Traugott Roser

Traugott Roser (born August 21, 1964 in Pappenheim ) is a German Protestant theologian , pastor and university professor . He led - together with Thomas Hagen - the project “Pastoral Care in Palliative Medicine” at the Interdisciplinary Center for Palliative Medicine of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and was Professor of Spiritual Care there (together with Eckhard Frick ). Since March 1, 2013, he has been Professor for practical theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.

Life

After studying theology in Erlangen , Munich and at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg , Pa. (USA), where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in Religion (MAR), Traugott Roser worked as a vicar in Dorfen in Upper Bavaria. He did his doctorate with Trutz Rendtorff in Munich, where he also worked as an assistant.

He then worked for three years as a parish priest in Munich, as a research assistant to Michael Schibilsky and part-time as head of the coordination office for medical ethics of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria until 2004.

Then, together with Thomas Hagen, he headed the “Pastoral Care Project in Palliative Medicine” at the Interdisciplinary Center for Palliative Medicine at the University Hospital of the LMU Munich. As part of this activity, in addition to pastoral care at the clinic, he also trained medical students.

He was a visiting scholar at the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University (USA), in 2008 he worked for a sabbatical year in the Department of Palliative Care at McGill University in Montreal , Canada.

In 2010, Roser and Eckhard Frick were each appointed to the newly created endowed professorship for Spiritual Care with 50 percent . This professorship, limited to five years, was dedicated to the spiritual component of palliative care , i.e. the existential and spiritual questions in the support of critically ill and dying patients and their families, as well as those of the medical and nursing staff. It was approved as the first of its kind in Germany at the LMU by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft) and was set up at the Medical Faculty in cooperation with the Evangelical Theological and Catholic Theological Faculties. After Roser's move to the University of Münster in 2013, half of his position was filled with Niels Christian Hvidt.

In addition, from 2010 to 2013 Roser worked in the Augustinum Munich- Neufriedenheim as a pastor and as a representative for the implementation of palliative care at the residential monasteries of the Augustinum group.

Since March 1, 2013, he has been Professor of Practical Theology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, and since July 3, he has also been a university preacher there.

Participation in committees, associations, as well as in special offices and functions

Convention of Pastors in Science (“PfarrWiss”), co-founder and member of the management team
Church working group coordinator:
- Synodal Subcommittee on Ethics in Medicine and Biotechnology,
- Working Group Medical Ethics of the Evang. Hospital pastoral care in Bavaria
Examiner at the church employment test (Ansbacher exam)
Member of the American Academy of Religion (AAR)
Member of the Marburg technical and business ethics working group
Holiday pastor of the EKD and course pastor at the Kneipp Kurhaus Christian Hospice
Associate member of the German Society for Pastoral Psychology (DGfP)
Participation in the "Commission Quality Spirituality" (with representatives from the German Society for Pastoral Psychology, German Bishops' Conference - Palliative Care Working Group, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, German Hospice and Palliative Association, North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church, German Society for Palliative Medicine); Final report of March 10, 2010.
Society for Scientific Theology
German Society for Palliative Medicine
International Society for Health and Spirituality IGGS

Research projects

Bioethics and Church Action
Habilitation in areas of conflict in medical ethics in pastoral care, counseling and community education.
Preparation and participation in the DFG project “Ethics and Organization”.
Coordination Office for Medical Ethics of the ELKB.
Research cooperation with the interdisciplinary palliative facility at the Großhadern Clinic .
Practical theology as the art of interpretation
Phenomenological and empirical methods in practical theology
Project deutekunst, according to with evang. University community (LMU Munich), Evang. City Academy Munich and University of Fine Arts Munich
Religious motifs in contemporary art and popular culture
Panel discussions in Munich and Berlin, TV interview (ZDF) on the exhibition Body Worlds
Collaboration on the book by Martin Laube (ed.), Himmel - Hölle - Hollywood
Essays and lectures on religious motifs in films by Tom Tykwer .
The representation of pastors in contemporary cinema.

