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Head of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development
Curriculum Vitae
- Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Theology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Head of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development, Faculty of Theology, Humboldt University Berlin
- 1999 to 2016 Chair of Practical Theology, Director of the Institute for Sociology of Religion and Community Building at the HUB and University Preacher
- 1993 to 1999 Chair of Practical Theology at the Ruhr University Bochum and University Preacher
- 1991 to 1992 substitute professor (religious education) in Jena
- 1988 to 1993 Student Parish Office and Private Lectureship for Practical Theology in Göttingen
- 1980 to 1988 Assistant Professor and Habilitation in Göttingen
- 1978 to 1980 Vicariate in Bad Gandersheim and parish priest in Göttingen
- 1979 Doctorate (Dr. theol.) in Göttingen, Germany
- 1948 Birth in Bad Säckingen on the Rhine
- Student of Protestant theology in Bethel, Göttingen and Heidelberg
Research Projects
- 2016 Research project "Are African Initiated Churches Suitable Partners for Future Development Cooperation", funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); further information on this project can be found here.
- 2010-2013 Research Project "Religious Orientations and Justification Patterns in the German 'Anti-Nuclear Movement': A Case Study on the Example of Gorleben", funded by the DFG
- since 2005 interdisciplinary research project "Individuality", funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and since 2009 co-funded by the Metanexus Institute (USA)
2005 Interdisciplinary Colloquia Identity and Difference between Aesthetic and Religious
- Experience
- 2003 Research project "Religion in the Lifeworld of Modernity", funded by the DFG
- 2002 to 2005 Research project "Media Religion", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Bodies and Functions
- Managing Editor of the International Journal of Practical Theology (IJPT)
- Managing editor of the sermon studies
- Treasurer of the Schleiermacher Society
- Dean of the Theological Faculty of the HUB (2005 to 2007)
- Host of the International Schleiermacher Congress in Berlin 2006
- Host of the International Congress of the IAPT in Berlin 2007
Memberships
- Scientific Society of Theologie (WGTh)
- American Academy of Religion (AAR)
- International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT)
- Schleiermacher-Society
- Ernst-Troeltsch-Society