Elisabeth Graeb-Schmidt

Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt (2014)

Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt (* 1956 in Bad Säckingen ) is a German professor for systematic theology with a focus on ethics at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen .

Life

Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt studied Protestant theology in Göttingen, Berkeley, Heidelberg and Mainz. After the vicariate, she received her doctorate in Mainz in 1992 with a thesis on Karl Heim . In 2000 , she completed her habilitation with a thesis on technology ethics . From 2002 to 2010 she was a professor at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen . Since 2010 she has been a full professor for systematic theology with a focus on ethics and director of the Institute for Ethics at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen.

Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt is married to the physicist Hans-Rudolf Schmidt and has two children. Her father, Pastor Paul Gräb, excelled as an art collector as well as in work with the handicapped and in social welfare and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class . Her brother, Wilhelm Gräb , was a professor of practical theology at the Humboldt University in Berlin .

Gräb-Schmidt is interview partner for the ZDF series God´s Cloud .

Research priorities

Gräb-Schmidt mainly conducts research in the field of ethics, especially technology ethics and medical ethics. There are also publications on the dialogue between science and theology, on religious theory and interreligious dialogue, as well as on cultural hermeneutics and the philosophy of life. Another focus is the religious philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard .

Functions (selection)

Gräb-Schmidt is a member of numerous social and church bodies and chambers.

In 2018, Gräb-Schmidt was appointed to the German Ethics Council. Since 2015, Gräb-Schmidt has been a member of the Standing Senate Commission of the DFG for fundamental issues in genetic research. In 2013 he was appointed to the Central Ethics Commission (ZEKO) of the German Medical Association.

Gräb-Schmidt is a member of the EKD Council (since 2013) and the EKD's Chamber for Public Responsibility (since 2010).

In 2013 and 2016/17, Gräb-Schmidt was a fellow at the Max Weber College for Cultural and Social Studies in Erfurt. 2007–2018 Gräb-Schmidt was chairwoman of the theological working group in Pfullingen .

There are also numerous chairs ( Scientific Society for Theology and others) and editorships ( Journal for Evangelical Ethics , Journal for Theology and Church ).

Works (selection)

• Epistemology and Belief. Karl Heim's theory of certainty of belief against the background of his analysis of Edmund Husserl's philosophical approach (TBT 53) , Berlin 1993.
• Technology ethics and its foundations. Represented in examination of the technical ethical approaches of G. Ropohl and W. Ch. Zimmerlis , Berlin 2002.
• (Ed. With Wolfgang Achtner): What is religion? , Giessen 2008.
• (with Karl-Christian Epting and others): NETZE - Hanna and Paul Gräb. A life's work , Freiburg i. Br. 2012
• (Ed.): What does nature mean? Philosophical place and justification function of the concept of nature , Leipzig 2015
• (Ed. With Ferdinando Menga): Border crossings of the community. An interdisciplinary encounter between a socio-political and theological-religious perspective , Tübingen 2016
• (Ed., With Julian Zeyher-Quattlender): Peace ethics and theology. Systematic development of a subject from the perspective of philosophy and Christian theology , Baden-Baden 2018

Web links

• Literature by and about Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Presentation at the University of Tübingen
• Website of the Institute for Ethics of Ev.-Theol. Faculty of the University of Tübingen
• Complete list of publications with other publications and articles on the University of Tübingen's website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Newsletter Uni Tübingen current No. 2/2011: People article and video interview on the appointment of E. Gräb-Schmidt. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
2. ^ Pastor Paul Gräb turns 90: A life for art and church . Südkurier, May 17, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
3. ↑ Message: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt appointed to the German Ethics Council. Retrieved April 8, 2019 . 
4. ^ DFG - Permanent Senate Commission for Fundamental Questions in Genetic Research. Accessed April 8, 2019 (German). 
5. ↑ Bishop Bedford-Strohm and theologian Gräb-Schmidt new to the EKD Council ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . EKD, November 12, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2014.