Systematic Theology and Hermeneutics

The subdepartment is led by Prof. Dr Cornelia Richter, Professor of Systematic Theology in Bonn since 2012.

Talking about God? Creation and climate change? What is the human being? Sin, guilt and reconcilitation? Rethinking church? Talking about death and ressurection? Dogmatics is thinking about the core sentences of Christian faith, understanding their "life story" and situational polyvalence. Important are ideas and concepts, premises and conclusions, theories and courses of action: These can be understood, methodically correct, through Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion. In art, music and examples from the pastoral praxis, the theories are shown clearly.

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.

Resilience in Religion and Spirituality

The research project is a cooperation among theology, philosophy, theological ethics / moral psychology, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, palliative medicine, and spiritual care. It investigates resilience in relationship to what is described in discussions concerning health and health care as the “religious and spiritual dimension” of human life.

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KinderAtelier: Wir machen Zukunft

Am 9. Juli besuchte das Frauenmuseum bereits zum zweiten Mal im Rahmen ihres Ferienprogramms “KinderAtelier“ den Lehrstuhl für Sozialethik. Das Programm für Kinder wird auf Seiten des Frauenmuseums von Ulrike Tscherner-Bertoldi und Lucilene Pampolha betreut und steht dieses Jahr unter dem Motto „Wir machen Zukunft“.