPontifical University of the Holy Cross inRome. His main interests are inpolitical philosophy,ethics, the history ofliberalism.
Rhonheimer's regular editorials have been published by the GermanFAZ[2][3] andNeue Zürcher Zeitung.
In 2014, Rhonheimer wrote that a foundational element of Christianity was the separation of church and politics, which could be understood as synonymous toseparation of church and state.[4]
In 2017, Rhonheimer criticizedPope Francis' view that "this economy kills". He supportsneoliberal views of entrepreneurship, for whichfree market capitalism is "necessary". He says that "seeking profits is good per se and in a free and lawfully ordered market system it creates wellbeing for everyone". He criticizesCatholic social teachings because there were "no exact formulations in the New Testament" and they "had always been a product of their time".[2]["In the meantime, we have gotten a welfare-state church-system, because the church has become so integrated into the structures of the redistributive tax and welfare state that it is no longer free to question a system that, for example, blatantly contradicts the principle of subsidiarity and provides economically false incentives."]
Rhonheimer has published a dozen books on topics concerning the philosophy of moral action, virtue,natural law, Aquinas, Aristotle, the ethics ofsexuality andbioethics.
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