Publications

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Monographs

Loving God passionately. Analyses at the intersection of theology and cultural studies, Freiburg/Br. 2025.
Mary in history and the present. Liberating Perspectives on the Mother of Jesus, together with Peter Walter, ed. by Michael Hauber, Freiburg/Br. 2022 (together with Peter Walter†).
Diversity and the question of justice. Pastoral Theology Course, edited by Theologie im Fernkurs, Würzburg 2022 (together with Annegret Reese-Schnitker).
Invented in truth. Dichtung als Ort theologischer Erkenntnis (ratio fidei 30), Regensburg 2006.

Editorships

Sacred spaces. Understandings between theology and cultural studies, together with Ilse Müllner / Annegret Reese-Schnitker, Stuttgart 2024.
People - Faith - God. Zur philosophischen Theologie Saskia Wendels, together with Martin Breul and Julian Tappen, Freiburg/Br. 2024.
Sacred Texts. Verständigungen zwischen Theologie und Kulturwissenschaft, together with Ilse Müllner / Annegret Reese-Schnitker, Stuttgart 2023.

Journal articles / book contributions

Traces of desire in the text. On the poeticity of the theological: Ephata 7 (1/2025) 11-36. https://doi.org/10.34632/ephata.2025.17855
Going to Mary. On the enduring significance of Marian pilgrimage sites: Herder Korrespondenz Spezial (10/2025) 42-45.
Translucent? On the sacramentality of the world in times of ecological crisis: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio 54 (2025) 466-477.
Love: Heiko Schulz/Knut Wenzel/Christian Wiese (eds.), Handbuch der Religionsphilosophie. History - Concepts - Controversies, Berlin 2025, 441-456.
What you can see from here. Perspectives between theology and literature: Isabella Guanzini/Hans-Walter Ruckenbauer/Isabella Bruckner (eds.), Kunst trifft Theologie. Begegnungen in der Fremde (Theologie im kulturellen Dialog 43), Innsbruck 2025, 170-195.
Sacred spaces - an introduction, together with Ilse Müllner and Annegret Reese-Schnitker: Mirja Kutzer/Ilse Müllner/Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.), Heilige Räume. Understandings between Theology and Cultural Studies, Stuttgart 2024, 9-18.
The never-ending story. Fictional narration as communication about the "how" of redemption: Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift 75 (2024) 401-412.
Trauma, poetry and prayer - poetic work on the image of God: Theologie der Gegenwart (1/2024) 2-16.
Living allegory. The Song of Songs in Christian mysticism: Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie (JBTH) 38 (2023) 373-397.
Liberating new beginnings. Mary in the history of theology and the church: Herder Korrespondenz 77 (10/2023) 27-30.
Speaking of God in the language of love. Theological-literary border crossings: Jürgen Boomgaarden/Martin Leiner/Bertram Schmitz (eds.), Konfigurationen der Liebe. Concepts of Love in Religion, Philosophy and Literature, Leipzig 2023, 157-177.
On the culturality of the theological or What does it mean and to what end does one study the history of theology? Limina. Grazer theologische Perspektiven 6:1 (2023) 66-91.
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"If you do not become like children..." Learning the art of living from Jesus: Journal for Integrative Gestalt Pedagogy and Pastoral Care (IIGS) Vol. 28, No. 108-23, 5-6.
TextBody. Sacred texts as spaces of subjective experience: Mirja Kutzer / Ilse Müllner / Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.), Heilige Texte. Understandings between Theology and Cultural Studies, Stuttgart 2023, 179-199.
Heilige Texte - eine Hinführung, together with Ilse Müllner: Mirja Kutzer / Ilse Müllner / Annegret Reese-Schnitker (eds.), Heilige Texte. Understandings between Theology and Cultural Studies, Stuttgart 2023, 9-34.
Believing God without faith. Treatments of emptiness in Simone Weil: Internationale katholische Zeitschrift Communio 51 (2022) 672-682.
Eroticism of the love of God. Mechthild of Magdeburg's "The Flowing Light of the Godhead": CGL unterwegs. Journal of the Community of Christian Life 54 (2022), No. 1: Faith. Love. Desire, 20-21.
Building the good in the big city. Inhabiting the confines of the home and the spaces of the world: Anthropotes 37 (2021) 335-347.
Dancing over the abyss. Impulses of Christian mysticism: Herder Korrespondenz Special "Pious and free? Spirituality today" (October 2021), 35-37.
Sacramental bodies. From the Christian contribution to a Christian theoria of culture: Lukas Kaelin / Andreas Telser / Ilaria Hoppe (eds.), Bubbles & Bodies. New Public Spheres between Social Media and Street Protests. Interdisciplinary explorations, Bielefeld 2021,123-150.
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Why Christmas should be invented ... or the theological value of fictional storytelling, in: reli+plus. Religionspädagogische Zeitschrift für Praxis & Forschung 11-12/2020, 4-7.
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Fictionality and theology: Lut Missinne / Ralf Schneider / Beatrix van Dam (eds.), Grundthemen der Literaturwissenschaft: Fiktionalität, Berlin (DeGruyter) 2020, 380-408.

