Dissertation Projects
(Incomplete) list of subjects of current Ph.D. and postdoc dissertation projects at the Department of Religious and Intercultural Theology (Note: multiple mentions possible).
Contents
Modern South Indian history of religions
Esotericism and New Religious Movements
Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity, with a special focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America
Theology and History of South Asian Christianity
For further information contact: Michael.Bergunder@wts.uni-heidelberg.de
Modern South Indian history of religions
- Neo-Saivite reform movements in South Africa
- Saiva Siddhanta in contemporary Tamilnadu
- Indian nation and Western esotericism in the late 19th century
- The concept of Christianity in the missionary movement of the 19th century
Completed:
- Ulrike Schröder: Religion, Kaste und Ritual. Christliche Mission und
tamilischer Hinduismus in Südindien im 19. Jahrhundert, am Beispiel des
Missionars Robert Caldwell (2009) (Diss.)
Published as: Ulrike Schröder: Religion, Kaste und Ritual. Christliche Mission und tamilischer Hinduismus in Südindien im 19. Jahrhundert. (Neue Hallesche Berichte 8) Halle: Verlag der Franckeschen Stiftungen, 2009. - Gregory T. Basker Chellappa: Bibelauslegung im tamilischen Kontext am Beispiel des Johannesevangeliums (2014) (Diss.)
Esotericism and New Religious Movements
- Uli Harlass, "Indian Nation and Western Esotericism in the late 19th Century".
- Sara Heinrich: "Anna Kingsford (1846–1888) in Her 19th Century Context".
- Julian Strube, "Socialism and Occultism in 19th-Century France. The Quest for a Unity of Science, Religion, and Philosophy".
- Esotericism and Bali
Completed:
- Friedemann Stengel: Aufklärung bis zum Himmel. Emanuel Swedenborg im
Kontext der Theologie und Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts (2009).
(Habilitation in Church History) Published as: Aufklärung bis zum Himmel Emanuel Swedenborg im Kontext der Theologie und Philosophie des 18. Jahrhunderts. (Beiträge zur historischen Theologie; 161) Tübingen: Mohr, 2011.
Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity, with a special focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America
- German Pentecostal churches during the Nazi era
- Charismatic spirituality within Orthodox churches in Kerala
- Politics and Society in Filipino Pentecostalism on Negros (Oriental)
- The role of women in Pentecostal Churches of Sri Lanka
- Concepts of witchcraft among Christians and Muslims at Ibadan, Nigeria
Completed:
- Claudia Währisch-Oblau. Migrants with a Mission. Pastoral
self-understanding, biographical narratives, and the conceptualization
and practice among Pentecostal/charismatic pastors in Western Germany.
2008
Published as: Claudia Währisch-Oblau: The Missionary Self-Perception of Pentecostal/Charismatic Church Leaders from the Global South in Europe: Bringing Back the Gospel. (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies; 2). Leiden: Brill, 2009 - Jörg Haustein: Writing Religious History. The Historiography of Ethiopian Pentecostalism. (2009)
Published as: Haustein, Jörg: Writing Religious History: The Historiography of Ethiopian Pentecostalism. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2011. (Studien zur außereuropäischen Christentumsgeschichte (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika); 17) - Anna Quaas: Transnationale Pfingstkirchen. Christ Apostolic Church and Redeemed
Christian Church of God in Nigeria und Deutschland als Teil
internationaler Netzwerke. (2010) (Diss.)
Published as: Anna D. Quaas: Transnationale Pfingstkirchen. Christ Apostolic Church and Redeemed Christian Church of God. Frankfurt: Lembeck, 2011. - Katharina Davis: "Die Pfingstbewegung in Arusha, Tansania. Vernetzung - Theologie - Praxis". (The Pentecostal Movement in Arusha: Networking, Theology, Praxix) (2013) (Diss.)
- Elungkiebe Zeliang: "The Charismatic Movement in the Zeliangrong Baptist Churches" (North East India). (2013) (Diss.)
Further subjects
Islam
- Islam and Protestantism
- Islam in German East-Africa during the Colonial Period
Buddhism and Christianity
- Completed: Fleming, Kenneth: Buddhist-Christian Encounter in Contemporary Thailand. Frankfurt am Main, 2014. (DFG-Project: "The contemporary encounter betweeen Buddhists and Christians in Thailand").
Confucianism and Christianity
- Completed: Taeyeon Kim: "Konfuzianismus und Christentum im China des 19. Jahrhunderts. Eine Untersuchung zum frühen Ku Hung-ming (1883–1896)." ("Confucianism and Christinity in 19th Century China: An Exploration of the Early Ku Hung-ming (1883–1896)." (2012). (Diss.)