Annual theme

"Gender justice"
From the winter semester 2023/24 to the summer semester 2025, the Institute of Catholic Theology dealt with the interdisciplinary annual topic of "Gender justice". The aim was to train future religious education teachers in a power-critical, gender-sensitive and theologically competent manner and thus to strengthen awareness of and perspectives on gender and diversity in teacher training courses in theology. In order to achieve this, the annual theme was supported by various events.

Thematic focus of courses in the summer semester 2025 on the annual theme:
KTh.005: Schreckenstexte. Biblical didactic approaches to Old Testament narratives of sexualized violence. (Dr. Nele Spiering-Schomborg)
KTh.010: Mariology (Prof. Dr. Mirja Kutzer)
KTh.015: Gender justice in the face of the climate crisis - intersectional and ecofeminist approaches (Mirijam Salfinger)
KTh.021: One Bible - different approaches and ways of reading: Power and gender in the books of Samuel (Nathalie Rull)

Thematic focus of courses in the winter semester winter semester 2024/25 on the annual topic:
KTh.002: Anthropological fundamental questions on gender justice. Religious education reflections and concretions (Prof. Dr. Annegret Reese-Schnitker)
KTh.003: Developing language skills when talking about sexuality and sexualized violence in (religious) education. Ein Lehr-Lern-Projekt (Prof. Dr. Annegret Reese-Schnitker)
KTh.005: Queere Theologie im Religionsunterricht (Tina Krasenbrink)
KTh.006: Religionsunterricht planen und gestalten (mit Blick auf Geschlechtergerechtigkeit) (Helena Fernys-Adamietz)
KTh.012: Theologische Anthropologie - geschlechtergerecht? Systematic theological and religious education perspectives (Prof. Dr. Mirja Kutzer)
KTh.013: Gender-sensitive teaching of God (Prof. Dr. Mirja Kutzer)

Further events:

• Implementation of a religious education and theology study day in the winter semester
• Implementation of a study day for pupils in cooperation with the subject leaders of the study seminar in the summer semester

In addition, empirical research was carried out to accompany the courses offered in order to evaluate the newly established teaching formats.