PD Dr. Christine Schliesser
T +41 26 300 74 25
MIS 05 - Office 5221
Av. de l'Europe 20
CH-1700 Fribourg

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Focus of work
- Theology and Ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Public theology
- Ecumenical theology (e.g. confession)
- Conflict and reconciliation studies (e.g., memory and reconciliation in light of post-genocidal Rwanda)
- Religion and Sustainable Development
- Human Rights
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Doctrine
University of Gießen
SoSe 2021: Lectureships for the substitution of the professorship Systematic Theology/EthicsUniversity of Münster
SoSe 2020: Substitute professorship for systematic Theology/EthicsUniversity of Bonn
WS 2019/2020: Substitute professorship for systematic Theology -
Short bio
since August 2021 Research Associate and Director of Studies of the CAS "Basic Questions of Christian Existence" at the Center Faith & Society, University of Fribourg. January to June 2019 Resident Research Fellowship at the Research College "Religion and Violence", Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton, USA. Since May 2018 Private professor in systematic theology at the University of Zurich. Habilitation thesis: "On the role of theology in public discourse on ethics. An analysis using the examples of the German Ethics Council (DER) and the Swiss National Ethics Committees (ECNH and NEK). 2018-2019 Scientific Coordinator of the Interfaculty Research Cooperation (IFK) "Religious Conflicts and Coping Strategies", University of Bern. since 2018 Research Fellow at the Chair for Historical Trauma and Transformation, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 2015-2017 Post-doctoral Scholarship ("Forschungskredit"), University of Zurich. 2013-2014 Assistant at the Institute for Social Ethics, Ethics Center, University of Zurich 2009 Appointment to the board of studies 2006-2007 Traineeship 2007 2nd state examination for the teaching profession at secondary schools in Protestant Theology and English (University of Tübingen) 2005 Doctorate in Theology with the thesis 'Everyone who acts responsibly becomes guilty.' The concept of accepting guilt in Dietrich Bonhoeffer 2005 1st state examination for the teaching profession at Gymnasiums in Protestant Theology and English (University of Tübingen) -
Current research projects
- "Exploring the Potentials of Religious Actors for Conflict Transformation and Reconciliation. An Analysis of the Roles of Christian Churches in Post-Genocide Rwanda" (Resident Seminar "Religion and Violence", Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton, USA)
- "Religion Matters – On the Significance of Religion in Global Issues" https://www.routledge.com/On-the-Significance-of-Religion-in-Conflict-and-Conflict-Resolution-1st/Schliesser-Kadayifci-Orellana-Kollontai/p/book/9780367433925
- „Konsultationsprozess ‚Pluralität und Pluralismus in der evangelischen Friedensethik‘, FEST Heidelberg"
- „Historic Trauma, Memory and Reconciliation” (in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Chair for Historical Trauma and Transformation, University Stellenbosch, Southafrica).http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/arts/historical-trauma-transformation
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Offices, memberships and networks
- International Advisory Board of the International Journal of Religion https://ijor.tplondon.com/index.php/ijor
- Advisory Board of "Ethik der Gemeinschaft Evangelischer Kirchen in Europa" (GEKE)
https://www.kirchenbund.ch/de/europa/gemeinschaft-evangelischer-kirchen-europa-geke - Member of the Board of the International Bonhoeffer Society, German-speaking Section (http://www.dietrich-bonhoeffer.net/ibg/)
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Research Center for Public Theology, Kigali (Ruanda)
- Editor "Ethik der Konfessionen und Religionen" (with Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner) for the Handbuch der Religionen (www.handbuch-religionen.de)
- Research Fellow at the Chair for Historical Trauma and Transformation, University Stellenbosch, Southafrica.http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/arts/historical-trauma-transformation
- Publications