David Plüss (theologian)

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David Plüss (* 1964 ) is a Swiss Protestant theologian , co-director of the interdepartmental competence center for liturgy at the University of Bern , where he holds a chair for homiletics , liturgy and church theory .

Live and act

Plüss learned the craft of draftsman . He then studied Protestant theology in Basel and Berlin from 1987 to 1993 . In 1995 his vicariate followed in Diegten and in the psychiatric clinic in Liestal . In 1996 he became the divini minister Verbi ordained . After studying philosophy in Paris , which was made possible by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation , he worked from 1997 to 2005 as an assistant for practical theology at the theological faculty of the University of Basel. In 2000 he received his doctorate from the University of Basel with his dissertation on The Messianic - Judaism and Philosophy in the work of Emmanuel Levina . In 2005 his habilitation followed in Basel with a thesis on worship as a text production: Perspectives on a performative aesthetic of worship . Between 2000 and 2005 he was the Bologna representative of the Theological Faculty for the preparation and introduction of new courses. From 2006 to 2009 he was assistant professor for practical theology and dean of studies at the theological faculty at the University of Basel. Plüss has been Professor of Homiletics , Liturgy and Church Theory at the University of Bern since 2010 .

Together with Angela Berlis, he heads the interdepartmental Liturgy Competence Center at the University of Bern. His main research interests are contemporary liturgy, ritual theory and qualitative empirical research on religion.

Plüss is a member of the jury for the “Swiss Sermon Prize” and the author of numerous theological books and specialist articles .

Private

Plüss is married, has two children and lives in Burgdorf , Canton Bern .

Publications

  • The Messianic - Judaism and Philosophy in the Work of Emmanuel Lévinas (plus dissertation, University of Basel 1999/2000), Kohlhammer Verlag , Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 978-3-17-016975-3 .
  • Divine service as a text production: Perspectives of a performative aesthetic of divine service ( plus habilitation paper, University of Basel, 2005), Theological Publishing House Zurich (TVZ) 2007, ISBN 978-3-290-17423-1 .
  • Assisted suicide and church activity. Case studies - comments - reflections , with Christoph Morgenthaler and Matthias Zeindler, Theologischer Verlag Zurich, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-290-17912-0 .
as co-editor
  • Body cults: perceptions of corporeality in theology, religious and cultural studies , with Christina Aus der Au Heymann , TVZ, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-290-17424-8 .
  • Theology and gender. Dialoge querbeet , with Heike Walz, Lit Verlag , Münster 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-0953-9 .
  • Can one learn to believe ?: a critical analysis of faith courses , with Stephan Degen-Ballmer, TVZ, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-290-17471-2 .
  • Bringing church services into conversation: a collection of feedback methods , with Michael Rahn, TVZ, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-290-17463-7 .
    • Beszéljünk az istentiszteletről !: feedback-módszerek gyűjteménye , Magyarországi Református Egyház Kálvin János K., Budapest 2010, ISBN 978-963-558-142-9 (Hungarian).
  • In the eye of the strollers: found objects on the religious art of living; Albrecht Grözinger on his sixtieth birthday , with Tabitha Walther and Adrian Portmann, TVZ, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-290-17508-5 .
  • Imagination in practical theology: Festschrift for Maurice Baumann , with Johannes Stückelberger and Andreas Kessler, TVZ, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-290-17616-7 .
  • How does reformed sound ?: Works on liturgy and music; Ceremony for the 65th birthday of church musician Andreas Marti , with Katrin Kusmierz and Kirsten Jäger, TVZ, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-290-17790-4 .
  • Reformed liturgy - controversial (practical theology in the reformed context) , with Andreas Marti and Ralph Kunz , TVZ, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-290-17582-5 .
  • Service Art , with Angela Berlis and Christian Walti, TVZ, Zurich, 2012 ISBN 978-3-290-17639-6 .
  • Political worship ?! , with Katrin Kusmierz, TVZ, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-290-17702-7 .
Essays
  • The Värslischmid as a homileticist. Mani Matters “Song from the train station” . In: Andreas Kessler, David Plüss and Johannes Stückelberger (Eds.): Imagination in Practical Theology , Zurich 2011, pp. 113–123.
  • Good religion or bad religion. Distanced church-members and their perception of religion and religious plurality , with Adrian Portmann. In: Journal of Empirical Theology 24 (2011), pp. 180-196.
  • Church service as an authentic staging of authenticity . In: Ralph Kunz, Andreas Marti and David Plüss (eds.): Reformierte Liturgik - kontrovers , Zurich 2011, pp. 339–346.
  • From word to performance. The rediscovery of the ritual in Reformed theology . In: Bibel und Liturgie 84/1 (2011), pp. 28–37.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c “Swiss Sermon Prize” jury , schweizer-predigtpreis.ch, accessed on November 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ Plüss: Vita , unibe.ch, accessed on April 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Head of the Liturgy Competence Center , unibe.ch, accessed on April 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ Plüss: short vita , kirchenmusikkongress.ch, accessed on November 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ Plüss: Publication Directory, unibe.ch, accessed on April 5, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Goodbye, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant theologian and professor at the University of Bern
DATE OF BIRTH 1964