Works

Publications in book form

Protestantism and the social market economy. A study using the example of Franz Böhm (= drafts, volume 6). Dissertation. University of Munich 1996. Münster 1998, ISBN 3-8258-3445-X .
with Walter Oswalt (ed.): Disempowerment through competition. Franz Böhm (= Second Enlightenment Series, Volume 3). With an essay by Günter Grass. Berlin, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-6436-1 .
Spiritual care. Ethical, organizational and spiritual aspects of hospital pastoral care. A practical theological approach (= Munich Palliative Care series, Volume 3). Preface by Eberhard Schockenhoff . (Habilitation thesis) Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019746-6 .
with Eckhard Frick (Ed.): Spirituality and Medicine. Joint care for sick people (= Munich Palliative Care series, Volume 4). Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-020574-1 .
with Thomas Hagen, Hermann Reigber, Bernadette Fittkau-Tönnesmann: Qualification course in palliative care for pastoral workers. Curriculum and introduction (= Munich Palliative Care series, Volume 5). Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-021705-8 .

Articles in collective works

Christian certainties without power? Thoughts on the lasting role of the church for a society after the failure of utopias. In: Thoughts at the Time. Festschrift for Karl Schneider, Mannheim 1997, pp. 21–29.
The role of church support in transplant medicine. A diaconal theory draft. In: Elisabeth Hildt (Hrsg.), Barbara Hepp (Hrsg.), Organ Transplantations: Heteronomous Effects in Medicine, Stuttgart, Leipzig 2000, pp. 107–119.
Ethics in Hospital Pastoral Care. New challenges in pastoral teaching. In: Roger J. Busch (Ed.), Nikolaus Knoepffler (Ed.), Crossing boundaries. Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Trutz Rendtorff, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-89675-865-9 , pp. 77-89.
Four biograms: Hans Freiherr von Berlepsch , Franz Böhm , Walter Rauschenbusch , Adolph Wagner . In: ESL new edition, Stuttgart, Berlin, Cologne 2001.
An angel at the empty cradle. Pastoral support in the event of miscarriage, stillbirth and sudden infant death. A handout. Ed. Evang.-Luth. Church in Bavaria, Munich 2002.
Lola runs - or: Three unsuccessful attempts at clarity. In: Martin Laube (ed.), Heaven - Hell - Hollywood. Religious valences in contemporary film (= symbol - myth - media, volume 1), Münster, Hamburg, London 2002, ISBN 3-8258-5567-8 .
Genetic engineering from the theological point of view. In: esg Gießen (Ed.), Ethics in Medicine (Giessen University Talks & University Sermons of the ESG), Gießen 2002, pp. 58–68.
with R. Zitt: From monologue to dialogue - from social action to social order: the historical to the relationship between theology and economy. In: Daniel Dietzfelbinger (Ed.), Jochen Teuffel (Ed.), Heils-Ökonomie ?. On the interaction between church and economy, Gütersloh 2002, ISBN 3-579-05304-3 , pp. 15–45.
with D. Gebhard: Human dignity in diakonia. In: Michael Schibilsky , R. Zitt (Hrsg.): Theologie und Diakonie. Gütersloh 2004, pp. 217–241.
Staged communication. Preventive directives for people with dementia from a theological-anthropological perspective. In: Christoph Meier (Ed.), Gian Domenico Borasio (Ed.), Klaus Kutzer (Ed.), Living Will. Expression of self-determination - order for care (= Munich series Palliative Care, Volume 1), Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-17-018928-7 , pp. 45–55.
Spiritual history and support in the event of the death of a newborn. In: Andreas Schulze (Hrsg.), Alexander Strauss (Hrsg.), Andreas W. Flemmer (Hrsg.), Susanne Herber-Jonat (Hrsg.), Ivo M. Heer (Hrsg.), Grenzbereich der Perinatologie, Munich, Vienna , New York 2005, ISBN 978-3-88603-873-2 , pp. 132-137.
The Return of the Holy Grail: Living Religion in Film. In: Lernort Gemeinde 23 (1/2005), pp. 41–45.
Fourth pillar in health care? Pastoral services in the context of dying. In: Günter Thomas (Hrsg.), Isolde Karle (Hrsg.), Interpretation of illness in the post-secular society. Theological approaches in interdisciplinary discussions, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-020721-9 , pp. 580-592.
Desire to die and lived life , in: Fuchs Christoph (Hrsg.), Gabriel Heiner (Hrsg.), Raischl Josef (Hrsg.), Steil Hans (Hrsg.), Wohlleben Ulla (Hrsg.), Palliative Geriatrics. A manual for interprofessional practice (Munich series palliative care, Volume 9), Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-17-021734-8 , pp. 67-74.

