Athina Lexutt

Athina Lexutt (born February 3, 1966 in Worms ) is a German Protestant church historian .

Life

After graduating from the Anno-Gymnasium in Siegburg in 1985, she studied Protestant theology, German , philosophy and Latin at the University of Bonn from 1985 to 1991 . From 1989 to 1991 she was a student assistant and tutor at the Institute for Social Ethics (Protestant Theology) and in Philosophy. She was sponsored by the Protestant Studienwerk Villigst from 1988 to 1991. From 1988 to 1994 she worked first as a student assistant, then as a research assistant on the DFG research project Edition of the files and reports of the religious discussions in Hagenau, Worms and Regensburg . After completing her theology studies in 1991 with a master's degree and her doctorate in Bonn in 1994 with a thesis on The Understanding of Justification in the Religious Discussions of Hagenau, Worms and Regensburg 1540/41 , she was a research assistant at the Chair of Church History from 1994 to 1995 . From 1995 to 2001 she was also a research assistant for church history at the Ev. Theol. Stift of the University of Bonn (Hans-Iwand-Haus). After her ordination in 2000 as predicant in the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland (EKIR) and her habilitation in 2000 in the subject of church history with a thesis on the Lutheran creed and practice pietatis. Investigating the theological profile of Johann Arndt , she accepted a professorship for church history at the University of Giessen in 2002, where she has been managing director of the Institute for Protestant Theology since October 1, 2002 and dean of studies at Faculty 04 History since October 1, 2003 and cultural studies is.

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