Famous People with Name Metz

Florian Metz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Florian Metz: is an Austrian international footballer who plays as a defender for Austria Wien.He is one of the first graduates of the Frank Stronach Academy. He had been with the Austria Wien first team since the summer of 2004.

Michael Metz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Michael Metz: is a former field hockey player from Germany, who won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea for West Germany. Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Summer Olympics, he was a member of the Men's National Team that

Gunther Metz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gunther Metz: is a German football coach and a former player who is currently managing the under-19 team of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Odo Of Metz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Odo Of Metz: was an architect who lived during Charlemagne's reign in the Carolingian Empire, and is the earliest known architect born north of the Alps. His Carolingian architecture with polygonal plans and elaborate elevations of the buildings he created are a remin

Johann Baptist Metz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johann Baptist Metz: is a Catholic theologian.[1] He is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology, Emeritus, at Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany. A student of Karl Rahner, he broke with Rahner's transcendental theology in a turn to a theology rooted in praxis. Metz is at the center of a school of political theology that strongly influenced Liberation Theology. He is one of the most influential post-Vatican II German theologians. His thought turns around fundamental attention to the suffering of others. The key categories of his theology are memory, solidarity, and narrative. Works in English include: The Emergent Church, Faith in History and Society, Poverty of Spirit, and Hope Against Hope. Collected articles can be found in A Passion for God: The Mystical-Political Dimension of Christianity, translated by Matthew Ashley and in John K. Downey, ed., Love's Strategy: The Political Theology of Johann Baptist Metz.