Congress Program

Sunday, 08/09/2024

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18:00 – 20:00	Conference Opening Auditorium of the Neue Universität Moderator: Prof. Dr. Jan Chr. Gertz (Heidelberg)
	Greetings Prof. Dr. Katja Patzel-Mattern, Vice-Rector Innovation and Transfer of Heidelberg University Bishop Prof. Dr. Heike Springhart Prof. Dr. Jan Stievermann, Dean of the Faculty of Theology Prof. Dr. Konrad Schmid, Chair of the Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Theologie
	Opening Address Prof. Dr. Hanna Reichel (Princeton) – From “What Can We Know?” to “What May We Hope for?”: Towards a Theological Hermeneutic of the Future
20:00 – 22:00	Reception of the Faculty of Theology and the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie in the Foyer of the Neue Universität

Monday Morning, 09/09/2024

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08:30 – 08:50	Morning Devotion at St. Peter's (Peterskirche) Dr. Elisabeth Maikranz (Heidelberg)
09:00 – 12:30	Main Presentations - The Planetary Dimension of the Future Moderator: Prof. Dr. Daniel Cyranka (Halle) Location: Auditorium of the Neue Universität 9:00 – 10:00 Prof. Dr. Mayra Rivera (Harvard) – The Time that Remains Discussion 10:00 – 11:00 Prof. Dr. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Göttingen) – From Artificial Intelligence to Zombie invasion: ‘Apocalyptic’ imaginaries of the future in late modern societies Discussion 11:00 – 11:30 Pause 11:30 – 12:30 Prof. Dr. Dipesh Chakrabarty (Chicago) – The Earth-System as a Matter of Spiritual Concern Discussion
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break

Monday Afternoon, 09/09/2024

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14:30 - 18:00	Section Presentations (Drop-down List) Location: Neue Universität Old Testament (HS 04) New Testament (HS 01) Church History (HS 06) Systematical Theology (HS 07) Practical Theology (HS 08) Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology (HS 09)
18:00 - 18:30	Business Meeting: Sections
19:00 - 21:00	Reception of the Regional Protestant Church in Baden and the Regional Protestant Church in the Pfalz in St. Peter (Peterskirche) Addresses by Church President Dorothee Wüst and University Pastor Dr. Christian König

Tuesday Morning, 10/09/2024

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08:30 – 08:50	Morning Devotion at St. Peter's (Peterskirche) Dr. Christian König (Heidelberg)
09:00 – 12:30	Main Presentations I – History of the Future Moderator: Prof. Dr. Christine Gerber (Berlin) Location: Auditorium of the Neue Universität 9:00 - 10:00 Prof. Dr. Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham) – The Materiality(/-ies) of the Land: Perspectives of “Grounded” Life in the Old Testament and Early Judaism [Die Materialität(en) des Landes: Perspektiven des geerdeten Lebens im Alten Testament und Frühen Judentum] Discussion 10:00-11:00 Prof. Dr. Gudrun Guttenberger (Ludwigsburg) – Last Generation: The Gospel of Mark and its Chronotope [Last Generation: Das Markusevangelium und sein Chronotop] Discussion 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-12:30 Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies (Berlin) – “The Announcement of Time”: Opportunities and Problems with the Theological Attempt to Keep Time for Society [„Zeitansage“: Chancen und Probleme theologischer Versuche, der Gesellschaft den Takt zu geben] Discussion
12:30 – 14:30	Lunch Break

Tuesday Afternoon, 10/09/2024

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14:30 – 16:00	Main Presentations II – The Theologies in the University of the Future Moderator: Prof. Dr. Konrad Schmid (Zürich) Location: Auditorium of the Neue Universität 14:30 – 15:00 Prof. Dr. Rabb. Birgit Klein (Heidelberg) – “Tikkun olam [Repairing the World]”: Aspects of a Jewish Theology of the Future in the Future [„Tikkun olam [Reparatur der Welt]“: Aspekte einer Jüdischen Theologie der Zukunft in der Zukunft] 15:00 – 15:30 Prof. Dr. Mohammad Gharaibeh (Berlin) – Text, Congregation, and Society: Islamic Theology from the Perspective of Intellectual History [Text, Gemeinde und Gesellschaft: Islamische Theologie aus ideengeschichtlicher Perspektive] 15:30 – 16:00 Discussion
16:00 – 16:30	Pause
16:30 – 17:30	Joint-Ventures (Drop-down List) Location: Neue Universität Old Testament/Practical Theology (HS 07) New Testament/Systematic Theology (HS 08) Church History/Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology (HS 09)
17:30 – 18:30	Business Meeting of the WGTh; Voting (Auditorium of the Neue Universität)
19:00 – 21:00	Reception of the City of Heidelberg Address by Mayor Martina Pfister (Head of Department for Culture, Citizen Service and Creative Industries)

Wednesday Morning, 11/09/2024

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08:30 – 08:50

Morning Service at St. Peter’s (Peterskirche)
Dr. Katrin König (Heidelberg)

09:00 – 12:30

Main Presentations – Future Challenges of Theology: Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel (Heidelberg)

Location: Auditorium of Neue Universität

9.00 – 10:00 Prof. Dr. Saskia Wendel (Tübingen) – Caught between Instrumentalized Religiosity and Religious Indifference: Which Theology Has a Future?
[Eingespannt zwischen instrumentalisierter Religiosität und religiöser Indifferenz: Welche Theologie hat Zukunft?]
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10.00 – 11:00 Prof. Dr. Kristin Merle (Hamburg) – “What is this knowledge for?”: Knowledge Practices and the Relevance of Theology in Society
[„What is this knowledge for?“ Wissenspraktiken und Gesellschaftsrelevanz von Theologie]
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11.00 – 11.30 Pause

11.30 – 12.30 Prof. Dr. Thorsten Moos (Heidelberg) – The Future of Hope: Transhumanism and Religious Rationality
[Die Zukunft des Hoffens: Transhumanismus und religiöse Rationalität]
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12:30 Conclusion of the XVIIIth European Congress for Theology

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