Articles in magazines

with Thomas Schlag: Economic theory and social proclamation. A colloquium report. In: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik (ZEE) Volume 40, 1996, p. 307 ff.
The Church - an Open Forum? The Berlin consultation on the common word of the churches. In: Lutherische Monatshefte 3/1996.
From progress to regression. An exegetical critique of the deaconry memorandum. In: Diakonie. Theories - Experiences - Impulse, 1999/2, p. 43.
German art. In: News of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 2000/2.
“ Run Lola ”, or: Three unsuccessful attempts at clarity. In: Magazine for Theology and Aesthetics Issue 8 (Nov. 2000) (online magazine).
Breaks and breaks. In memory of Veit Stoss . In: Nachrichten der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern, 55 (Nov. 2000), pp. 338–342.
The Reality of Evil in Art. In: Our order Nov. 2000, 1, pp. 8–21.
Cinema instead of church? Reflections on a Current Debate. In: Our Mission March 2001.
Body Worlds - Iconography in the 21st Century. In: Forum TTN 5 (May 2001), pp. 49-52.
Just a short epoch. On the relationship between theology and economy in the Freiburg memorandum group from 1941–1944. In: ZEE Volume 46, 2001, pp. 216–229.
Clinical Ethics Committees in the United States. In: Forum TTN Volume 7 (2002).
Burial of stillborn children. To the handout of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria for pastoral support in case of miscarriage, stillbirth and sudden infant death. In: Arbeitsstelle Gottesdienst, Volume 16, Gütersloh 01/2002, pp. 47–57.
A dead child also has a name. Consequences of bioethical statements for pastoral care in the event of miscarriage, stillbirth and sudden infant death. In: Practical Theology, Volume 37, 2002, pp. 185–187.
From the oath of loyalty to the oath of revelation: the staging of church weddings on film and television. In: Junge Kirche 63 (2002, issue 5), pp. 14-19.
Genetic engineering from the theological point of view. In: esg Gießen (Ed.), Ethics in Medicine (Giessen University Talks & University Sermons of the ESG), Gießen 2002, pp. 58–68.
Altarpiece 2000 - Art project of the Evangelical St. Lukas Church in Munich. Conversation with Prof. Gunther Wenz, Hanno Horstmann, Lutz van Raden and Traugott Roser and Achim Schmidt. In: epd documentation, edition 2003/2.
Taking into account the dignity of life. Community educational impulses of the new handout on health care proxy, care decree and living will. In: Messages from the Evang.-Luth. Church in Bavaria 1/2003, pp. 9–11.
How high can i fly Tom Tykwer's treatises on religion and love. In: H. Radeck (Ed.), Die Filmsprache Tom Tykwers, Hofgeismarer Protocols No. 331, 2003, pp. 7–32.
Live with dignity to the end. About the latest results of the 'Kutzer working group on the subject of living wills and terminal care. In: Messages from the Evang.-Luth. Church in Bavaria 7/2004, 211–213.
Are people with dementia empowered to make decisions? The contribution of theological anthropology to the discussion about the right of dementia patients to self-determination. In: Forum TTN 11 (May 2004), pp. 36–56.
Pastoral care as 'spiritual care' - presented in the field of palliative medicine . In: Practical Theology 4/2005, pp. 269–276.
with Claudia Sommerauer: Spiritual Care. With dying and deceased children, their families and those accompanying them. In: Monthly Pediatric Medicine , Volume 153, Issue 6 (June 2005), pp. 545–551.
The Return of the Holy Grail: Living Religion in Film. In: Lernort Gemeinde 23 (1/2005), pp. 41–45.
together with Eva Elhardt, Carola Riedner, Piret Paal, Eckhard Frick, evaluation of a further training course on spiritual anamnesis SPIR in clinic and practice in: Spiritual Care. Journal for Spirituality in the Health Professions , 2013, Issue 1, p.
Teaching attitude , in: Spiritual Care. Journal for Spirituality in the Health Professions , 2013, Issue 1, p.

Lexicon article

Article Schwarzhaupt, Elisabeth . In: RGG4 VII, 2004, 1054.
with Nikolaus Knoepffler: Articles Eating, Drinking, Starving, Fasting: Catholicism / Protestantism. In: M. Klöcker (Ed.), U. Tworuschka (Ed.), Ethics of World Religions. Ein Handbuch, Darmstadt 2005, pp. 99-103.
Article Health, Illness: Catholicism / Protestantism. In: in: M. Klöcker (Ed.), U. Tworuschka (Ed.), Ethics of World Religions. A handbook, Darmstadt 2005, pp. 137-140.

Editorships

Franz Böhm: Disempowerment through competition. (= Walter Eucken Archive - Second Enlightenment Series, Volume), Münster 2003.
Member of the editorial team of the Munich Palliative Care series (1st volume 2005, 2nd volume 2006, two volumes / year)

Sermons / sermon meditations

Contributions to the 9th Sunday after Trinity 2001/2002/2003, in E. Domay (Ed.), Reading sermons, Gütersloh 2003.
Remembering is not enough - Sermon on Joh 14.1-6 , in: PUK , Heft 6, 154th year, 2015, pp. 758-4760.

Interviews, radio and television programs, small magazine contributions

Three seasons of "Auf ein Wort" on the church radio of Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2003, 2004, 2005.
Numerous interviews for the church radio editors of Bayerischer Rundfunk on medico-ethical and palliative medicine topics.
Interview for a ZDF documentary on the “ Body Worlds ” exhibition at the Institute for Plastination (broadcast in autumn 2003).
Live worthily to the end? Guest column in: Bayernkurier No. 26 (June 24, 2004), 2.
Ugly ending. Terri Schiavo's death was determined by the dispute between relatives in: the church. Evangelical weekly newspaper 15/2005 (April 10, 2005), 2.
Interview in Chrismon 10/2005, 21: “The art of helping: How to deal with the relatives of the seriously ill” .
Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico (Annunciation) - November 4, 2010. For a word with Traugott Roser.
Shame on you! The hidden side of grief. In: Leidfaden , Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013, pp. 23–28.

Reviews

Review of W. Schürger (Ed.), Blessing of same-sex couples. Building blocks and experiences, Gütersloh 2002. In: Pastoraltheologie 92 year, 2003/4, pp. 199–200.
Review of A. Morgenstern, died without having lived. Mourning between guilt and shame, Stuttgart 2005. In: Pastoraltheologie, Volume 94, 2005, pp. 526-528.
Review of K. Fechtner, church from case to case. Casual practice in the present, Gütersloh 2003. In: Workplace Divine Service: Public Mourning 19 (2005/1), 75–77.

Lectures

“Oh God, Pastor!” Pastors in the film. 14.-16. July 2003 Evang. Arnoldshain Academy.
Ethics and organization in the hospital. 24./25. September 2003 Evang. Akademie Tutzing (co-organizer)
Congress "Aging and Dementia", 13.-14. November 2003 Nuremberg.
Annual Congress of the Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians (SALT), Atlanta (USA): Film & Religion, November 2003.
Conference “Ethics and Aging” - Congress of the Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University, Washington DC (USA): Lecture on Alzheimer's dementia, May 2004.
with Thomas Hagen: Can you research spirituality? IZP opening symposium November 20, 2004
Palliative Day Sterzing (Italy): Spiritual support in palliative medicine. October 2005.
Symposium for Pastoral Care and Pastoral Psychology of the Escola Superior de Teologia (EST), São Leopoldo (Brazil): Lecture on pastoral care in the context of death and dying. November 2005.
The changing self-image of pastoral care in the context of the hospital . Discussion impulse for the conference of Protestant hospital pastoral care in Munich, November 10, 2005.
Education in Prayer. Prayer as a theme of religious education capable of pluralism. Lecture as part of the habilitation process , Munich January 27, 2006.
with Maria Wasner : Thinking and teaching from multiple perspectives. The participation of pastoral care in the training of ethical competence at a university hospital - a field report. Munich 2007
Spirituality in Palliative Care. Lecture at the annual conference 2008 "With Fried and Freud I'll go there" of the KSA section of the DGfP , Hanover, November 5, 2008
From hospital pastoral care to spiritual care - the (re) denominationalization of spirituality? Lecture at the Palliative Care Symposium “Spirituality and Palliative Care” of the IfW and the efh Freiburg, November 28, 2008

Reviews of works by Traugott Roser (selection)

Christian Fleck, review of December 29, 2012 on: Eckhard Frick (Ed.), Traugott Roser (Ed.), Spirituality and Medicine. Common concern for the sick person. Kohlhammer Verlag (Stuttgart) 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-020574-1 , (= Münchner Reihe Palliative Care, Volume 4) , in: socialnet reviews, ISSN 2190-9245 , (online) .
Christian Fleck, review from June 29th, 2016 on: Thomas Hagen, Traugott Roser, Hermann Reigber, Bernadette Fittkau-Tönnesmann: Qualification course palliative care for pastoral workers. Curriculum and introduction. Kohlhammer Verlag (Stuttgart) 2010. ISBN 978-3-17-021705-8 , in: socialnet reviews, ISSN 2190-9245 , (online) .