Marica Bodrožić: "With my head". Condensations: Communio 49 (2020) 109-111.

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Gratia plena. On the ambivalences of an inescapable relationship: Zeitschrift für Gestalttherapie und Seelsorge 24 (2019), No. 95: Geschenktes Leben - erfüllt von Dankbarkeit, 115-117.
On the (powerless) power of love. Political implications of an emotion: Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel / Rita Perintfalvi / Hans Schelkshorn (eds.), Macht und Machtkritik. Contributions from a feminist-theological and liberation-theological perspective (Concordia. Series Monographs 70), Aachen 2018, 205-217.
With different eyes. On the contribution of Christianity to religious tolerance: Annegret Reese-Schnitker / Daniel Bertram / Marcel Franzmann (eds.), Migration, Flucht und Vertreibung. Theological analysis and religious education practice (Religionspädagogik innovativ 23), Stuttgart 2018, 51-65.
"That was love. Waiting for love". Theology of relationship in Arnold Stadler's "Komm gehen wir" and "Salvatore": Jan-Heiner Tück / Andreas Bieringer (eds.), "Auch der Unglaube ist nur ein Glaube". Arnold Stadler at the intersection of theology and literary studies, Freiburg/Br. u.a. 2017, 169-190.
The pleasure of the sacred text. Textual practices and subject positions in Hugo von St. Viktor and Bernhard von Clairvaux: Ilse Müllner/Paul-Gerhard Klumbies (eds.), Bibel und Kultur. The Book of Books in Literature, Music and Film, Leipzig 2016, 79-99.
When the WORD becomes sociable. Kurt Marti's theology of poetic form: Pierre Bühler / Andreas Mauz (eds.), Grenzverkehr. Contributions to the work of Kurt Marti, Göttingen 2016, 70-89.
Consecrated to the body of Christ. Gender-theoretical implications of transcendental openness: Saskia Wendel / Aurica Nutt (eds.), Reading the Body of Christ. Eine geschlechtertheologische Relecture, Paderborn 2016, 193-205.
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Love of God - love of man. On the connection between theology and anthropology: ThPQ 163(4/2015), 368-378.
It could have been like this. On language and death in Anna Mitgutsch's Wenn du wiederkommst: Alfred Bodenheimer / Jan-Heiner Tück (eds.), Klagen, Bitten, Loben - Formen religiöser Rede in der Gegenwartsliteratur, Ostfildern 2014, 66-87.
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Love in life and death. Fragile relationship worlds in Peter Handke's work: Andreas Bieringer / Jan-Heiner Tück (eds.), Verwandeln allein durch Erzählen. Peter Handke im Spannungsfeld von Theologie und Literaturwissenschaft, Freiburg/Br. u.a. 2014, 115-135.
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"I and I": Knut Wenzel (ed.), Code of the Road. Dylan interpreted, Stuttgart 2013, 198-216.
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Liberation of creation? The search for a "new cosmology" in response to the ecological crisis: Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel et al. (eds.), Götzendämmerung? The crisis of civilization and its victims. Documentation of the 2nd International Workshop "Theology of Liberation from a European Perspective" (Concordia. Series Monographs 56), Aachen 2013, 89-105.
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On the unavoidable physicality of the images of God: Impulse für die Pastoral 4/2013, 26-30.
Hildegard as a projection surface. Approaches to a medieval visionary: HK 66 (6/2012)294-298.
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"Redemption has not taken place...". Skepticism and longing in contemporary literature: geist.voll 3/2011, 8-11.
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Amor ordinatus. Negotiations on the value of the world as world: Knut Wenzel et al. (eds.), Glaube und Skepsis. Contributions to Heinz Robert Schlette's Philosophy of Religion, Ostfildern 2011, 346-357.
Hunger for love. Theological reflections on a secular promise of salvation: Knut Wenzel (ed.), Lebens-Lüste. Von der Ambivalenz der menschlichen Lebensenergie, Ostfildern 2010, 68-97.
The dogmatic reception of the theology of liberation. Desiderata and future perspectives: Gunter Prüller-Jagenteufel et al. (eds.), Theologie der Befreiung im Wandel. Revisionen - Ansätze - Zukunftsperspektiven (Concordia. Reihe Monographien 51), Aachen 2010, 184-194.
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Between language criticism and world design. Poetic texts and their theological potential: MThZ 67(2009)327-337.
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Justified by hope. On Bernhard Schlink's "The Reader": Communio 38(2009)399-411.
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Truth in diversity: Young Church. Fachzeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpastoral, July 5, 2009, 6-7.
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Can one offend God?: geist.voll 4/2009, 22-23.
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Dogmatic theology - an attempt to determine the current situation, together with Josef Weismayer / Hartwig Bischof / Hubert Weber: Johann Reikerstorfer / Martin Jäggle (eds.), Vorwärtserinnerungen. 625 Jahre Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät der Universität Wien, Göttingen 2009, 277-290.
Changes in the late modern culture of relationships. Literary observations in Botho Strauß: Communio 36(2007)371-381.
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The counter-world of the invented. Fictional texts as a medium of biblical promise: Protokolle zur Bibel 15(1/2006)25-46.
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Incarnation - thinking from God or from man: The apple. Newsletter of the Austrian Women's Forum Feminist Theology No.71/2006, 4-7.
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"In toil you shall bring forth children". Birth in the biblical-Christian tradition: Gabriele Dorffner / Sonia Horn (eds.), Aller Anfang. Geburt - Birth - Naissance (Vienna Conversations on the Social History of Medicine), Vienna 2004, 17-32.

