Markus Höfner Curriculum Vitae

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1 Curriculum Vitae Markus Höfner, Ruhr-University Bochum I. Contact Dr. Markus Höfner Ruhr-University Bochum / Faculty of Protestant Theology Department of Systematic Theology Universitätsstraße 150 / Building GA 8 / Bochum, Germany Markus.Hoefner@rub.de T F Private Address: Querenburger Straße Bochum, Germany T II. Employment 2005-present Research Associate, Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Protestant Theology, Department of Systematic Theology (Prof. Günter Thomas) Research Associate, Heidelberg University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Systematic Theology (Prof. Michael Welker) II. Education 2009 Dr. theol., Heidelberg University, Faculty of Theology (Superviser: Prof. Michael Welker; summa cum laude; Dissertation: Sinn, Symbol, Religion. Theorie des Zeichens und Phänomenologie der Religion bei Ernst Cassirer und Martin Heidegger, Tübingen: Mohr (Siebeck), 2008) 1

2 Qualification in Academic Teaching (courses, seminars, peer group meetings) in the Internal Qualification Program of Ruhr-University Bochum 2001 M.A. Philosophy, Heidelberg University, Department of Philosophy (Superviser: Prof. Reiner Wiehl; Thesis: Mythos und Ich. Das Werden von Autonomie bei Martin Heidegger und Ernst Cassirer) 2000 Diploma in Protestant Theology, Heidelberg University, Faculty of Theology (Superviser: Prof. Michael Welker; Thesis: George A. Lindbecks The Nature of Doctrine und die Symboltheorie Susanne K. Langers) Studies in Theology and Philosophy in universities in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Heidelberg Theological Study Programme, Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem (9 months, scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)) 1991 Abitur (Final School Examination) in Gießen, Hessen III. Scholarship III.1 Research Interests! Ecclesiology! Political Theology! Philosophy of Religion! Theology of Prayer! Anthropology III.2. Current Research Projects! Particular Church. Theological Strategies in Reflecting the Societal Particularity of the Church (esp. in Troeltsch, Barth and Bonhoeffer) (Habilitation, second book project)! Theo-Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts (international and interdisciplinary research project with scholars from theology, sociology and political sciences; Grant by the Volkswagen Foundation, )! Church and World : Inner-Theological Reconstructions in the Relationship Between Religion, Politics and Society in Germany, Taiwan and South Africa (international and interdisciplinary research project with scholars from theology, religious studies, sociology, political sciences and philosophy; in collaboration with Prof. Günter Thomas and Prof. Ute Gause, Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Protestant 2

3 Theology, and Prof. Johannes Eurich, Heidelberg University, Institute of Diaconical Studies; Application submitted to the German Research Association (DFG) February 2014 III.3. Selected Presentations, Lectures, etc Karl Barth and Political Ecclesiology Today: A German Perspective, paper for the project Theo-Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts in Bochum, Germany 2012 Response to Drucilla Cornell, Kenneth Michael Panfilio: Symbolic Forms for a New Humanity. Cultural and Racial Reconfigurations of Critical Theory, New York 2010, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA 2012 Geist und Gemeinde. Überlegungen zu Hegel und Schleiermacher, paper for the conference Gottes Geist und menschlicher Geist in Heidelberg, Germany 2012 Ist ewiges Leben inhuman? Augustinische Tradition und gegenwärtige Religionsphilosophie, paper for the conference Ende oder Umbau einer Erlösungsreligion? Verschiebungen in der Vorstellung eines nicht nur endlichen, sondern ewigen Lebens in Bochum, Germany 2011 Back to the Future? Heidegger and Paul s Eschatology, guest lecture, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, and Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, USA 2011 Examining Religion in its factuality : Heidegger, Paul and the Project of a Phenomenology of Religion, guest lecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA 2011 Zurück in die Zukunft? Heideggers frühe Auseinandersetzung mit der paulinischen Eschatologie, guest lecture, Heidelberg University, Germany 2010 Reading Heidegger Reading Paul. Early Heidegger s philosophical analysis of Pauline letters, guest lecture, Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Union Theological Seminary and Fordham University, New York, USA 2010 Is God a Person?, guest lecture, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, USA 2010 What happens when we pray? Reformed Perspectives, guest lecture, Taiwan Theological College, Taipei, Taiwan, and Hongkong Baptist University, Hongkong, China 3

