Anne Steinmeier

Anne M. Steinmeier (actually Anne M. Steinmeier-Kleinhempel; born September 17, 1957 in Herne , Westphalia) is a German Evangelical Lutheran theologian , pastor, pastoral psychologist and university teacher .

Life

Steinmeier studied Protestant theology in Bethel , Tübingen and Hamburg , then worked as a research assistant in the seminar for systematic theology , department of social ethics , at the University of Hamburg . In 1990 she became pastor of the North Elbian Ev.-Luth. Church ordained .

This was followed by a doctorate in 1991. theol. in systematic theology. From 1990 to 1994 she was a pastor z. A. active in the seminars for systematic and practical theology at the University of Hamburg. This field of activity included activities as a research assistant, teaching, counseling and pastoral care for students and exam candidates. In 1994 Steinmeier received a scholarship from the University of Hamburg; from 1995 to 1996 a habilitation grant from the DFG . In 1997 she completed her habilitation in practical theology and was appointed private lecturer .

From 1997 she worked as a pastor of the North Elbian Ev.-Luth. Church in the St. Nicolaus parish in Hamburg, associated with the work with mentally handicapped people in the Evangelical Foundation Alsterdorf . At the same time she was employed for life with the North Elbian Ev.-Luth. Church taken over.

From the winter semester 1999/2000 Steinmeier took up the C4 professorship “Practical Theology” with a focus on homiletics , liturgy and pastoral care at the theological faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . Since the summer semester of 2002 she has been involved in the development of the postgraduate course in liturgical science (Leipzig - Jena - Halle - Erfurt).

Membership in professional societies

• Working group for homiletics
• German Society for Pastoral Psychology (DGfP), Section Depth Psychology

Research priorities

• Pastoral care
• Psychoanalysis and religious psychology;
• Religion and art: interdisciplinary engagement with literature, visual and performing arts of the present.

Works

Book publications

• "From God I give me a certificate of joy". The unity of God and man in Philipp Nicolai's " FrewdenSpiegel deß Ewigen Leben" (= European University Papers , Series 23, Theology , Volume 430), Frankfurt am Main / Bern / New York, NY / Paris / London 1991, ISBN 3-631- 44115-0 (Dissertation University of Hamburg 1990, X, 249 pages, 21 cm).
• Born again to freedom. Sketches of a dialogue between theology and psychoanalysis for the theological justification of the pastoral conversation (= work on pastoral theology , volume 33), Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-62355-0 (habilitation thesis Universität Hamburg, 1996, 220 pages 24 cm) .
• Creation spaces. On the way of a practical theology as the art of hope , Gütersloh 2003, ISBN 3-579-05394-9 .
• Pastoral Art. Religion, Art and Psychoanalysis in Discourse , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-57005-0 .

Editorships

Volumes

• with Klaus-Michael Kodalle : Subjective Spirit. Reflection and experience in faith. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Traugott Koch, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-8260-2307-2 .
• Halle university sermons
  • Vol. IV, Halle-Wittenberg 2000.
  • Vol. V, Halle-Wittenberg 2002.
  • Vol. VI, Halle-Wittenberg 2004.

Rows

• with E. Hauschildt and FK Praßl : work on pastoral theology, liturgy and hymnology (APTLH) , fusion of work on pastoral theology (APT) and publications on liturgy, hymnology and church music research (VLH).

Magazines

• Ways to people . Journal for pastoral care and counseling, healing and social action (WzM), (managing editor).
• Berliner Theologische Zeitung (BThZ) , (co-editor).
• with T. Klie : Kulturkontakt , BThZ, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2007.

