Pfliegler, Michael#
b. Guttenbrunn (Lower Austria), Jan. 26, 1891, d. Vienna, Oct. 11, 1972, theologian. Professor of moral and pastoral theology in Vienna. With K. Rudolf founder and intellectual leader of the Catholic youth movement Neuland; tried to reconcile Church with the Austrian socialists.
Works#
Die Kirche und der Sozialismus, 1932; Der Religionsunterricht, 3 vols., 1935; Der rechte Augenblick, 1938; Die relig. Situation, 1948; Religion und Erziehung, 1949; Priesterl. Existenz, 1952; Pastoraltheologie, 1962.Literature#
M. Liebmann, P., in: A. Klose et al. (eds.), Kath. Soziallexikon, 1980.