Dr. Jörg Haustein

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Career

• born 1975 in Leipzig, East Germany

• 1996-2002 Studies in Ev. Theology and Education (M.A.)

• 2002 Research Fellow, Institute for Pastoral Theology, University of Bonn

• since 2003 Research and Teaching Fellow at the Department of History of Religions and Mission Studies
• 2003-2005 multiple research visits to Ethiopia
  
• 2009 Doctor of Theology; title of dissertation: "Writing religious history. The historiography of Ethiopian Pentecostalim" 
• 2011 Dissertation awarded with the Ruprecht-Karls-Preis and the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise
• since 2012 member of the Heidelberg University Research Council, Field of Focus 3
  

Publications

• Writing Religious History. The Historiography of Ethiopian Pentecostalism. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2011. (Studies in the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World; 17)
  
• (Ed. with Michael Bergunder) Migration und Identität. Pfingstlich-charismatische Migrationsgemeinden in Deutschland. Frankfurt am Main: Lembeck, 2006.

• "Theorizing Pentecostal Historiography: Persecution and Historical Memory in Ethiopia," in: PentecoStudies. 11/2 (2012): 171–191.
• "Charismatische Erneuerung und lutherische Tradition in Äthiopien," in Vision Mission. 31 (2012):  21–30. 
• (with Terje Østebø) "EPRDF's Revolutionary Democracy and Religious Plurality. Islam and Christianity in post-Derg Ethiopia," in Journal of Eastern African Studies. 5/4 (2011): 755–772.
• "Embodying the Spirit(s): Pentecostal Demonology and Deliverance Discourse in Ethiopia," in Ethnos. 76/4 (2011): 534–552.
• "Die Pfingstbewegung als Alternative zur Säkularisierung? Zur Wahrnehmung einer globalen religiösen Bewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts," in Archiv für Sozialgeschichte 51(2011): 533–552.
• "Charismatic Renewal, Denominational Tradition and the Transformation of Ethiopian Society," in Encounter Beyond Routine: Cultural Roots, Cultural Transition, Understanding of Faith and Cooperation in Development; International Consultation, Academy of Mission, Hamburg, 17th–23rd January 2011. Hamburg: EMW, 2011. pp. 45–52. (EMW Dokumentation; 5) → pdf
• "Die pfingstlich/charismatische Bewegungen als aktuelle Herausforderung der Äthiopisch-Orthodoxen Kirche," in Tradition und Wandel im Land der Königin von Saba: Ansichten aus und zu Äthiopien, ed. by K. Pinggéra Hofgeismar: Evangelische Akademie, 2011. pp. 73–92. (Hofgeismarer Protokolle; 356)
• (with Anna Quaas) "Die Pfingstbewegung," in Kirchen und Konfessionen, ed. by  M. Mühling. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009. pp. 169–184. (Grundwissen Christentum; 2)
• "Navigating Political Revolutions: Ethiopia’s Churches During and After the Mengistu Regime," in Falling Walls: The Year 1989/90 as a Turning Point in the History of World Christianity, ed by K. Koschorke. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009. pp. 117–136. (Studies in the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World; 15)
• "Pfingstbewegung und Identität im Kontext äthiopischer Migranten in Deutschland," in Migration und Identität. Pfingstlich-charismatische Migrationsgemeinden in Deutschland, ed. by M. Bergunder & J. Haustein. Frankfurt am Main: Lembeck, 2006. pp. 107–126.

• Review of Der Auftrag bleibt: Der Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden auf dem Weg ins dritte Jahrtausend (D. Hampel, R. Krüger, G. Oertel), in review column of the Interdisziplinären Arbeitskreises Pfingstbewegung (March 2013). http://www.glopent.net/iak-pfingstbewegung/Members/webmaster/rezensionen/hampel-et-al-2009
• Review of Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria (R. Marshall), in: African Affairs 112 (2013): 159–160.
• Introduction of Writing Religious History: The Historiography of Ethiopian Pentecostalism, in Jahresheft der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg. 6 (2011): 88–95.
• Review of Christianity, Politics and Public Life in Kenya (P. Gifford), in Pneuma 33 (2011): 134–135.
• Review of Christliche Mission im paraguayischen Chaco (C. Bohnert), in ThLZ 135 (2010): 1401–1402.
• Review of Der Geist Gottes im Süden Perus (U. Sallandt), in ThLZ 135 (2010): 119–120. 
• "Ökumene mit Pfingstlern?" in Die Nordelbische May, 2009: 2.
  
• "Die Pfingstbewegung. Ein missionarischer Aufbruch," in: Junge Kirche 70 (2009): 31–32.
  

Fields of Interest

• History of religions / history of Christianity in Ethiopia
• Pentecostal & Charismatic movements
  
• Theory and method in Religious Studies
  
• Islam in German-East-Africa during the colonial period
  

• European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent)
• German Branch of the International Association for the History of Religion (DVRW)
  
• German Society for Mission Studies (DGMW)
• Interdisciplinary Workgroup on Pentecostalism (IAKP)
• Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS)

Special Links

• Introduction to Pentecostal and Charismatic movements in Ethiopia
  
• Homepage of the Department of History of Religions and Mission Studies