Main areas of research
- Hidden Patterns. Power-sensitive pastoral theology (e.g. in dialogue with theories of practice, epistemic references to power, cultural orders of what can be said and thought); especially: theology of pastoral care
- Abuse of adult women in the Catholic Church: www.missbrauchsmuster.de
- Relationships between society's dynamics of discrimination and exclusion (e.g. racism, sexism) and religion/church action; reception of postcolonial theories in theology; theological-feminist research taking into account intersectionality approaches.
- Diaconia at the end of life (as part of the Master's programme "Perimortal Sciences")
Gender-appropriate language in our research
Language influences people's thoughts and actions. Racist, classist and gender-specific discrimination can - knowingly or unknowingly - be (re-)produced through language.
Because we are convinced on the basis of the biblical testimony that every person has equal dignity, we are committed to the goal of "increasingly recognising the fundamental equality of all people" (GS 29).
One building block towards this goal is the endeavour to make all genders visible in our university work, not only in real terms but also linguistically.
We therefore recommend that all students who write seminar papers or dissertations at our chair read the (external link, opens in a new window)guidelines on the use of gender-appropriate language (external link, opens in a new window) and, of course, we also endeavour to use gender-appropriate wording in all our publications.
Overview of dissertation projects and completed qualification theses