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When experience becomes language. Blurring the boundaries between mysticism and poetry: Quart. Journal of the Forum Kunst-Wissenschaft-Medien 2/2003, 14-17.
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Encyclopedia article

Art. Man / Woman: Bertram Stubenrauch / Andrej Lurgos (eds.), Handwörterbuch zur Theologischen Anthropologie. Roman Catholic - Russian Orthodox. A comparison, Freiburg et al. 2012, 74-83.
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Art. Adam / Eve: Bertram Stubenrauch / Andrej Lurgos (eds.), Handwörterbuch zur Theologischen Anthropologie. Roman Catholic - Russian Orthodox. A comparison, Freiburg et al. 2012, 114-118.
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Art. Feeling: Bertram Stubenrauch / Andrej Lurgos (eds.), Handwörterbuch zur Theologischen Anthropologie. Roman Catholic - Russian Orthodox. A comparison, Freiburg et al. 2012, 291-295.
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Art. Power: Bertram Stubenrauch / Andrej Lurgos (eds.), Handwörterbuch zur Theologischen Anthropologie. Roman Catholic - Russian Orthodox. A comparison, Freiburg et al. 2012, 434-438.
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Reviews

Review: Jean-Luc Marion, God without being:ThRv 112(2016/2) Sp.149-150.
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Review: "On the road in the name of the Lord" - Thomas Glavinic's road story to Our Lady of Medjugorje: Communio 42(2013)111-112.

