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Completed dissertation projects

Dissertant:inTopic/work title
Magdalena HürtenListening to the silence - The significance of the concept of epistemic injustice for research on abuse of adult women in the Catholic Church. Case study on abuse in the founding history of the Franciscan Sisters of St Franziskusschwestern Vierzehnheiligen (1/2024)
Theresa Theis

Activation and utilisation of external solution knowledge for church development processes. The open innovation paradigm in a charism-orientated pastoral ministry (01/2021)

 

Ongoing dissertation projects

Doctoral candidateTopic/work title
Patricia SeidelAnti-liberal and right-wing populist tendencies in charismatic milieus in the Roman Catholic Church. A pastoral theological analysis under consideration of social media
Nadja Schmitz-ArenstNetzwerkZimmermann - Clarification and reappraisal of sexual abuse. A case study from the diocese of Regensburg.
Basil IruthayasamyFrom Basic Christian Community to Basic Human Community
ChristophNaglmeier-RembeckChurch as a civil society actor in cities
Peter StubenvollPastoral care for altar servers
Philippa HaaseTotal dedication. Spiritual abuse in the Catholic integrated community

Master's/Magistra theses (initial supervision)

NameTopic/working title
Viktoria BrengmannEcclesiastical-parish care of the dying - a field of practice full of tension?
Sebastian Göttl

A comparison of parish pastoral models

Thomas MeierMission Manifesto - An analysis of the resulting scientific and media reception and criticism
Tobias AsbeckThe principle of synodality in the "Pastoral Development Passau"
Matthias Strätz"But I want to put myself at the service of the people, at the service of the church!" A contribution to researching the activities of full-time church musicians in relation to the pastoral nature of church activities (10/2020)
Christoph Naglmeier-RembeckCity pastoral and third places. Pastoral theological systematisation with a sociological perspective (08/2020)
Peter LehnerPastoral care in palliative care - how it has developed and what contribution it can make to multi-professional teamwork (08/2020)
Eva-Maria HofmannPrison chaplaincy on the threshold. Aspects of Christian pastoral care in prisons (2/2020)
Elisabeth EiblCemetery forest - an alternative burial concept and its theological evaluation (10/2019)
Lucas LobmeierPossibilities of pastoral care with divorced and remarried believers. An area of tension in priestly pastoral care (6/2019)

Admission theses

NameTopic/working title
Kristina ErnstCall for openness - initiatives and voices in the struggle for the women's diaconate
Lena GoldbachInnovative or no longer viable?
A theological-sacramental-pastoral examination of a confirmation preparation concept from the diocese of Passau
Hannah-Sophia HornsteinThe youth synod as a synodal event? Process, participants and the BDKJ
Katharina EiblSchool worship services as an important part of pastoral care at secondary schools and their adaptation to the pupils' world. An analysis of specific worship service designs

Master's theses (initial supervision)

NameTopic/working title
Lisa ThöleArrival and farewell. Perspectives for families and birth attendants in dealing with perinatal loss; a study based on qualitative interviews.

Rebekka Mörschardt

(Criminology and

violence studies

Abuse of women religious in the Catholic Church. The routine-activity theory as an explanatory and preventive approach
Theresa Höchstetter (TAWO)Ethical implications of pastoral educational work with adults - justice and participation in society as challenges for Catholic adult education (7/2019)
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