Ulrich Riegel

Ulrich Riegel (* 1966 in Ochsenfurt ) is a German Catholic theologian . Riegel has been Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education at the University of Siegen since December 2008 .

Life

Riegel studied Catholic theology as well as mathematics and Catholic theology for teaching at grammar schools at the Julius Maximilian University in Würzburg and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome . After successfully completing this, he completed a legal clerkship at the Wirsberg-Gymnasium in Würzburg and at the Theresien-Gymnasium in Ansbach .

From 1998 to 2000 he received a scholarship in the graduate school “Gender Difference in Religious Symbol Systems” at the Würzburg University. In 2003 , Riegel received his doctorate from the Department of Religious Education at the University of Würzburg with a dissertation on God and Gender. An empirical religious pedagogical investigation into gender concepts in concepts of God for a doctorate in theology .

Until 2008 he was a research assistant and academic advisor at the chair for religious education at the University of Würzburg. In December 2008 he took over a professorship for practical theology and religious education at the University of Siegen. From April 2010 to May 2014 he was chairman of the Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research at Siegen University.

Riegel is a member of the Working Group on Catholic Religious Education and Catechetics , and since January 2017 its spokesman for the Didactics Section, as well as the International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT) and the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). He is the author and editor of numerous specialist publications.

Publications (selection)

author

• God and Gender. An empirical-religious-educational investigation into gender concepts in concepts of God. ( Dissertation ), Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 978-3-8258-7559-6 .
• Last collateral. An empirical study of young people's views of the world. (with Hans-Georg Ziebertz ), Kaiser, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-05741-5 .
• Plan religious education. A didactic-methodical guide for planning a lesson. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-023160-3 .
• When we could walk barefoot on the ground of God. An empirical pilot study on physical learning in religious education in primary schools. (with Michael Fricke), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-70200-0 .
• How to teach religion in the future? Concerning the denomination of religious education for the day after tomorrow. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-17-034463-1 .

editor

• How Teachers in Europe Teach Religion. An International Empirical Study in 16 Countries. Lit, Münster 2009, ISBN 978-3-643-10043-6 .
• The humanist as a reformer. About the life, work and impact of Philipp Melanchthon. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-374-02887-0 .
• I would like that too if he would help me. Construction site of God in childhood and adolescence. Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-7668-4194-0 .
• Everyday history in religious education. Church history studies and religious didactic perspectives. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-17-027104-3 .
• Religious experience and experiencing religion in religious education. Waxmann, Münster / New York 2018, ISBN 978-3-8309-3795-1 .

Web links

• Works by and about Ulrich Riegel  in the German Digital Library
• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Riegel. University of Siegen , January 30, 2019. 
• Writings by Ulrich Riegel. In: Index theologicus .