Institute of Ethics and Theological Research

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The Institute works from the innovative perspective that religion is medially constituted. This is currently the name, the duty and the state of religion. This means that synergies can be used, because religion as a medium is encountered in various media: word, number, image and sound - for example, when music is brought in.

Main research areas

Research and projects at the Institute for Ethics and Theology (IET) cover a wide range of topics: ethics, religious education, systematic and historical theology as well as the interpretation of the Bible and other 'holy' texts. Current research focuses on the trans-religious conversation between Judaism, Islam and Christianity, as well as the question of a plural European religious ethos in the face of the dwindling interpretive power of secularisation theory (Pippa Norris). The question is: Who calls the shots when it comes to religion? How do we learn to talk about it?

You can find more details on current and completed projects in the research database and on the people pages.

  1. Published

    The Incarnation of the Word and the "Concarnation" of the Spirit as Modes of Divine Activity: "Inspired" by Thomas Erskine of Linlathen (1788–1817)

    Mühling, M., 19.03.2014, Word and Spirit: Renewing Christology and Pneumatology in a Globalizing World. Anselm K,, M. & Christoph, S. (eds.). Walter de Gruyter, p. 29–45 17 p. (Sammlung Töpelmann; vol. 158).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Theologie und Literatur im Zusammenspiel: Sechs Thesen zur prinzipientheoretischen Fundierung ihrer Verhältnisbestimmung

    Mühling, M., 2012, Die Kirche der Freiheit evangelisch gestalten: Michael Nüchterns Beiträge zur praktischen Theologie. Lämmlin, G. (ed.). Berlin: LIT Verlag, p. 53–61 9 p. (Heidelberger Studien zur praktischen Theologie; no. 17).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Theologie und Naturwissenschaft – eine Verhältnisbestimmung

    Mühling, M., 01.05.2015, In: Evangelium und Wissenschaft. 36, 1, p. 25–44 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Theologische Apologetik und die altkirchlichen Apologeten: Bemerkungen zu (k)einem Gespräch

    Hailer, M., 2006, Ad veram religionem reformare: frühchristiliche Apologetik zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Schubert, C. & von Stockhausen, A. (eds.). Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, p. 1-28 28 p. (Erlanger Forschungen / Reihe A, Geisteswissenschaften; no. 109).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  5. Published

    Theologische Ethik

    Hailer, M., 2006, Handbuch Evangelische Theologie: ein enzyklopädischer Zugang . Becker, E.-M. & Hiller, D. (eds.). Tübingen: Francke Verlag, p. 263-300 38 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    The power of philology between sacralisation and poetic and aesthetic semi-secularisation

    Wolff, J., 2014, Deutungsmacht: Religion und belief systems in Deutungsmachtkonflikten. Stöllger, P. (ed.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck Verlag, p. 225-239 15 p. (Hermeneutische Untersuchungen zur Theologie ; vol. 63).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Resonating Body in Triune Eternity

    Mühling, M., 01.05.2016, Eternal God, Eternal Life: Theological Investigations into the Concept of Immortality. Ziegler, P. G. (ed.). Bloomsbury Academic, p. 37–70 34 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Thesen für die erste Disputation gegen die Antinomer (1537)

    Wolff, J. (Translator), 2006, Martin Luther, Lateinisch-Deutsche Studienausgabe: Christusglaube und Rechtfertigung. Schilling, J. (ed.). Leipzig : Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Vol. 2. p. 447-459 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Todeston und Morgenstern: Golgatha in Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstocks "Messias"

    Wolff, J., 2010, Golgatha in den Konfessionen und Medien der Frühen Neuzeit. Steiger, J. A. & Heinen, U. (eds.). Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, p. 397-432 36 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review