Review: Edmund Arens (ed.), Thinking Time. Eschatology in interdisciplinary discourse: ThRv 106(2010/6) Sp.483-485.
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Review: Marlene Crüsemann / Carsten Jochum-Bortfeld (eds.), Christus und seine Geschwister. Christologie im Umfeld der Bibel in gerechter Sprache: Lisa Isherwood et al. (eds.), Wrestling with God (Jahrbuch der Europäischen Gesellschaft für theologische Forschung von Frauen 18), Leuven 2010, 260-263.
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Review: Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel / Renate Kirchhoff (eds.), Christologie im Lebensbezug: Hanna Stenström et al. (eds.), Scandinavische Kritik angloamerikanischer feministischer Theologie (Jahrbuch der Europäischen Gesellschaft für theologische Forschung von Frauen 15), Leuven 2007, 273-275.
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Review: Bernhard Fresacher, Communication. Verheißungen und Grenzen eines theologischen Leitbegriffs: TThZ 117(2008)171-173.

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Review: Matthias Fritsch / Thomas Schärtl / Christian Lindwedel, Wo nie zuvor ein Mensch gewesen ist: Catechetische Blätter 128(2003)306.

Review:Ecumenism as a touchstone in the 3rd millennium. Review of Silvia Hell (ed.), Die Glaubwürdigkeit christlicher Kirchen (Innsbruck/Vienna 2000): Bibel und Liturgie 75(1/2002)70.

Radio essays, interviews, etc.

Radio essay on John 6:51-58, broadcast on 08.06.2023, Program: Radio Österreich1, Series "Art of Living"
Revolutionary Mother Mary. Interview with Betrix Gramlich: kontintente. The missio magazine (May/June 2023), 32f.
Radio essay on 1 Cor 12:3b-7.12-13, broadcast on 28.05.2023, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"
Radio essay on John 14:15-21, broadcast on 14.05.2023, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"
"Mary was revolutionary in her time". Interview with Johanna Beck: Christ in der Gegenwart 74 (50/2022) 3f.
Questionnaire "Theology for the present": Christ in der Gegenwart 74 (40/2022) 16.
Radio essay on Isa 35:1-6b, broadcast on 11.12.2022, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"
Radio essay on 2 Sam 2:5,1-3, broadcast on 20.11.2022, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"
Radio essay on Acts 1:1-11, broadcast on 26.05.2022, Program: Radio Austria 1, Series "Art of Living"
Radio essay on John 20:19-31, broadcast on 24.04.2022, Program: Radio Austria 1, Series "Art of Living"
Radio essay on Jos 5:9-12, broadcast on 27.03.2022, Program: Radio Austria 1, Series "Art of Living"
Physicality - passion - integrity. Lenten sermon from March 13, 2022, Sankt Familia Kassel.
Radio essay Acts 6,8-10,7; 54-60, broadcast on 26.12.2021, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"
Radio essay Mi 5:1-4a, broadcast on 19.12.2021, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"

Radio essay Rev 11,19-12,1-6, broadcast on 15.08.2021, program: Radio Austria 1, series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on Luke 24:13-35, broadcast on 05.04.2021, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on Gen 9:8-15, broadcast on 21.02.2021, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on Luke 1:26-38, broadcast on 08.12.2020, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on Sir 27:30-28:7, broadcast on 13.09.2020, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on Mt 13,1-13, broadcast on 12.07.2020, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on John 21:1-14, broadcast on 26.04.2020, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"


Radio essay on Gen 12:1-4a, broadcast on 08.03.2020, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"

Radio essay on Mt 2,13-15.19-23, broadcast on 29.12.2019, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Art of Living"

Radio essay on Luke 10:25-37, broadcast on 14.07.2019, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Art of living"

Radio essay on Rom 8:14-17, broadcast on 10.06.2019, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Art of living"

Radio essay on 1 Cor 15:12.15-20, broadcast on 17.02.2019, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Art of Living"

Reading as nourishment. Physical approaches to scripture, event series "Dives" of the Catholic Academy Berlin. Recorded on April 4, 2019 at the Club of Polish Failures

Radio essay on Wis 6:12-16, broadcast on 12.11.2017, program: Radio Austria 1 / series "Art of Living"

Radio essay on Ex 22:20-26, broadcast on 29.10.2017, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Art of Living"

