Sabine Bobert

Sabine Bobert (2009)

Sabine Bobert (also Sabine Bobert-Stützel; born November 5, 1964 in East Berlin ) is a Protestant theologian and professor at the Institute for Practical Theology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . Her focus is on pastoral care , forms of worship (especially the German Mass ), spirituality and mysticism .

Life

Sabine Bobert lived in the GDR until after the fall of the Wall . She first studied from 1983 to 1986 at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Buckow , then from 1986 to 1989 at the East Berlin Church College , the Sprachenkonvikt , Protestant theology . At the time of the fall of the Wall, she took her first theological exam there. From 1990 to 1991 she studied as a postgraduate student and scholarship holder of the World Council of Churches at the Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh (USA) of the Presbyterian Church . During this time she worked on the theology of liberation and completed her studies there with a master's thesis on the comparison of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's ecclesiology with the ecclesiology of Leonardo Boff . As a result, she acquired the master's degree as "Master of Sacred Theology" (STM). She then completed her parish vicariate from 1991 to 1992 in a Berlin parish and passed her second theological exam in 1992, whereupon she was ordained for the pastor's office in Berlin that same year.

From 1992 to 1993 Bobert received a pastor's position and a teaching position at the Theological Convict (former Language Convict) in Berlin. From 1993 to 1996 she was a research assistant at the Theological Faculty of Berlin's Humboldt University in the field of practical theology and acquired various additional (pastoral) psychological qualifications ( clinical pastoral training , organizational and group dynamics, psychoanalysis , counseling dynamics in short pastoral talks). In addition, she worked as a hospital chaplain at the Berlin Charité . In 1994 she became involved with a thesis on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's pastoral theology. Theological training in the resistance to the “Third Reich”. Illustrated by the Finkenwalde lectures 1935-1937 with summa cum laude doctorate. From 1996 to 2001 she was a research assistant at the Humboldt University with Jürgen Henkys and worked on the edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's works . During this time, she completed her habilitation in practical theology with her work Piety and Symbol Game. A pastoral psychological contribution to an evangelical theory of piety .

Research and Teaching

In the summer semester of 2000, she represented Dietrich Stollberg's chair in homiletics and pastoral care as a substitute professor at the Philipps University of Marburg . In autumn 2001 she received a call to the theological faculty of Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel as the first woman since the faculty was founded in 1665. Her focus is on pastoral care and pastoral psychology , liturgy (execution and maintenance of the German Mass with all their steps and rituals ), as well as postmodern forms of spirituality. There is particular interest in ancient Christian techniques that can help contemporary people to achieve mental and emotional autonomy. In this context Bobert discusses the question of a contemporary living Christian mysticism . In 2009 she launched the Mental Turning Point training concept with a focus on mystagogy . In order to make the content of the new concept accessible to the public, a series of seminars was started in 2010 to introduce those interested to old monastic meditation techniques.

Works (selection)

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer's pastoral theology. Theological training in the resistance to the “Third Reich”. Represented on the basis of the Finkenwalder lectures 1935–1937 . Gütersloh 1995 (PDF on Commons: pp. 1–27 , 28–91 , 92–115 , 116–207 , 208–321 , 322–384 ).
• Piety and symbol game. A pastoral psychological contribution to an evangelical theory of piety . Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-525-62360-2 .
• Jesus prayer and new mysticism. Foundations of a Christian mystagogy . Kiel 2010, ISBN 978-3-940900-22-7 (PDF on Commons: Cover , pp. 1–29 ).
• Mysticism and coaching with MTP - Mental Turning Point , Kiel 2011, Volume 2 from the series “Urban MystiX”, ISBN 978-3-89680-518-8 .

Web links

Commons : Sabine Bobert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sabine Bobert on the website of the University of Kiel
• Sabine Bobert's private website
• Youtube: Lecture at the "Night of the Profs"
• Youtube: Spiritual crises on the mystical path

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sabine Bobert: Vita , in: Anna-Katharina Szagun: "You have something to say": Women between pulpit and chair. (= Rostocker Theologische Studien 11), Múnster / Hamburg / London: LIT 2002, ISBN 9783825864651 , p. 91
2. ↑ See Sabine Bobert: Pastoral Care in Postmodernism. Mental coaching, healing and mystagogy ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 215 kB). 
3. ↑ See Sabine Bobert: Jesus Prayer and New Mysticism. 2nd edition, Münsterschwarzach 2011.
4. ↑ See Sabine Bobert: What shapes people? Neuro-Enhancement Through Spiritual Exercises . ( Memento from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 136 kB)