Curriculum Vitae Jörg Lauster

Biography

Born 1966 in Heidelberg
Married to Martina Lauster, born März
One daughter, Sophie

1987 - 1993 Studied protestant theology, philosophy and romance languages in Munich, Tübingen and Heidelberg

1993 - 1996 Dissertation „The Deliverance Teachings of Marsilio Fictions“ („Die Erlösungslehre
Marsilio Ficinos“) with Prof. Dr. Jan Rohls, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich

1996 - 1998 Pastor in the Protestant Lutheran Church of Bavaria, and Ordination

1998 - 1999 DFG (German Research Council) Scholarship to pursue the Habilitation (second doctorate)

1999 - 2005 Taught (Wiss. Assistent) at the Seminar for Systematic Theology and Social Ethics
at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

2002 Habiltation in the area of Systematic Theology „Principles and Methods. The Transformation of the Protestant Writing Methods from Schleiermacher to the Present.“ („Prinzip und Methode. Die Transformation des protestantischen Schriftprinzips von Schleiermacher bis zur Gegenwart“)

2003 Award for Teaching Excellence from the governing council (Senat) of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

2005 - 2006 Pastor at the Erlöserkirche in München-Schwabing

2006 - 2015 Professor of Systematic Theology and the Philosophy of Religion at Philipps- Universität Marburg

2009 Managing Director of the Rudolf-Bultmann-Institut für Hermeneutik, Marburg

2010 Call to the University of Bern (declined)

2012 - 2014 Dean of the subject area of Protestant Theology, Philipps-Universität Marburg

2014 - 2015 Acting Dean of the subject area of Protestant Theology, Philipps-Universität Marburg

seit 2015 Professor of Systematic Theology (dogmatics, philosophy of religion and ecumenics) on the Faculty of Protestant Theology at Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität, Munich

since 2006 permanent Guest Professor of Protestant Theology at the Istituto Studi Ecumenici, Venice; 2007 Guest Professor at the Pontificia Università Antonianum, Rome

Projects:
Culture, meaning and the history of ideas in Christianity
Rudolf Otto’s significance for theology (Rudolf-Bultmann-Institut für Hermeneutik, 2008 - 2015)
The impact of Bible translation on the theological hermeneutic (DFG, 2011 - 2014)

Main Focus of Research:
Dogmatics as the tangible embodiment of religious experience and lifestyle
Philosophy of religion (theory of religious experience and perception of reality)
Ecumenical theology and the mindsets of the different denominations