Professor Dr. Simone Sinn

Professor Dr. Simone Sinn

Universitätsstr. 13-17, room 423
48143 Münster

T: +49 251 83-22542

Consultation Hours

by arrangement

Academic Profile
 
Research Foci
  • dynamics of religious plurality
  • religion and politics in Indonesia
  • global religious history
  • interreligious relations
  • intercultural theology, ecumenical movement and decoloniality
CV

Academic Education

Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at the University of Münster
Graduate Studies in Protestant Theology at the University Tübingen
MPhil (Ecumenics), Irish School of Ecumenics, Dublin (Ireland)
Undergraduate Studies in Protestant Theology and Certificate in Diaconia Studies in Heidelberg

Positions

Professor of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Münster
Professor of Ecumenical Theology, Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, affiliate institute of the University of Geneva, and the World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland.
Study Coordinator for Public Theology and Interreligious Relations at the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland
Doctoral research position at the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster
Theological associate in the theology department of the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva, Switzerland
Pastoral training (Vikariat) in the Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg
Internship at the interreligious dialogue institute DIAN/ Interfidei in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

External Function

Societas Oecumenica (President)
Teaching
 

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Publications

Selection

Books

Book (Monograph)
  • . . Religiöser Pluralismus im Werden. Religionspolitische Kontroversen und theologische Perspektiven von Christen und Muslimen in Indonesien Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.
Books (Edited Collections)
  • Sinn, Simone; Tong, Wing-Sze, ed. . Interactive Pluralism in Asia. Religious Life and Public Space Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
  • Sinn, Simone; Rötting, Martin; Inan, Aykan, ed. . Praxisbuch interreligiöser Dialog. Begegnungen initiieren und begleiten Sankt Ottilien: EOS Verlag.

Articles

Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
Review (Journal)
Research Article (Book Contributions)

Complete List

Books

Books (Monographs)
  • . . Religiöser Pluralismus im Werden. Religionspolitische Kontroversen und theologische Perspektiven von Christen und Muslimen in Indonesien Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag.
  • . . The Church as Participatory Community. On the Interrelationship of Hermeneutics, Ecclesiology and Ethics Dublin: Columba Press.
Books (Edited Collections)
  • Sinn, Simone, Wijlens, Myriam, and Shmaliy, Vladimir, eds. . Churches and Moral Discernment, volume 2: Learning from History Genf: WCC Publications.
  • Sinn, Simone; Harasta, Eva, ed. . Resisting Exclusion. Global Theological Responses to Populism Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
  • Sinn, Simone; El Omari, Dina; Hege Grung, Anne, ed. . Transformative Readings of Sacred Scriptures. Christian and Muslim Perspectives Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
  • Sinn, Simone; Burghardt; Anne, ed. . Global Perspectives on the Reformation. Interactions between Theology, Politics and Economics Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
  • Sinn, Simone; Tong, Wing-Sze, ed. . Interactive Pluralism in Asia. Religious Life and Public Space Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
  • Sinn, Simone; Rötting, Martin; Inan, Aykan, ed. . Praxisbuch interreligiöser Dialog. Begegnungen initiieren und begleiten Sankt Ottilien: EOS Verlag.
  • Sinn, Simone, Khorchide, Mouhanad, and El Omari, Dina, eds. . Religious Plurality and the Public Space: Joint Christian - Muslim Theological Reflections Leipzig: Lutherischer Weltbund.
  • Sinn, Simone; Reid Trice; Michael;, ed. . Religious Identity and Renewal in the Twenty-first Century. Jewish, Christian and Muslim Explorations Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
  • Sinn, Simone, and Sinaga, Martin, eds. . LWF studies, Freedom and Responsibility. Christian and Muslim Explorations Genf: Lutherischer Weltbund.
  • Sinn, Simone, ed. . Deepening Faith, Hope, Love in Relations with Neighbours of Other Faiths Genf: The Lutheran World Federation.

Articles

Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
Review (Journals)
Research Article (Book Contributions)
  • . . “Introduction.” in Churches and Moral Discernment, volume 2: Learning from History, Faith and Order Paper, edited by Simone Sinn, Myriam Wijlens and Vladimir Shmaliy. Genf: WCC Publications.
  • . . “Public Space, Agency and Dialogue in Plural Societies.” in Religious Plurality and the Public Space. Joint Christian-Muslim Theological Reflections, edited by Sinn, Simone; Khorchide, Mouhanad; El Omari, Dina. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.

Web Publications (Blog Article)

Talks

  • Rüsch, Markus; Sinn, Simone : „Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie in Münster“. Tagung der Fachgruppe Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie der WGTh, Wittenberg, .

  • Sinn, Simone : „Von der ‚Bewahrung der Schöpfung‘ zur ‚sozial-ökologischen Transformation‘: Konzeptionelle Entwicklungen in der christlichen Ökotheologie im ökumenischen Horizont“. Umweltethik aus christlicher und buddhistischer Perspektive, Universität Münster, .
  • Sinn, Simone : „Religiöse Pluralität im globalen Horizont erkunden. Kritische Perspektiven aus Religionswissenschaft und Interkultureller Theologie“. Antrittsvorlesung, Universität Münster , .
  • Sinn, Simone : “Incarnation Theories in Eastern Religions ”. The Confession of the Council of Nicaea: History and Theology, Universität Münster, .
  • Sinn, Simone : “Resisting Exclusion. Patterns of Multistakeholder Public Engagement in Interreligious and Academic Collaboration”. The Role of Islam and Christianity in Public Space. Perspectives from Indonesia and Germany, Universität Münster, .
  • Sinn, Simone : „Dialog und Zusammenarbeit zwischen Religionen – ein Querschnittsthema im Ökumenischen Rat der Kirchen“. INTRA im Dialog, Online, .
  • Sinn, Simone : „Zur Agency befreit. Interkulturell-theologische Perspektiven auf Pluralismus und Religion“. Welten des Glaubens – Glauben in der Welt, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing , .
  • Sinn, Simone : „Interreligiöses Engagement, Krisenerfahrungen und die Frage nach dem guten Leben“. Symposium "Lebenskunst: interreligiös", Rothenburg ob der Tauber , .
  • Sinn, Simone : „Kindheit in Buddhismus und Islam. Religionswissenschaftliche Erkundungen“. Jahrestagung der Rudolf-Bultmann-Gesellschaft , Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar, .

  • Rüsch, Markus; Sinn, Simone; Axtmann, Lara : „Wozu nachhaltig leben? – Impulse aus Christentum und Buddhismus“. CAMPUS EARTH - Nachhaltigkeitstag der Universität Münster, Münster, .