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Christian Boerger

Christian Boerger

Research Fellow

Praktische Theologie
Institutsgebäude
Beethovenstraße 25, Room 211
04107 Leipzig

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Abstract

Christian Boerger (Mag. Theol.) is a research and teaching assistant at the Institute for Practical Theology (Prof. Deeg) and a research associate in the project "Worship services & families".  In the context of his dissertation he is doing research on the current practise of Protestant Communion Services and was supported by a scholarship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst. He is editor of the series "JThF" at Aschendorff Publishing and, for instance, member of the Research Group Gender and Religion (AKGR) as part of the German Association for Religious Studies (DVRW).

Professional career

  • since 04/2024
    Leipzig University: Research and teaching assistant/research associate, Institute for Practical Theology (Prof. Dr. Alexander Deeg)
  • 07/2020 - 03/2024
    Leipzig University: Research Assistant, Institute for Practical Theology (Prof. Dr. Alexander Deeg)
  • 08/2018 - 04/2019
    Jerusalem School of Theology: Assistant at the Laurentius Klein Chair of Biblical and Ecumenical Theology

Education

  • since 10/2019
    Leipzig University: Doctoral student, Institute for Practical Theology (Prof. Dr. Alexander Deeg), Scholarship holder of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
  • 10/2013 - 03/2018
    Ruhr-University Bochum, Jerusalem School of Theology, University of Göttingen: Study of Protestant Theology (Degree: Magister Theologiae)
  • 10/2011 - 09/2013
    Ruhr-University Bochum: Study of English/American Studies and Protestant Theology

  • Ecumenical Liturgics, esp. Eucharistic liturgies
  • Methods of qualitative-empirical research 
  • gender studies and intersectionality

  • Dissertation project: Staged promise. The ritual form of 'promissio' in protestant Communion services
    Boerger, Christian
    Duration: 01/2020 – ongoing
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Praktische Theologie
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  • The Changing Faces of Lutheran Worship - Brazilian and German Perspectives
    Deeg, Alexander
    Duration: 09/2022 – 08/2023
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Praktische Theologie
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  • Worship services and families. Logics of participation in the liturgical life of the church
    Deeg, Alexander
    Duration: 02/2024 – 03/2025
    Funded by: Kirche
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Praktische Theologie
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more projects

  • Boerger, C.; Klenk, J.; Winkler, U. (Eds.)
    Von Peripherien und Zentren, Mächten und Gewalten. Jerusalemer Ansätze für eine postkoloniale Theologie
    Münster: Aschendorff Verlag. 2021.
    ISBN: 9783402110652
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  • Boerger, C.
    Subversionen der Deutungshoheit. Praktische Theologie intersektional
    Handbuch der Religionen. 2023. p. I-30.6.
    DOI: 10.5771/9783866175082-I-30.6
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  • Boerger, C.; Klenk, J. (Eds.)
    Ökonomie, Anökonomie, Heilsökonomie: Gottesrede im Spannungsfeld von Tausch und Gabe
    Münster: Aschendorff. 2023.
    ISBN: 9783402110775
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  • Boerger, C.; Schulz-Mews, P.
    Kirchenmusik – Musik in der Kirche. Tagungsbericht zur Expert:innentagung der Forschungsstelle Kirchliche Praxis in der DDR
    Pastoraltheologie. 2023. 112 (10). pp. 484–491.
    DOI: 10.13109/path.2023.112.10.484
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  • Boerger, C.
    Olhando para a frente: The Changing Faces of Lutheran Worship e os achados empíricos
    Estudos Teológicos. 2024. 63 (2). pp. 149–150.
    DOI: 10.22351/et.v63i2.2913
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more publications

  • Andere Stipendien/Forschungspreise: Promotionsstipendium
    Boerger, Christian (Praktische Theologie)
    awarded in 2020 by Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst.
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more awards

  • Praktisch-theologisches Fach- und Nachwuchsforum
    Netzwerktagung 8
    Praktische Theologie
    Event Organiser: Boerger, Christian; Mélix, Anika; Stütz, Kira; März, Elisabeth; Wiedemann, Sonja
    01/09/2022 – 03/09/2022
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  • Virtuelle Konferenz
    The Changing Faces of Lutheran Worship - Brazilian and German Perspectives
    Praktische Theologie
    Event Organiser: Boerger, Christian; Deeg, Alexander
    18/11/2021 – 19/11/2021
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more events

  • Introductory seminar: Practical Theology

    2 semester hours, basic module Practical Theology/Religious Education

  • Revision course: Practical theology

    2 semester hours, Examination and integration module Practical Theology

Research fields

Theology, Church, Religion

Specializations

  • Church services and preaching (especially Lutheran)

  • Liturgical year and Christian celebrations

  • Ecumenism (especially western churches/Europe)

  • Empirical research of religion (mainly qualitative: videography, participatory observation, interviews...)

  • Gender studies and intersectional theology

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