Konstanze Kemnitzer

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Konstanze Kemnitzer (2019)

Konstanze Evangelia Kemnitzer (born March 27, 1975 in Münchberg ) is a German Protestant theologian and pastor . She has been Professor of Practical Theology at the Church University of Wuppertal / Bethel since 2018 .

Live and act

Konstanze Kemnitzer studied Protestant theology in Munich, Neuendettelsau and Tübingen. After the vicariate in Untersteinach, she was ordained as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria in 2004 . From 2004 to 2007 she was pastor in Munich with a service assignment to St. Markus . From 2007 to 2015 she was a research assistant to Klaus Raschzok (Chair for Practical Theology) at the Augustana University in Neuendettelsau . In 2008 she received her doctorate with a thesis on the evangelical aid organization Bread for the World , in 2013 her habilitation with a thesis on ideas about the development of faith in the course of life and the appointment as a private lecturer. From 2016 to 2017, Kemnitzer was the managing pastor of the Wassermungenau parish . Since 2018 she has held the chair for practical theology and the office of prorector at the Wuppertal / Bethel Church University .

Research and Teaching

Konstanze Kemnitzer's practical-theological work aims to enlighten Christian cultural practice about itself using empirical, phenomenological and cultural-scientific methods and to link this analysis of the present with the potential of the "imagination of the gospel" in such a way that the discursive forces of church professional groups are free for the ( always) necessary breaks and breaks. Her research work in the sense of the “Imagination of the Gospel” does not merge into empirical-phenomenological descriptions of the current state of Christian cultural practice, individual beliefs and church organization, but rather (with Rudolf Bohren ) it wants to be “agronomy towards the kingdom of God”.

Research projects

  • Imagination of the Gospel in the virtualization of lifeworlds (metatheory)
  • The Imagination of the Gospel as the Key to the Sermon (Textbook)
  • Child and youth work of the Evangelical Church in Germany in the past and present, in particular: Current research approaches to children's worship and the potential of intergenerational worship
  • The agenda of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany
  • Andy Warhol and the sermon (together with Klaus Raschzok, Neuendettelsau)
  • Intercession with a worldwide view of current affairs (theoretical reflection and co-author)
  • Editorial rules of art for parish / church community chronicle
  • Staying healthy in times of change (salutogenesis)

Memberships

  • Liturgical Conference of the Evangelical Church in Germany (Committee "Preaching Psalms" and "Liturgy and Ecclesiology")
  • Scientific Society for Theology V.
  • Society for Scientific Religious Education e. V.
  • Convent of Pastors in Science (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria)
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Homiletik e. V.
  • Member of the regional assembly of the Rhenish Association for Children's Services
  • Deputy member of the regional synod of the EKiR
  • Member of the Advisory Board of Kerygma and Dogma magazine
  • Lecturer at the Junior University in Wuppertal

Publications (selection)

  • "The distant neighbor". The self-image of the “Bread for the World” campaign, Stuttgart 2008
  • Faith CV Imaginations. A theological investigation into ideas of faith in the changing ages, Leipzig 2013
  • Model thinking in practical theology. Festschrift for Klaus Raschzok , Leipzig 2014 (edited together with Andreas von Heyl)
  • Salutogenesis in the area of ​​the church - A manual, Leipzig 2015 (edited together with Andreas von Heyl and Klaus Raschzok)

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personal data
SURNAME Kemnitzer, Konstanze
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kemnitzer, Konstanze Evangelia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and pastor
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Münchberg