Gisela Kittel

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Gisela Kittel (born March 13, 1940 in Kleinmachnow ) is a German Protestant Reformed theologian and didactician. From 1971 to 1977 she was a scientific adviser and professor at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe, Siegen Department , which became the Siegen University from 1972 , and from 1981 to 2005 professor at Bielefeld University .

Life

In 1958, Kittel graduated from the New Language Girls' High School in Detmold . From 1959 to 1963 she studied Protestant theology at the Church College in Berlin and the Universities of Tübingen and Marburg . From 1966 to 1971 she was a research assistant at the Siegerland University of Education . In 1967 she received her doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Marburg with a thesis on “Election and Judgment. A comparison of prophetic and Pauline knowledge of God ”. In 1971 she qualified as a professor at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe , Siegerland department, with the thesis “The Language of Psalms. To develop the Psalms in the classroom ”.

Kittel taught from 1971 to 1977 as a professor for the subject "Protestant theology and its didactics (focus on the Old Testament)" at the Pedagogical University of Westphalia-Lippe, Siegerland department (later: comprehensive university). Then she officiated from 1977 to 1981 as a pastor in the Evangelical Reformed parish in Bad Meinberg . From 1981 to 2005 she taught as a professor for Protestant theology and its didactics (Old and New Testament) at Bielefeld University. In 1992/93 she was on leave to teach at the Theological-Pedagogical Institute of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony in Naumburg / Saale to qualify teachers from Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia for the subject of "Protestant religious teaching". After 24 years in the service of Bielefeld University, Gisela Kittel retired on February 4, 2005.

She is the author of various books and scientific publications.

Publications

Books

  • The language of the psalms. For indexing the psalms in class , Göttingen 1973
  • with Ingo Baldermann : The matter of religious instruction. Between curriculum and biblicism , Göttingen 1975
  • The name over all names I , Biblical Theology / AT, 2nd edition, Göttingen 1993.
  • The name over all names II , Biblical Theology / NT, 2nd edition, Göttingen 1996.
  • Freed from the jaws of death. Death and overcoming death in the Old and New Testament , Göttingen 1999.
  • with Eberhard Mechels (Ed.): Church of the Reformation ?: Experiences with the reform process and the necessity of conversion , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-7887-3066-6 .

Essays (in selection)

  • The biblical talk of the Atonement of Christ and its power to reveal our reality. A didactic reflection . In: Ingo Baldermann u. a. (Ed.): Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie , Vol. 9 (1994), pp. 285-313.
  • The question of God . In: Roland Biewald (ed.): Insights into religion. A study book (biblical-theological focus; vol. 12), Göttingen 1996, pp. 86–116.
  • Jesus christ . Ibid., Pp. 117-148.
  • Who is the? Mark 4: 35–41 and the multiple meanings of Scripture . In: C. Landmesser / H.-J. Eckstein / H. Lichtenberger (ed.): Jesus Christ as the middle of the script: Studies on the Hermeneutics of the Gospel (BZNW 86), Berlin / New York 1997, pp. 519-542.
  • The empty grave as a symbol for the conquered realm of the dead . In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche 96 (1999), pp. 458–479.
  • Laudation: Siegen impulses for religious didactics. For Ingo Baldermann's 70th birthday . In: ZPT 4/1999, pp. 430-434.
  • Exodus . In: R. Lachmann / G. Adam / C. Reents (eds.): Elementary Biblical Texts. Exegetical - systematic - didactic (theology for teachers; vol. 2), Göttingen 2001, pp. 81–99.
  • “If you keep sins, Lord, who will stand?” (Ps 130: 3). The reality of sin and the question of salvation in the Old Testament . In: WH Ritter (Ed.): Redemption without sacrifice? (BThS 22), Göttingen 2003, pp. 56-82.
  • Can we pray like this? To the “Bible in Righteous Language” and the handout “Taken by the word” from EkiR . In: Deutsches Pfarrerblatt 107 (2007), Heft 7, pp. 364–366, 370.
  • Talking about God - in “just” language? In: Göttinger Predigtmeditationen 61, Göttingen 2007, pp. 485–492.
  • The consequences of sin and the gift of new life. Two pointers to understanding the atoning death of Jesus . In: V. Hampel / R. Weth (eds.): For us died. Atonement - Sacrifice - Representation , Neukirchen-Vluyn 2010, pp. 117-133.

Sermon meditations

  • Isaiah 42: 1-4 (1st Sunday after Epiphany), in: GPM (Göttinger Predigtmeditationen) 56, Göttingen 2001, pp. 91-97.
  • Matthew 21: 1-9 (1st Advent), in: GPM 57, Göttingen 2002, pp. 12-20.
  • Romans 13,8-12 (13-14) (1st Sunday in Advent), in: GPM 58, Göttingen 2003, pp. 7-14.
  • John 8: 12–16 (Christmas Day), in: GPM 59, Göttingen 2004, pp. 53–60.
  • Luke 16: 1-8 (9) (penultimate Sunday of the church year), in: GPM 60, Göttingen 2005, pp. 505-511.

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personal data
SURNAME Kittel, Gisela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and didactician
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinmachnow