Rita Burrichter

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Rita Burrichter (* 1961 in Waltrop ) is a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

She completed her studies in Catholic theology, art history and philosophy in Münster and Bochum with a doctorate in Catholic theology in 1995 with an interdisciplinary thesis on the subject of “art education”. She was a research assistant / university assistant at the Chair for Religious Education and Catechetics of the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum (1989–1996; 1998–2004). As a lecturer, she taught pastoral theology at the Episcopal College of the Diocese of Essen (1996-2004). Since 2004 she has been teaching as a professor for practical theology at the University of Paderborn .

Her main research interests are image theology and image didactics, aesthetic learning in religious education, religion in popular culture and professional research in religious education.

Works (selection)

  • Art education. A practical theological examination of modern art. Yves Klein and Dorothee v. Windheim (= Aesthetics - Theology - Liturgy. Volume 3). Lit, Münster 1998, ISBN 3-8258-3809-9 (also dissertation, Bochum 1995).
  • with Claudia Gärtner : Learning with pictures. A picture didactic for religious education . Kösel, Munich 2014, ISBN 3-466-37086-8 .

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