Marianne Heimbach-Steins

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Marianne Heimbach-Steins (born January 26, 1959 in Cologne ) is a Roman Catholic theologian and academic representative of Christian social teaching .

Life

Heimbach-Steins studied Catholic theology and German language and literature in Bonn , Würzburg and Friborg in Switzerland from 1977 to 1983 , during her studies and her doctorate she received a scholarship from the Cusanuswerk Episcopal Study Fund . In 1983 she passed the first state examination, from 1983 to 1985 she completed the legal clerkship for teaching at various high schools in Bavaria and passed the second state examination. From 1987 to 1996 she worked as an assistant at the Institute for Christian Social Sciences at the Westphalian Wilhelms University (WWU) in Münster .

In 1988 she obtained a doctorate in theology from the University of Würzburg . In 1989 she married Georg Steins . She completed her habilitation in 1994 in Münster on the subject of " Distinguishing between spirits - structural moment in Christian social ethics: depicted in Madeleine Delbrel's work". From 1996 to 2009 she held the chair for “ Christian Social Teaching and General Sociology of Religion ” at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg . Since October 2009 she has been a professor in Münster and heads the Institute for Christian Social Sciences at the Westphalian Wilhelms University . In this role she is editor of the Yearbook for Christian Social Sciences . The Institute for Christian Social Sciences also publishes “Social-Ethical Working Papers” on current social, political and church issues and various book series, such as the current “Society-Ethics-Religion” series at Verlag Schöningh . Andreas Lienkamp , Daniel Bogner and Alexander Filipović completed their habilitation under her guidance .

From 2011 to 2015 she was Chairwoman of the University Council of Bamberg University. From 2013 to 2018 she was the main applicant in the Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics" and in 2015 she was a founding member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Sustainability Research (ZIN) at the University of Münster, where she was a member of the board until 2019. She has also been Vice Dean for Research, Internationalization and Young Academics at the University's Catholic Theological Faculty since 2015 . Since October 2018, she and Judith Könemann have headed the Gender Research Unit of the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Münster.

Heimbach-Steins is a member of the Central Committee of German Catholics and the Theological Commission of the Catholic German Women's Association , as well as a founding member of the AGENDA - Forum of Catholic Theologians . Likewise, she has been a member of the Societas ethica ( European Society for Ethical Research ), the scientific advisory board of the Berlin Institute for Christian Ethics and Policy Consulting (ICEP), just as the network Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church and the Working Group for human rights and cultural traditions of the German Commission Justitia et Pax . In 2011 Heimbach-Steins signed the memorandum Church 2011: A necessary departure .

Works

Books, writings

  • "The unlearned mouth" as an authority. Mystical experience as a source of ecclesiastical prophetic speech in the work of Mechthild of Magdeburg (Mysticism in Past and Present I / 6), Stuttgart / Bad Cannstatt 1989
  • Differentiation of spirits - structural element of Christian social ethics. Shown in the work of Madeleine Delbrêl, Münster 1994, 2., exp. 2006 edition
  • For a future in solidarity and justice. Word of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany and the German Bishops' Conference on the economic and social situation in Germany. Introduced and commented by Marianne Heimbach-Steins and Andreas Lienkamp (eds.) With the assistance of Gerhard Kruip and Stefan Lunte, Munich 1997
  • Meddling and advocacy. For a diaconal and prophetic church, Ostfildern 2001
  • Human rights in society and the church. Learning processes - areas of conflict - future opportunities, Mainz 2001
  • (with Gerhard Kruip), Education and Equity. Socio-ethical explorations, Bielefeld 2003
  • (with the assistance of Alois Baumgartner , Thomas Bohrmann, Gerhard Drösser, Thomas Hausmanninger , Werner Veith) Christian social ethics. A textbook, Volume 1: Basics, Regensburg 2004
  • (with the assistance of Alois Baumgartner, Isidor Baumgartner , Thomas Bohrmann, Gerhard Drösser, Thomas Hausmanninger, Johannes Frühbauer, Hartmut Köß, Markus Vogt, Albert Wohlfarth) Christian social ethics. A textbook, Volume 2: Concretions, Regensburg 2005
  • “… No longer man and woman” (Gal 3:28). Socio-ethical studies on gender relations and gender equality, Regensburg 2009
  • Religious freedom. A human right under pressure, Paderborn 2012
  • Christian social ethics. Correspondence course theology, advanced course, lesson 16, Würzburg 2013
  • Religious freedom or: The crucial question of dealing with human rights, Mönchengladbach 2013
  • Boundaries of social justice: Migration - Belonging - Participation (Society - Ethics - Religion Vol. 5), Paderborn 2016
  • Europe and Migration. Socio-ethical food for thought (Church and Society Green Series No. 438), ed. from the Catholic Social Science Center, Mönchengladbach. JP Bachem, Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-7616-3141-6 .
  • Religion as a Resource of Political Action - Opportunities and Challenges for Inner-Christian Ecumenism (ICS AP 9), Münster 2017
  • (with Alexander Filipovic , Josef Becker, Maren Behrensen, Theresa Wasserer) Basic positions of the party "Alternative for Germany" and Catholic social teaching in comparison - a social-ethical perspective (ICS AP 8), Münster 2017

Editorships (selection)

