Bernd Schröder (theologian)

Bernd Schröder (* 1965 in Bad Oeynhausen ) is a German Protestant theologian and religious educator . From 2001 to 2011 he was Professor of Religious Education at Saarland University and has been Professor of Practical Theology with a focus on religious education and educational research at the Theological Faculty of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen since 2011 .

biography

Bernd Schröder studied Protestant theology from 1984 to 1990 at the Universities of Münster , Heidelberg , Jerusalem and Berlin, and from 1987 to 1992 Jewish Studies at the last two places . From 1992 to 1995 Schröder completed the vicariate in the Evangelical Church of Westphalia . Subsequently, he was a research assistant to Christian Grethlein until 2001 , initially at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg until 1997 , then at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster. During this time Schröder also gave confirmation classes on a voluntary basis (in Halle) and part-time Protestant religion classes (in Münster).

In 1994, Schröder was that of Peter Schaefer supervised study "The 'paternal laws'. Flavius Josephus as a mediator of Halacha to Greeks and Romans "at the Free University of Berlin PhD . Five years later , Schröder completed his habilitation with the study “Jewish education in modern Israel” in the subject of practical theology at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

In 2001 Schröder was appointed to a professorship for religious education in Protestant theology at Saarland University. He turned down a call to the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Vienna . In 2011 he moved to Göttingen, where he teaches as a professor of practical theology with a focus on religious education and educational research at the theological faculty of the Georg-August University and has also been Ephorus of the Theological Foundation of the University of Göttingen since 2013 .

Schröder's research focuses on the areas of comparative religious education, the theory of (Christian) religious school life, historical religious education, the systematic basic questions of practical theology and the relationship between Christian-Jewish dialogue and practical theology or religious education.

In addition, Schröder has been a representative of the Göttingen Graduate School for the Humanities since 2013 and has been the chairman of “Studium in Israel” since 2014 . One year of study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Since 2015 he has been the deputy chairman of the Protestant Theological Faculty Conference; In addition, from 2012 to 2016 he headed the Society for Scientific Religious Education. In addition, Schröder is also involved in various ecclesiastical bodies of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) : From 2011 to 2015, he was an appointed member of Expert Commission II of the Mixed Commission for Reforming Theology Studies, which is responsible for teacher training courses. Since 2016 he has been a member and deputy chairman of the EKD Chamber for Education and Upbringing, Children and Youth.

He is married to the Protestant theologian Adelheid Ruck-Schröder . The couple have two children.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• The "paternal laws". Flavius ​​Josephus as mediator of Halachah to Greeks and Romans (Texts and Studies on Ancient Judaism 53), Tübingen 1996.
• Jewish education in modern Israel. A study on the foundation of comparative religious education (work on practical theology 18), Leipzig 2000.
• Evangelical contact hour at primary schools. Model of a successful neighborhood between school and community? Neukirchen-Vluyn 2003.
• Religious Education (New Theological Outlines), Tübingen 2012.

Editorships

• Dagmar Drovs. Curative Education in German Judaism. A securing of evidence 1873-1942 (Münsteraner Judaistische Studien 7), ed. with an essay by Shimon Sachs sel. A., Münster et al. 2000.
• (together with Wolfgang Marhold) studying Protestant theologians (Münster introductions to theology 1), Münster et al. 2001; 2., revised. and exp. Edition: Study Protestant Theology. An introduction , Münster et al. 2007.
• (together with Katja Kriener) Learning for the future - insights into Christian-Jewish conversation. 25 years of study in Israel , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2004.
• (together with Jan Hermelink ) Issue Practical Theology in view of Judaism in the journal Practical Theology , vol. 38, 2004, issue 4.
• Georgia - society and religion on the threshold of Europe. A joint series of lectures by the Protestant theology department of Saarland University and the state capital of Saarbrücken (Annales Universitates Saraviensis - Philosophical Faculties 24), St. Ingbert 2005.
• Religion in School Life , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2006.
• (together with Michael Hüttenhoff and Wolfgang Kraus ) The Bible and Contemporary Culture (Annales Universitates Saraviensis - Philosophical Faculties 27), St. Ingert 2007.
• (together with Rainer Lachmann) History of Protestant religious education in Germany. A study book , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2007.
• (together with Rainer Lachmann) History of Protestant religious education in Germany. Sources Neukirchen-Vluyn 2009.
• The Mishnah , Part 5: Kodashim. Sacred Things , Tract 10: Middot. Dimensions [of the Temple] (The Mishnah. Text-critical edition with German translation and commentary), Jerusalem 2009.
• (together with Wolfgang Kraus) Religion in public space. German and French Perspectives (Yearbook of the France Center of Saarland University 8), Bielefeld 2009.
• (together with Martin Rotgangel ) Religious instruction in the countries of the Federal Republic of Germany. Empirical data - contexts - developments , Leipzig 2009.
• Johannes Sturm (1507–1589). Educator of the Reformation. A Latin-German reading edition of two school publications (works on historical religious education 7), Jena 2009.
• Institutionalization and profile of religious education. Historical-systematic studies on its genesis as a science (Practical Theology in Past and Present 8), Tübingen 2009.
• Religion in modern society. Outdated tradition or pioneering orientation? , Leipzig 2009.
• (together with Harry Harun Behr and Daniel Krohabennik ) What is a good religion teacher? Answers from Jews, Christians and Muslims (Religious Education Conversations between Jews, Christians and Muslims 1), Berlin 2009.
• (together with Rainer Lachmann and Martin Rothgangel) Christianity and religions elementary. Lifeworldly - theological / religious studies - didactic (theology for teachers 5), Göttingen 2010.
• (together with Folkert Rickers ) 1968 and religious education , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2010.
• (together with Harry Harun Behr and Daniel Krohabennik) The other Abraham. Theological and didactic reflections on a classic (Religious Education Conversations between Jews, Christians and Muslims 2), Berlin 2011.
• (together with Harry Harun Behr and Daniel Krohabennik) "You shouldn't make a portrait ...". Ban on pictures and didactics of pictures in Jewish, Christian and Islamic religious instruction (religious education talks between Jews, Christians and Muslims 3), Berlin 2013.
• (together with Monika Jakobs) Special Issue Between Religious Indifference and Militant Atheism - Addressees of religious-educational action and thought beyond constituted and individual religion of the magazine Theo-web. Journal for Religious Education , vol. 12, 2013, issue 1.
• (in accordance with Michael Wermke) Religious didactics between school type-specific and inclusion. Inventories and challenges , Leipzig 2013.
• Religious Education - Where To? Models of its organization and didactic structure , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2014.
• (in accordance with Michael Domsgen) Communication of the Gospel. Key concept of practical theology (papers on practical theology 57), Leipzig 2014.
• (together with Harry Harun Behr, Katja Boehme and Daniel Krohabennik) Prayer in Religious Education from an Interreligious Perspective (Religious Education Conversations between Jews, Christians and Muslims 5), Berlin 2014.
• (together with Heiko Wojtkowiak) Stiftsgeschichte (s). 250 years of the theological monastery of the University of Göttingen (1765–2015) , Göttingen 2015.
• (together with Jan Hermelink and Silke Leonhard) Committed and indifferent? Religious educational readings of the V. EKD survey on church membership (Loccumer Impulse 11), Loccum 2015.
• (together with Jan Hermelink and Silke Leonhard) Young people and religion. Analysis of the fifth church membership study of the EKD (Religious Education Innovative 13), Stuttgart 2017.
• (together with Harry Harun Behr, Katja Boehme and Daniel Krohabennik) Letter and Spirit - On dealing with the Torah, Bible and Koran in religious education (religious education talks between Jews, Christians and Muslims 6), Berlin 2017.

Series and magazine editorships

• (in accordance with Martin Rothgangel et al.) Theo-web. Journal for Religious Education / Theo-web. Academic Journal of Religious Education , 2002ff.
• (together with Christian Albrecht) Practical Theology in Past and Present , Tübingen 2006ff.
• Saarbrücken Religious Education Hefts , Saarbrücken 2006–2011.
• (together with Hans-Henning Averbeck, Roland Biewald, Andreas Obermann and Wilhelm Schwendemann ) BRU magazine. Magazine for religious education in vocational schools , Villigst [from year 46, 2007].
• (together with Harry Harun Behr and Daniel Krohabennik) Religious educational conversations between Jews, Christians and Muslims , Berlin 2009ff.
• (together with Stefan Altmeyer, Rudolf Englert, Helga Kohler-Spiegel, Elisabeth Naurath and Friedrich Schweitzer) Yearbook of Religious Education , Neukirchen-Vluyn [since year 26, 2010].
• (in accordance with Wolfgang Kraus et al.) Cultural Foundations of Europe , Berlin 2012ff.
• (together with Elaine Graham) International Journal of Practical Theology , Berlin / New York [since year 17, 2013].
• (in accordance with Heinrich Assel et al.) proclamation and research , Gütersloh [since year 60, 2015].

Web links

• Literature by and about Bernd Schröder in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Bernd Schröder (theologian) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Schröder on the website of the University of Göttingen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Evangelical Church in Germany: Chamber for Education and Upbringing, Children and Youth. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .