Brigitte Enzner-Probst

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Brigitte Enzner-Probst

Brigitte Enzner-Probst (* September 22, 1949 in Feucht as Brigitte Enzner ) is a German feminist theologian , retired pastor , author and systemic coach . She researches and publishes in the field of liturgy and ritual science, pastoral care and creation spirituality.

Live and act

family

Brigitte Enzner-Probst is the third child of the parish couple Georg Enzner and Lydia, geb. Boots. She has been married to Pastor Hermann Probst since 1980, has three children and now lives in Rimsting am Chiemsee .

Professional background

After her childhood and youth in Wildenholz and Neusitz , she attended the Reichsstadt-Gymnasium in Rothenburg ob der Tauber . In 1969 she passed the Abitur at the Ohm-Gymnasium in Erlangen. Then she studied Protestant theology in Erlangen and Tübingen . This was followed by a semester abroad in Rome at the Facoltà Valdese . In 1975 she returned to Erlangen via Tübingen for the exam and also passed the state examination in philosophy .

Enzner-Probst began her pastoral training as the first vicar of the Immanuel parish in Munich-Denning . This was supplemented by courses at the preacher's seminary in Bayreuth, the second exam followed in 1977. From 1978 to 1982 she worked as an assistant at the chair for practical theology with Manfred Seitz in Erlangen and at the same time completed a clinical pastoral training. In 1983 she did her doctorate on a pastoral theological topic.

In 1980 she was ordained as one of the first female pastors of the Bavarian regional church . She took over her first pastor's position in Uttenreuth in 1982 and moved to Neufahrn / Landshut in 1984, where she shared a pastor's position with her husband until 1989.

From 1989 to 1996 she was theological consultant in the women's department of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (EKLB) in Munich . She came into contact with representatives of the church women's movement from Germany (including Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel , Luise Schottroff ), but also from the USA (Diann Neu). In 1992 she was also appointed women's representative for Western Europe of the WICAS women's department of the Lutheran World Federation .

After completing her work in the women's department, she worked as a visiting professor for feminist theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1996/97 , where she also took over the professorship for Klaus-Peter Jörns . She completed her habilitation in 2006 at the Theological Faculty of Bern with her habilitation thesis on “Women's liturgies as performance. The meaning of corporeality in the liturgical practice of women ”and taught as a private lecturer in practical theology until the end of 2012. The main topics were ritual pastoral care, interreligious diapraxis, as well as spirituality of creation. Numerous lectures and seminars on these topics took her at home and abroad.

In addition to her teaching activities, she founded a consulting practice in Munich in 2003 with a focus on supervision , coaching , bereavement support and family constellations . In 2008 her seminar house "Haus Herzblick" opened in Rimsting am Chiemsee .

In 2017 she gave up her coaching practice for reasons of age, but continues her pastoral work to a limited extent and offers seminars on theological and spiritual topics.

Focus as a women's representative

Her tasks as theological consultant in the women's department of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria included a. participation in the liturgical bodies of the VELKD and the ELKB with the aim of publishing a new service book and hymn book . The women 's liturgy collection When Heaven and Earth Touch , compiled by the Expert Committee on Liturgy and Spirituality for Women , was published in 1993. The subject of violence against women took up a great deal of space. Enzner-Probst was primarily responsible for the volunteers in the church districts of Nuremberg and Augsburg .

In the institutionalization of theological women's studies working group, she developed the concept of a lectureship for feminist theology / theological women's studies. By bundling ecclesiastical political activities, it was possible to locate them at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . In 2001 she was converted to a permanent professorship .

Under the title “Fit for Leadership”, she offered leadership coaching for female pastors in the first years of office, as well as individual counseling for women in church professions.

Further activities and publications

During her time as parish priest, Brigitte Enzner-Probst experienced the incompatibility of family and work, both in terms of working hours and the expectations of parish members . In an empirical study , she and a team interviewed 12 colleagues on this topic. She evaluated these interviews and interpreted them using the theory of the “female labor market” ( Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim ). Under the title “Pastor. As a woman in a man's job ”it appeared in 1990.

Further books on poimenic topics, for example in the area of ​​further training for hospice attendants (coming home; living mourning) followed.

Her “godly poetic” publications include the women's church calendar, first published in 1991, which links women's biographies, political and spiritual texts, and was the editor of this in changing teams until 2015. After “Auf den Schwingen der Sehnsucht” followed in 2005 “Living from Abundance” and finally “HerzWorte” (2008).

For the Kirchentag in Stuttgart 2015 she conceived and wrote the “Women's Mass”, which was set to music by the songwriter Claudia Mitscha-Eibl . The “Fair of the Cosmos” followed in 2018. It will be premiered in November 2020 in the setting by Michael Lippert in Bayreuth .

Publications (selection)

  • Between calling and profession. For the pastoral care of theology students , Lang Verlag, 1988, ISBN 978-3-8204-1280-2
  • Pastor: As a woman in a male profession , Kohlhammer Verlag, 1994, ISBN 978-3-17-013226-9
  • Coming home. Words of blessing, prayers and rituals for the sick and dying care , Claudius Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-532-62301-5
  • Women's liturgies as a performance. On the importance of corporeality in the liturgical practice of women , habilitation thesis, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7887-2249-4
  • Live grief. Rituals, blessings and prayers , Claudius Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-532-62408-1
  • Celebrate my life. Women's prayers in the annual cycle , Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2019, ISBN 978-3-8436-1170-1
  • Women's liturgies rediscovered. Performative potentials in the liturgical practice of women , LIT-Verlag, Berlin-Münster 2019, ISBN 978-3-643-14271-9
  • In harmony with the cosmos. Teach, learn, and live creation spirituality. Grunewald Verlag, Ostfildern 2015, ISBN 978-3-7867-2971-6
  • With strength of mind and courage. The beginnings of the women's department in the Evangelical Lutheran regional church in Bavaria 1987–1997 , Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 2019 ISBN 978-3-7966-1783-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Matthias Grünewald-Verlag: Brigitte Enzner-Probst - all titles in Matthias Grünewald Verlag. Retrieved January 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ WICAS - Lutheran World Federation. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: Women's liturgies as performance: the meaning of corporeality in the liturgical practice of women . 2008, OCLC 716554797 .
  4. ↑ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: When heaven and earth touch: texts, songs and suggestions for women's liturgies . Gütersloher Verl.-Haus, Gütersloh 1995, OCLC 885379718 .
  5. ^ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: Pastor. As a woman in a man's job . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1995, OCLC 243799589 .
  6. ^ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: Coming home . 2004, OCLC 76610565 .
  7. ↑ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: Living mourning: rituals, blessings and prayers . Claudius Verlag, Munich 2010, OCLC 655791475 .
  8. ↑ Women's Church Calendar 2019 - All about the Women's Church Calendar. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: On the wings of longing: prayers and meditations by and for women . Gütersloher Verl.-Haus, Gütersloh 1995, OCLC 613306885 .
  10. ↑ Brigitte Enzner-Probst: Living from Abundance. Blessings for everyday life . Claudius Verlag, Munich 2005, OCLC 76647323 .
  11. ↑ HeartWords. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Women Mass: Woman - we will remember you! In: Stretta Music. 2015, accessed February 10, 2020 .
  13. ^ Michael Lippert homepage. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Enzner-Probst, Brigitte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Enzner, Brigitte (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German feminist theologian, pastor
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Wet