Johanna Weirich

Research an Teaching Fellow

Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology

Faculty of Theology, University of Heidelberg

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Postal address: 

Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology
Theologisches Seminar, University of Heidelberg
Kisselgasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg/ Germany

E-Mail: johanna.weirich@ts.uni-heidelberg.de

Web: http://theologie.uni-hd.de/rm

Academic Career

•  Born 1988 in Heidelberg.
• 2007-2014 Study of Theology at the University of Heidelberg and at the Tamilnadu Theological Seminary, Madurai, India.
• Since 2015 Research on Dalit Christians in India.
• 2015-2018 Doctoral Scholarship from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.
• 2016-2017 Field Research in Nagercoil, India.
• Since 2018 Research and Teaching Fellow at the Department of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, University of Heidelberg.
  

Publications

• Drover, Lauren: Überlegungen zum Missionsbegriff anhand von Beispielen aus Christentum, Islam und Buddhismus. Würzburg: Ergon 2016.

 Lectures/Conference Papers

•  Christian and Hindu Dalit identities – crossing or establishing religious borders? Paper submitted to the 16th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) in Bern (17-21 June 2018).

• Salvation Army and the Pentecostal challenge. Negotiating Caste, Church and Spirituality in India. Paper submitted to the 10th GloPent Conference "The Future of Pentecostalism" in Amsterdam (9-10 February, 2018).
  

Research Foci

•  Christianity in South India

•  The Salvation Army in India and worldwide

• Political and religious Dalit Movements in India
• Dalit Theology
• Global Perspectives on the History of Religion

• Theory and Epistemology of Religious Studies

   

Courses Taught

•  Christianity in South India (Winter 2018/19)