Theology

Sanctuaries are political spaces. Laurin Mackowitz examines sanctuaries as border spaces in which social inequality, ecological devastation, and historical violence intersect with a politics of withdrawal and immunization.

Amelie Rüppel analyses church interpretations of the financial crises of 1929 and 2008 based on empirical digital text analysis. Through three guiding narratives - sin, trust, and creation - she demonstrates how religious interpretive patterns shape economic action and inform theological-ethical reflections on responsibility and trust.

How did people in ancient Israel perceive God, the world, and themselves? Bernd Janowski explores Old Testament aesthetics using the concept of perception (aisthesis) and substantiates this through analyses of basic concepts such as beauty and glory, as well as the main themes of space/time experiences, the vision of God (visio Dei), etc.

How did the Persian period shape Old Testament language and thought? Alexandra Jacobsen shows how an editorial layer reworked the early Holiness Code (Lev 17-26) and called for integrating »foreigners.« She also offers a new view of Pentateuchal formation and post-exilic self-understanding.