Christian Strecker

Christian Strecker (* 1960 in Landshut ) is pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and since 2010 professor at the chair for New Testament at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau .

From 1992 to 2004, Strecker was Wolfgang Stegemann's assistant for the New Testament, also at the Augustana University, which he succeeded in 2010. From 2004 to 2010 he held substitute professorships (2005–2006 and 2008/9: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , 2006/7: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , 2007: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , 2004 and 2009: Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau).

Strecker favors an interpretation of the New Testament that also takes cultural and philosophical perspectives. In his investigations into Pauline theology, he draws on the results of more recent ritual research (in particular Victor Turner ). The New Testament exorcisms are re-examined on the basis of the findings of the cultural anthropologist Felicitas Goodman .

Publications (selection)

• The liminal theology of Paul. Approaches to Pauline theology from a cultural anthropological perspective (= research on religion and literature of the Old and New Testaments. H. 185). Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-53869-3 (At the same time: Neuendettelsau, Augustana University, dissertation, 1996: Transformation, Liminality and communitas in Paulus. ).
• Performative worlds. Theoretical and analytical considerations on the importance of performances using the example of Jesus research and the exorcisms of Jesus. sn, sl 2002, (Neuendettelsau, Augustana University, habilitation paper, 2002).
• as editor: culture, politics, religion, language - text. Wolfgang Stegemann on his 60th birthday (= contexts of writing. Vol. 2). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018883-6 .
• New-Testament Research: Theological or Atheological? Some Observations About Heikki Räisänen's Two-Stage-Program. In: Todd Penner, Caroline Vander Stichele (Ed.): Moving beyond New Testament Theology. Essays in Conversation with Heikki Räisänen (= Suomen Eksegeettisen Seuran julkaisuja. 88). Finnish Exegetical Society et al., Helsinki et al. 2005, ISBN 951-9217-43-6 , pp. 243-263.
• Hic non est. A cultural and media theoretical look at Christianity and the Jesus discourse. In: Andreas Nehring, Joachim Valentin (eds.): Religious Turns - Turning Religions. Changed cultural discourses, new religious forms of knowledge (= ReligionsKulturen. Vol. 1). Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-019963-7 , pp. 150-178.

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian Strecker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Christian Strecker's profile on the Augustana University website