Articles in collective works

• “Was that heaven?” , In: Hanna Ahrens (ed.): Signs of hope , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2000, ISBN 3-7615-5136-3 , pp. 78–84.
• Preaching as speaking of truth. Considerations in conversation with Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan , in: K.-M. Kodalle , AM Steinmeier (Ed.), Subjective Spirit. Reflection and experience in faith . Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Traugott Koch, Würzburg 2002, pp. 261–273.
• The religious dimension as an open secret in the theater , in: W. Ruff, Understanding Religious Experience , Göttingen 2002, pp. 123–141.
• Full-time employees and volunteers in visiting service work. On the way to a church of the priesthood of all baptized , in: stewardship work in the office for community service of the Evangelical Lutheran. Regional Church of Hanover (ed.), The Visiting Service. Information for the pastoral work of Christian service groups and for community development, Hannover 2002, pp. 21–28.
• Pastoral care and church counseling , in: Wilfried Härle , Peter Neuner (Ed.): In the light of God's grace. On the present meaning of the message of justification. Joint symposium of the Evangelical and Catholic Theological Faculty Conference Lutherstadt Wittenberg, October 2002 (= Studies on Systematic Theology and Ethics, Volume 42), Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6681-5 , pp. 251-254.
• The meaning offered by Diakonie - East-West reflections , in: Michael Schibilsky (Ed.), Renate Zitt (Ed.), In collaboration with Klaus D. Hildemann and Reinhard Schmidt-Rost : Theologie und Diakonie (= Scientific Society for Theology (Ed.) ): Publications of the Scientific Society for Theology , Volume 25), Gütersloh 2004, ISBN 3-579-05353-1 , pp. 443-450.
• About prayer and "humanity in dark times". Considerations in conversation with Pastor Martin Schellbach's sermons on the Our Father , in: A. Sames (Ed.): 500 years of theology in Wittenberg and Halle 1502 to 2002 . Contributions from the theological faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the university anniversary 2002, Leipzig 2003, pp. 201–216.
• Nicolai, Philipp (1556–1608) , in: R. Hering, Maria Jepsen , I. Mager, H. v. Schade, J. Stüben (Ed.), Works on the Church History of Hamburg , Volume 22, Hamburg 2004, pp. 305–309.
• Philipp Nicolai . A theology of life while the plague is dying , in: R. Hering, M. Jepsen, I. Mager, H. v. Schade, J. Stüben (Ed.), Works on the Church History of Hamburg , Vol. 22, Hamburg 2004, pp. 311–318.
• “Community in contact” as the focus of community development , in: House of Church Services of the Evangelical Lutheran Regional Church of Hanover (ed.), The Visiting Service. Approaching each other - Gestalten contacts , Hannover 2005, pp. 5–14.
• Where are you god Who am i human A theology of pastoral care in the dying of the plague Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608) , in: Johann Anselm Steiger (Hrsg.), 500 years of theology in Hamburg. Hamburg as a center of Christian theology and culture between tradition and future. With a directory of all doctoral degrees of the Theological Faculty Hamburg (= work on church history, volume 95), Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-11-019963-5 , pp. 16–33.
• "... is not like buying a coat". Thoughts on baptism as a process , Johannes Block (ed.), Irene Mildenberger (ed.), Challenge: missionary worship. Liturgy is born. (= Festschrift for Wolfgang Ratzmann on his 60th birthday), (= Contributions to Liturgy and Spirituality, Volume 19), Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02480-3 , pp. 189–204.
• Speech gain. Considerations following Joachim Scharfenberg , in: Isabelle Noth (Ed.), Christoph Morgenthaler (Ed.), Pastoral Care and Psychoanalysis (= Practical Theology Today, Volume 89), Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019972-9 , Pp. 68-81.
• Art as pastoral care , in: Desmond Bell (Hrsg.), Gotthard Fermor (Hrsg.), Seelsorge heute. Current perspectives from theory and practice, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2009, pp. 166–180.
• Iconic innovations. Reflections on the sermon in the horizon of cultural lifeworld , in: Thomas Klie (Ed.), Martina Kumlehn (Ed.), Ralph Kunz (Ed.), Thomas Schlag (Ed.), Life Science Practical Theology?!, Berlin / New York 2011, Pp. 253-270.
• “There are many apartments in my father's house” (Joh 14, 2) , in: Christiane Burbach (Ed.), Friedrich Heckmann (Ed.), Transitions - Approaching Your Own Death, Göttingen 2011, pp. 136–147.
• Music as a religious medium in public space , in: Birgit Weyel, Peter Bubmann (Eds.), Practical Theology and Music (= publications of the Scientific Society for Theology, Vol. 34), Gütersloh 2011, pp. 126–139.
• The role of the image in the construction of personality. Art as a concern for the soul , in: Wilhelm Gräb (ed.), Jérôme Cottin (ed.), Imaginations of the Inner World. Theological, psychological and aesthetic reflections on the spiritual dimension of art (= Religion - Aesthetics - Media, Volume 3), Frankfurt, M., et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-631-61637-6 , pp. 21–40.
• Biblical pictures of healing pastoral care in crises and mental illnesses , in: Jochen Sautermeister (Ed.), Tobias Skuban, (Ed.), Viktoria Lenz (collaboration), Handbook of basic psychiatric knowledge for pastoral care, Verlag Herder, Freiburg, Basel, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-451-37799-0 , pp. 54-71.

Magazine articles

• Belief - what does that actually mean? , in: Community as a place of learning. Contributions to community education from the Evangelical Center Rissen, booklet. 2, 1991, pp. 51-53.
• A conversation about the language of trust. On the relationship between pastoral care and psychoanalysis , in: scientia hallensis, Heft 1, 2000, p. 17.
• Diakonia as a perception of the living. Art, aesthetic practice and integration , in: PTh, 89th year, issue 9, 2000, pp. 395–410.
• (with E. Dremel) Where 'Understandings of a Different Kind come together'. The integrative power of worship , in: PTh, 90th year, issue 6, 2001, pp. 196–211.
• From the priesthood of all baptized , in: On the way to people. Magazine for employees in the visiting service, issue 2, 2000, p. 10 f.
• “It has not yet appeared what we will be” - images of people in the theater , in: Raum. Scenes. Gestalten, BThZ, 20th year, issue 1, 2003, pp. 14–35.
• A force for here and now , in: The Church. Weekly newspaper for Anhalt and the Church Province of Saxony, No. 15, April 11, 2004, Easter, p. 4.
• Ethics at work. A practical-theological approach to Thomas Lehnerer (1955–1995) , in: Anne M. Steinmeier, T. Klie, (Ed.), Kulturkontakt, BThZ, Volume 24, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 48–79.
• A picture of importance: Modernes Theater und Bibel , in JRP, Issue 1, 2007, Volume 23, 113–122.
• Poetry of the soul. On the art of pastoral care in conversation and liturgy , in: Ways to People, Volume 60, Issue 3, 2008, pp. 263–281.
• "Concert Theology". The importance of music for the educated among those who enjoy religion , in: Practical Theology, Journal for Practice in Church, Society and Culture, Volume 43, Issue 2, 2008, pp. 116-120.
• Report on: Andreas Jordan (Ed.), The Ice Sea in Me. Thoughts of children and adolescents with eating disorders, depression and psychoses, Hamburg 2007 , in: Weg zum Menschen, 61st year, issue 6, 2009, pp. 563–569.

Articles in dictionaries and manuals

• NICOLAI, Philipp , in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 6, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-044-1 , columns 671-681.
• Church music and ascetics (piety / spirituality / prayer) , in: Gotthard Fermor (Hrsg.), Harald Schroeter-Wittke (Hrsg.), Church Music as Religious Practice - Practical Theological Handbook on Church Music, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-374-02304 -5 , pp. 177-181.
• Images - Theoretical Approaches , in: Klaus Eulenberger (Ed.), L. Friedrichs (Ed.), U. Wagner-Rau (Ed.) (Ed. On behalf of the Liturgical Conference), Bringing God into Play. Handbook for the New Evangelical Pastorale, Gütersloh 2007, 978-3-579-05583-1, pp. 124-130.
• Art as pastoral care , in: Desmond Bell (Hrsg.), Gotthard Fermor (Hrsg.), Seelsorge heute. Current perspectives from theory and practice, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2009, ISBN 978-3-7887-2366-8 , pp. 166–180.

Sermons and Sermon Studies

• Sermon study on Mark 13, 31-37, Sunday of the Dead, Part B , in: Predigtstudien V / 2, 2000/2001, pp. 243–249.
• Sermon study on Exodus 34, 4-10, Erntedankfest, part B , in: Predigtstudien VI / 2, 2001/2002, pp. 185–191.
• Sermon meditation Oculi - 23.3. 2003, Lk 9, 57-62 , in: GPM 2003, pp. 176-185.
• Sermon study on 1 Corinthians 11, 23-26, part B , in: Predigtstudien II, 1, 2003/2004, pp. 223–229.
• Sermon meditation Whit Monday - 1. Cor 12, 4-11 , in: GPM 2003/2004, pp. 320–329.
• Sermon meditation Invokavit - Lk 22, 31-34 , in: GPM, 96th year., Heft 2, 2007, pp. 129–135.

Reviews

• Review of HR Herbst, handicapped people in church and society , in: ThLZ, 125th year, issue 5, 2000, columns 565-567.
• Review of G. Schibler, Kreativ-emanzipierende Seelsorge , in: ThLZ, 126th year, issue 3, 2001, columns 326–329.
• Review of U. Moser, Identity, Spirituality and Meaning of Life , in: ThLZ, 126th year, issue 7/8, 2001, columns 826–828.
• Review of H.-M. Gutmann, Living with the Dead - An Evangelical Perspective , in: Ways to People, 55th Volume, Issue 5, 2003, pp. 314–316.
• Review of L. Rosenmayr, Creatively aging. A philosophy of life, Vienna, Berlin 2007 , in: Ways to people, 59th year, issue 5, 2007, pp. 499–500.
• Review of D. Kreitzscheck, time gain. Theory and Practice of the Narrative Sermon, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2004 , in: PrTh, 42nd year., Heft 2, 2007, pp. 148–151.
• Review of Ludwig Janus (Ed.), Born in War. Childhood experiences in World War II and their effects, Psychosozial-Verlag, Gießen 2006 , in: Paths to People, Volume 60, Issue 3, 2008, pp. 305–306.
• Murray Jackson, Paul Williams, Unimaginable Storms review. A Search for Meaning in Psychosis, Supplement 22, Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2007 , in: Paths to People, Volume 61, Issue 4, 2009, pp. 391–392.
• Review of: Sabine Bode , war grandson. The heirs of the forgotten generation, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2009 ; in: Ways to people, 62nd volume, issue 2, 2010, pp. 186–187.
• Review of: Elisabeth Westhoff, News from Tigerbart. A child with a severe intellectual disability on the way to detachment and individuation, Norderstedt 2007 , in: ways to people, 62nd year, issue 3, 2010, pp. 277–279.

Web links

• Page Anne Steinmeier on the website of the University of Halle-Wittenberg

credentials

1. ↑ awarded by the Borromäusverein , Bonn and the St. Michaelsbund , Munich as "religious book" of June 2003