4 2010 Religion(s) in a Post-Secular Society. Reflections on Jürgen Habermas and Ernst Cassirer, paper for the 18 th conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion in Oxford, England 2010 Is Death Life s ownmost possibility? Some Remarks on Heidegger s concept of death and human finitude, paper for the German-Nordic colloquium Love and Death, Dying and Empathy in Heidelberg, Germany 2009 The Presence of Christ. Reflections on Barth s Ecclesiology, paper for the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany 2009 The Praxis of Prayer. Reflections on Calvin and Schleiermacher, guest lecture, United Theological College, Bangalore, and Gurukul Lutheran Seminary and Research Institute, Chennai, India 2008 Religion, Witnessing and Autonomy, paper for the conference Witnessing: Cultural Roots, Media Forms and Cultural Memory, Villa Vigoni, Loveno di Menaggio, Italy 2008 Gute Rede - gutes Leben. Zum Verhältnis von Rhetorik und Ethik des guten Lebens bei M. Heidegger und H. Blumenberg, paper for the colloqium Distanz zur Natur. Die Phänomenologische Anthropologie von Hans Blumenberg, in Zurich, Switzerland 2008 Mitten im Dorf. Kritische Überlegungen zum weltlichen Ort der Kirche nach Dietrich Bonhoeffer, paper for the 10 th International Bonhoeffer Congress in Prague, Czech Republic 2008 Endlichkeit und Alter. Probleme der Altersmedizin aus theologisch-ethischer Perspektive, paper for the conference Schlechte Endlichkeit heilsame Begrenzung? Die Endlichkeit menschlichen Lebens in philosophischer, theologischer und medizinethischer Perspektive in Bochum, Germany 2007 After our Likeness? Reflections on Miroslav Volf s Trinitarian Ecclesiology, paper for the 6 th Leuven Encounters for Systematic Theology (LEST) Believing in Community. Ecumenical Reflections on the Church in Leuven, Belgium IV. Academic Honors and Research Grants 2013 Research grant of the Volkswagen Foundation; Research project Theo-Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts (in cooperation with Prof. Paul D. Jones, University of Virginia, USA and Prof. Stephen Lakkis, Taiwan Theological Seminary, Taiwan; , ) 4

5 2012 Initial grant of the German Research Association (DFG) to establish an international cooperation with South Africa and Taiwan (preparation for the Research project Church and World : Inner-Theological Reconstructions in the Relationship Between Religion, Politics and Society in Germany, Taiwan and South Africa ; in collaboration with Prof. Günter Thomas, Prof. Ute Gause, Ruhr-University Bochum, Faculty of Protestant Theology, and Prof. Johannes Eurich, Heidelberg University, Institute of Diaconical Studies; Application for Research Grant submitted to the German Research Association (DFG) February 2014; ) 2012 Travel grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting ( November 2012, Chicago, USA) 2012 Research grant of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the conference Ende oder Umbau einer Erlösungsreligion? Verschiebungen in der Vorstellung eines nicht nur endlichen, sondern ewigen Lebens ( Juli 2012, Bochum; with Prof. Günter Thomas, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; ) 2010 Initial grant of the Ruhr-University Bochum (preparation for the research project Theo-Politics? Conversing with Barth in Western and Asian Contexts, 7687 ) 2010 Travel grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the 18 th European Conference of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion ( August 2010, Oxford, England) 2009 The John Templeton Award for Theological Promise (awarded for the dissertation; $10,000 prize money; $10,000 stipend for public lectures at academic institutions) 2008 Research grant of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the conference Schlechte Endlichkeit heilsame Begrenzung? Die Endlichkeit menschlichen Lebens in philosophischer, theologischer und medizinethischer Perspektive ( Juni 2008, Bochum; with Dr. Stephan Schaede, Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft [FEST], Heidelberg, and Prof. Günter Thomas, Ruhr-University Bochum; 8542 ) 2008 Travel grant of the German Research Association (DFG) for the 10 th International Bonhoeffer Congress ( Juli 2008, Prague, Czech Republic) 2002 Research grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the conference Weltsichten. Gegenwärtige Säkularisierungsphänomene in christlicher und islamischer Perspektive ( November 2002, Mainz, Germany; with Dr. 5

6 Hansjörg Schmid, Ingo Klitzsch, Tina Greitemann for the Forum Studienjahr Jerusalem e.v.; 1000 ) Stipend for doctoral studies, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Stipend of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the Theological Study Programme, Dormition Abbey, Jerusalem V. Membership in Academic Societies! Deutsche Gesellschaft für Religionsphilosophie! European Society for Philosophy of Religion! American Academy of Religion! Internationale Ernst-Cassirer-Gesellschaft! Gesellschaft für Evangelische Theologie 6