Radio essay on 1 Cor 15:20-27, broadcast on 15.08.2017, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Erüllte Zeit"

Radio essay on Acts 6:1-7, broadcast on 14.05.2017, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Erüllte Zeit"

"Uncertain times - just don't panic". Television discussion with Jürgen Manemann, Kenan Güngör and Martin Seel, hosted by Michael Hofer, broadcast on 25.10.2016, program: ORF 2 / series "Kreuz & quer"

Radio essay on Luke 16:19-31 (Of the rich and poor Lazarus), broadcast on 25.09.2016, program: Radio Österreich 1 / series "Thoughts for the day"

Radio essay on Luke 10:38-42 (Mary and Martha), broadcast on 17.07.2016, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Thoughts for the day"

In the view of the camera. On the 90th birthday of Marilyn Monroe, broadcast from 30.5-4.6.2016, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series: "Thoughts for the day"

Christian concepts of the afterlife following John 20:1-9, broadcast on Easter Sunday, 27.03.2016, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Fulfilled Time"

Radio essay on John 13:31-35 (The new commandment), broadcast on 24.04.2016, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Fulfilled Time"

Radio essay on Lk 24:13-35 (Walk to Emmaus), broadcast on 28.03.2016, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Fulfilled Time"

Radio essay on Luke 1:1-4 (Prologue), broadcast on 24.01.2016, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Fulfilled Time"

"If partridge, then partridge - if fasting then fasting". On the 500th birthday of Teresa of Avila, broadcast from 23-28.3.2015, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Thoughts for the day"

"My soul praises the greatness of the Lord" - Radio essay on Luke 1:39-56, broadcast on 15.08.2014, Program: Radio Austria 1 / Series "Fulfilled Time"

Erlesen Reisen, broadcast from 21-26.07.2014, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series "Thoughts for the day"

November-Liebe, broadcast from 11-16.11.2013, program: Radio Österreich 1 / series "Gedanken für den Tag"; partial reprint in : Zeitschrift für Integrative Gestaltpädagogik und Seelsorge 18 (71/2013) 112f.

The carnal and the divine in love: science@orf.at, published online on 20.12.2012.

"The end of the world - an opportunity". Television discussion with Thomas Grüter and Ulrich H.J. Körtner, hosted by Michael Hofer, broadcast on 18.12.2012, program: ORF 2 / series "Kreuz & quer"; Wh.: 19.12./ 20.12.2012, program: ORF 3

Interview on the topic "Pious, ascetic, progressive. Hildegard von Bingen becomes a Doctor of the Church", broadcast on 5.10.2012, program: Deutschlandradio Kultur / series "Radiofeuilleton: Thema".

Interview on the topic "The woman who never kept quiet. Hildegard von Bingen becomes a Doctor of the Church". Feature by Petra Pfeiffer, broadcast on 30.09.2012, program: SWR 2 / "Glauben" series

Interview on the topic "'Know thyself' through storytelling - in search of clues with writers, philosophers and psychotherapists". Feature by Johannes Kaup, broadcast on 11. 07.2012, Program: Radio Österreich 1 / Series: Salzburger Nachtstudio.

Interview on the topic "Veil, sari, off-the-shoulder. The cultural dimension of nakedness". Feature by Angelika Calmez, broadcast on 08.07.2012, Saarländischer Rundfunk / series: Orientierung; on 28.08.2011, program: SWR 2 / series: Glauben; on 14.08.2011, Kulturradio RBB / series: Gott und die Welt.

Interview on the topic "Intelligence. Vom Glück, schlau zu sein", broadcast on 16.03.2010, Program: DRadio Research.

Interview on the subject of "Scientific language" by Lothar Bodingbauer, broadcast on Thursday, 16.10.2008, program: Radio Österreich 1/series: Dimensions.

Variety and diversity - in dogmatic theology. A contribution to diversity management at the University of Vienna. www.univie.ac.at/diversity/php/entf_katholtheol.html

Redeeming literature. The added value of parables: A plea to read the Bible literarily: Die Furche No.43 / October 27, 2005, 12.