Gabriele Miller

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Gabriele Miller (born August 29, 1923 in Winzingen , now the Göppingen district ; † July 15, 2010 in Rottenburg am Neckar ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian, religious educator and women's rights activist. She became known among other things for her advocacy for the rights of women in church and university. Miller wrote a large number of relevant school works and publications through which she initiated religious-pedagogical and theological discussions in German-speaking countries for years.

Family and childhood

Gabriele Miller was born into a Roman Catholic family. The father was a schoolmaster , "the most good-natured person" - as Miller himself mentions about him. The mother was interested in art and literature, but was at the same time a realistic and pragmatic person.

Education

Miller began studying philology at the University of Tübingen in 1942, where she was only able to stay for two semesters because of the military service. In 1945 she wanted to continue her studies at the University of Tübingen and this time she was interested in Catholic theology. Her application was rejected because of military service. In 1947 she began her studies at the Pedagogical Institute in Reutlingen. After completing the service examination, she works as a teacher in Herlazhofen in the Ravensburg district. It was not until 1949 that she was able to realize her study plans in Tübingen. Miller successfully completed her studies in Catholic theology in 1954, and after the struggle for the right to confer doctorates for women, she was later also the first woman to be awarded an honorary doctorate.

Worked at the University of Tübingen

After graduating, Miller stayed at the theological faculty of the University of Tübingen, where she and Eleonore Beck belonged to the circle around the Tübingen Old Testament scholar Fridolin Stier . Among other things, Miller was the first female editor of the International Biblical Studies and Frontier Magazine Show . In 1978 she received an honorary theological doctorate from the University of Tübingen for her services.

Practical engagement

In 1990, Gabriele Miller was elected the first clerical adviser to the diocesan women's commission in Rottenburg-Stuttgart in the Catholic German Women's Association. From 1995 to 2000 she was chairwoman of the diocesan women's commission. Miller's professional career also included her leadership positions at the German Catechists Association (1970–1983) and the Association of Catholic Catechetics Lecturers (1994–1996).

Honors

On May 17, 2004 Gabriele Miller was awarded the papal New Year's Eve by Bishop Gebhard Fürst . On April 10, 2006 she received the Federal Cross of Merit. At the ceremony for the award of the Federal Cross of Merit, Bishop praised Prince Millers' groundbreaking work in the conceptual area of ​​religious education and referred to her as the "interpreter of Holy Scripture".

Works (selection)

  • What is the indispensable Christian? Kösel: Munich 2003
  • The New Testament: [after Joseph Franz von Allioli ] / introduced, commented on and meditated by Eleonore Beck and Gabriele Miller. Stuttgart: Verl. Kath. Bibelwerk, 2003
  • Truth is biographical. With Reinhold Boschki and Monika Scheidler . Schwabenverlag: Ostfildern 2000
  • Draw from fresh sources . Butzon and Bercker, Kevelaer 2000
  • Belief in pictures: 52 discoveries between the Tauber and Lake Constance. Ostfildern: Schwabenverlag, 1997
  • And all women dance with: Church services by women for women (as ed.). Ostfildern: Schwabenverlag, 1996
  • Maria: from Lake Constance to Taubergrund (with Erich Legler; Alois Keck). Ostfildern near Stuttgart: Schwabenverl., 1993
  • Women and God: Thoughts and Prayers (with Eleonore Beck). Kevelaer: Butzon and Bercker [u. a.], 1992
  • The New Testament translated by Fridolin Stier . From d. Estate edited by Eleonore Beck, Gabriele Miller and Eugen Sitarz. Munich: Kösel, 1989

Secondary literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helga Kohler-Spiegel: Gabriele Miller. With all your heart and all your might. In: Annebelle Pithan (ed.): Religious educators of the 20th century. Göttingen / Zurich 1997, p. 320.
  2. ↑ Reinhold Boschki, Gabriele Miller, Monika Scheidler: Truth is biographical. In conversation with Gabriele Miller . Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern 2002.
  3. ↑ Anna-Katharina Zsagun: "You have something to say" - women between pulpit and catheter . LIT, Münster 2002, p. 251 .
  4. ↑ Passion for the world. Gabriele Miller 80 years old today / in October ceremony. In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt, August 29, 2003.
  5. ↑ Helga Kohler-Spiegel: Gabriele Miller. With all your heart and all your might. In: Annebelle Pithan (ed.): Religious educators of the 20th century. Göttingen / Zurich 1997, p. 319.
  6. ↑ Honored by the Pope. Order for Gabriele Miller and Eleonore Beck. In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt, May 18, 2004.
  7. ↑ http://www.drs.de/service/presse/a-gabriele-miller-erhaelt-das-bundesverdien-00003075.html
personal data
SURNAME Miller, Gabriele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Winzingen
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2010
Place of death Rottenburg am Neckar