Catherine D. Oppel

Katharina D. Oppel (* 1963 in Bonn ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian.

Life

Katharina D. Oppel studied Catholic theology in Bonn , Jerusalem and Munich . This was followed by doctoral studies in Munich with Joachim Gnilka , which she completed in 1995 with a thesis on the Gospel of Mark . From 1988 to 2007 she was a member of the Venio OSB community in Munich.

She has been working as a pastoral consultant in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising since 1996 , teaching as a religion teacher at the grammar school from 2006 to 2011, after which Oppel worked in the community pastoral care, then in the pastoral care of the elderly. Since 2006 she has been working as an author and speaker on the theology and life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer .

Works (selection)

Publications in book form

• Telling healing - healing narrative: the healing of the bloodstream and the awakening of the daughter of Jairus in Mk 5.21–43 as an example of Markin narrative skills (= Bonn Biblical Contributions, Volume 102). Beltz, Athenaeum, Weinheim 1995, ISBN 3-89547-092-9 .
• with Matthias Bahr: sharing bread - celebrating communion, part: handout. Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-466-36927-0 .
• with Matthias Bahr: sharing bread - celebrating communion, part: workbook. Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-466-36926-3 .
• as an author, with Ferdinand Schlingensiepen (preface): "We only learn our history from the Holy Scriptures". Bible and biography with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Grünewald Verlag, Ostfildern 2017, ISBN 978-3-7867-3103-0 .
• I would much rather go to Gandhi right away. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Mahatma Gandhi . Two voices for peace. Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2017, ISBN 978-3-8436-1005-6 .
• as editor, with Joachim Braun (ed.), Nicodemus C. Schnabel (ed.), Nikolaus Egender (author): Legacy of the Holy Land (= Jerusalem Theological Forum, Volume 30; celebration of the 95th birthday). Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-402-11043-0 .

Contribution to collective work

• Learning from Christ in order to teach Christ. In: Gunda Brüske, Anke Haendler-Kläsener (ed.): Oleum laetitiae. Commemoration for Fr  Benedikt Schwank OSB (= Jerusalem Theological Forum, Volume 5). Münster 2003, ISBN 978-3402075043 , pp. 78-85.

Magazine articles

• Disturbing Bible reading with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In: Katechetisch Blätter (KatBl), Volume 139, 2014, Issue 6, pp. 406–410.
• Bonhoeffer and Gandhi: Two voices for peace. In: Live finally. The bulletin of the pastoral care for the elderly, 2018, issue 2, pp. 20–22.

Literature on Katharina D. Oppel (reception)

• Ilse Tödt: Ilse Tödt reads: Katharina D. Oppel: “We only learn our history from the Holy Scriptures.” Bible and biography with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Review, in: Bonhoeffer Rundbrief. Announcements from the International Bonhoeffer Society, German-speaking Section, No. 119, June 2018, pp. 68–73.
• Ilse Tödt: Nonviolent Fighters. Review, in: Fachbuchjournal. Technical and non-fiction books. Reviews. Portrait. Interview. 2018, issue 4, pp. 1–13 ( accessed online December 8, 2019 ).