Courses
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Note: Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn is currently on a research sabbatical semester and will not be holding any classes.
Winter Term 26/27
Lecture
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Introduction to the Non-Christian Religions
Research Colloquium
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Discussion of Current Projects
Advanced Seminars
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Topos and Religious Practice in the New Testament and in the Sinophone Writings of Buddhism (together with Dr. Christoph Hammann)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Buddhism and Christianity in the Struggle over Transimmanence: The Divine, Meaning-Making, and LiberationTranslation (together with Prof. Dr. Dr. Bernhard Nitsche)
Carolin Puckhaber: Remembrance at TheoCampus - The Hüffer Foundation as a Site of Nazi Violence (together with Ludger Hiepel)
Introductory Seminars
Dr. des. Angelina Yeboah Lartey: Introduction in Gender and Diversity in Religions
Dr. des. Angelina Yeboah Lartey: Where is the Spirit Now? Eine Einführung in das pfingstlich-charismatische Christentum
Tobias E. Gronbach: Philosophy of Religion Perspectives On the Relationship Between Faithful Belief and Knowledge
Tutorial
Tobias E. Gronbach: Philosophy of Religion Perspectives On the Relationship Between Faithful Belief and Knowledge
Courses From Previous Terms
Summer Term 2026
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology
Research Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Discussion of Current Projects
Advanced Seminars
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: The significance of the ‘other’ in diverse theologies of religions
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Dynamics of religious plurality in interdisciplinary perspectives
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Adorno Goes Temple: Fields of Application for Adorno’s Writings in Religious Studies—The Case of Buddhism Research
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Calendars and Festivals: Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Shinto (together with Prof. Dr. Lutz Doering)
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: "Religion and Lifeworld"—Death and Mourning (together with Prof. Dr. Lutz Doering, Prof. Dr. Christophe Nihan, Prof. Dr. Traugott Roser)
Introductory Seminars
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Interfaith learning/interreligious dialogue from Muslim and Christian perspectives, using the example of diversity- and gender-sensitive theology
Tobias E. Gronbach: Philosophy of Zen-Buddhism by Byung-Chul Han (2002)
Carolin Puckhaber: Religion at Play? Religious Studies and Game (Culture) Studies
Tutorial
Tobias E. Gronbach: Philosophy of Zen-Buddhism by Byung-Chul Han (2002)
Winter Term 2025/26
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Introduction to Non-Christian Religions
Research Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Discussion of Current Projects
Advanced Seminars
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Religion and International Relations. Excursion to Geneva
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Prof. Dr. Antje Roggenkamp: Advanced Seminar – Lecture Series: Liberation Narratives in Religious Traditions: Intermediate Spaces and Resonances
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Prof. Dr. Regina Elsner: Stockholm 1925 until Today. Developments in Ecumenical Social Ethics and its Intercultural Dimensions
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Death in Buddhism: Concepts and practices of farewell and commemoration
Introductory Seminars
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Sustainability and Buddhism: Introduction to the Religious Landscape of Japan and Methods of Digital Humanities
Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt: Religion and Literature
Tobias E. Gronbach: Philosophy of Religion Perspectives On the Relationship Between Faithful Belief and Knowledge
Propaedeutic
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt & Carolin Puckhaber: Introduction to the Study of Theology. Foundations and Research Methods
Summer Term 2025
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology
Research Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Recent publications on "materiality" and "space"
Advanced Seminars
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Prof. Dr Norbert Hintersteiner: Hinduism and Christianity
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Prof. Dr Antje Roggenkamp: Religions in Dialogue at the Kirchentag
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: The child in comparative religion perspectives. Anthropological and theological dimensions of childhood in different religious traditions
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch, Prof. Dr. Arnulf von Scheliha: Discourses on environmental ethics in Buddhism and Christianity
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch, Dr. Lars Maskow: Sacred Architecture in the Religion of Israel and Buddhism
Introductory Seminars
Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt: Diverse Specters? Ghost Stories from an Intercultural and Interreligious Perspective
Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt: Concepts from Religious Studies for Understanding the Unfamiliar and the Other
Tobias E. Gronbach: What Does Faith Mean in Mahāyāna Buddhism?
Dr. Mathias Schneider (Lecturer): Introduction to Hinduism
Workshops
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Mission and Colonialism. Historical entanglements and theological debates
Winter Term 2024/25
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Introduction to non-Christian religions
Research Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Research projects in religious studies and intercultural theology
Advanced Seminars
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Anti-Racist Ecumenism: Exploring the theological and ethical intersections
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Interkulturality in Christianity and Islam. Theological Perspectives on the Entanglement on Faith and Culture
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Concepts of Salvation in Buddhism
Introductory Seminars
Prof. Dr. Simone Sinn: Introduction to Islam
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Rüsch: Religious Space in Japan: Materialisations and Dogmatic Fundaments
Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt: Introduction to Religious Studies
Dr. Stefanie Burkhardt: Religion und Literature
Tobias E. Gronbach: Philosophy of Religion Perspectives On the Relationship Between Faithful Belief and Knowledge
Dr. Mathias Schneider (Lecturer): The Idea of Rebirth