  • (with Andreas Lienkamp, ​​Joachim Wiemeyer) Focus on social ethics. Theories - Tasks - Methods (FS Franz Furger), Freiburg 1995
  • (with Peter Hünermann , Albert Biesinger , Anne Jensen) Diaconate. An office for women in the church - an office suitable for women ?, Ostfildern 1997
  • (with Andreas Lienkamp, ​​Joachim Wiemeyer) Franz Furger, Christian social ethics in plural society. Published posthumously (Writings of the Institute for Christian Social Sciences 38), Münster 1997
  • (with Volker Eid ) Church - vital. What the Church has to give and learn, Munich 1999
  • Religion as a social phenomenon. Sociological, theological and literary approaches (Bamberger Theologisches Forum Vol. 3), Münster 2002
  • (with Gudrun Cyprian) Family pictures. Interdisciplinary explorations, Opladen 2003
  • (with Gerhard Kruip), Education and Equity. Socio-ethical explorations, Bielefeld 2003
  • (with Eleonore Ploil, Bärbel Kerkhoff-Hader, Ines Weinrich), gender research in Bamberg. Research forum. Reports from the University of Bamberg, 11 (2003) Bamberg 2003
  • (with Heimo Ertl , Heinz-Günther Schöttler), Religions in Dialog. Judaism - Christianity - Islam (Bamberg Theological Forum, Vol. 5), Münster 2003
  • (with Margit Eckholt), On the move - women explore the future of theology, Ostfildern 2003
  • (with Eleonore Ploil, Bärbel Kerkhoff-Hader, Ines Weinrich), structuring of knowledge and the symbolic order of the sexes. Gender Conference Bamberg 2003, Münster 2004
  • (with Heinz-Günther Schöttler), “... did not come for free”. Pastoral Professions, Theology and the Future of the Church (Bamberger Theologisches Forum, Vol. 8), Münster 2005
  • (with Rotraud Wielandt, Reinhard Zintl), Religious Identity (s) and Common Religious Freedom. A challenge to plural societies (Judaism - Christianity - Islam. Bamberg Interreligious Studies, Vol. 3), Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag 2006
  • (with Gerhard Kruip and Axel Bernd Kunze), The human right to education and its implementation in Germany: Diagnoses - Reflections - Perspectives (Forum Bildungsethik 1), Bielefeld (wbv) 2007
  • (with Harm Goris), The role of religion in law and political order today (Judaism - Christianity - Islam. Bamberg Interreligious Studies, Vol. 5), Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag 2008
  • (with Gerhard Kruip and Katia Neuhoff), educational paths as obstacle courses. On the human right to education in Germany (Forum Bildungsethik 5), Bielefeld (wbv) 2008
  • (with Rotraud Wielandt), What is humanity? Interdisciplinary and interreligious perspectives (Judaism - Christianity - Islam. Bamberg Interreligious Studies, Vol. 6), Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag 2008
  • (with Gerhard Kruip and Axel Bernd Kunze), Education, Politics and Human Rights. An ethical discourse (Forum Bildungsethik 6), Bielefeld (wbv) 2009
  • (with Gerhard Kruip and Axel Bernd Kunze), Educational Justice - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Forum Bildungsethik 8), Bielefeld (wbv) 2009
  • (with Heiner Bielefeldt, in cooperation with the German Commission Justitia et Pax), Religions and Religious Freedom. Human rights perspectives in the field of tension between mission and conversion (Judaism - Christianity - Islam. Bamberg Interreligious Studies, Vol. 7), Würzburg 2010.
  • (with Gerhard Kruip), Cooperative Educational Responsibility. Social-ethical and educational perspectives on "Educational Governance" (Forum Bildungsethik 9), Bielefeld 2011
  • (with Gerhard Kruip, Saskia Wendel), “Church 2011: A Necessary Awakening”. Arguments for the memorandum, Freiburg 2011
  • (with Daniel Bogner), freedom, equality, religion. Orientations of modern religious policy, Würzburg 2012
  • (with Georg Steins, with the collaboration of Alexander Filipović and Kerstin Rödiger), Christian social ethics and biblical hermeneutics, Stuttgart 2012
  • Resources - quality of life - meaning. Thinking justice for the future (Society - Ethics - Religion Vol. 1), Paderborn 2013
  • Limited responsibility? Social-ethical positions in the refugee crisis (controversial theology), Freiburg 2016
  • (with Thomas Schüller , Judith Wolf) Catholic hospitals - challenged identity (Society - Ethics - Religion Vol. 9), Paderborn 2017
  • (with Anna Maria Riedl) Child welfare between aspiration and reality. Theory and Practice in Conversation (Society - Ethics - Religion Vol. 10), Paderborn 2017
  • (with Sabine Schlacke ) 2017. The encyclical Laudato si '- an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability? Baden-Baden 2017
  • The ultimate test of refugee integration (controversial theology), Freiburg 2017
  • (with Martin Baumeister, Michael Böhnke, Saskia Wendel and others) Human rights in the Catholic Church. Historical, systematic and practical perspectives (Justice - Ethics - Religion Vol. 12), Paderborn 2018
  • (with Maren Behrensen, Linda Hennig) Gender - Nation - Religion. An international comparison of actor strategies and interdependent discourse (religion and modernity), Frankfurt 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marianne Heimbach-Steins: Differentiation of the spirits - structural moment of Christian social ethics: shown in the work of Madeleine Delbrêl . Lit, Munster; Hamburg 1994, ISBN 978-3-8258-2202-6 ( worldcat.org [accessed February 19, 2019]).
  2. ^ Yearbook for Christian Social Sciences - website and eJournal . Website of the University Library of Münster. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  3. ^ Society - Ethics - Religion. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Heimbach-Steins, Marianne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne