Institute of Old Catholic Theology

Team

Dr. Rebecca Giselbrecht

Member of scientific staff

Institut of Old Catholic Theology

E-Mail
rebecca.giselbrecht@unibe.ch
Postal Address
Universität Bern
Institut für Christkatholische Theologie
Längassstrasse 51
CH-3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
on appointment

Curriculum Vitae

 
Seit 2017 Habilitation in Church History, University of Bern, Department of Old Catholic Theology
2014-2017
 Habilitation in Practical Theology,  University of Zurich, Department of Practical Theology, Switzerland
2014-2016
 Master of Divinity, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA
2008-2014
 Doctor of Philosophy in Intercultural Studies,Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA
2005-2008 Master of Global Leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, USA
2005-2006 Master Certificate, Social Environment Oriented Youth Work, FHS, Rorschach, Switzerland
2001-2005 Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies, Moody Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Key Research Interests

Research Projects

  • Habilitation on and Edition of the Prayer Book, Confession of Faith and Correspondence of Anna Alexandria zu Rappoltstein
  • Self-Identity, God, and Others – The Order of the Great Commandment    
  • Spiritual Formation, Character and Virtue Development in the Third and Fourth Age

 

 

Publications

  • Evangelische Spiritualität und Bildung, in: Handbuch Evangelische Spiritualität, ed. Peter Zimmerling, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017.
  • Cliché or Piety: Heinrich Bullinger and Women in Alsace, in: From Zwingli to Amyraut. Exploring the Growth of European Reformed Traditions, eds. Jon Balserak and Jim West, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017.
  • Women from Then to Now: A Commitment to Mutuality and Literacy, in The Protestant Reformation and World Christianity. Global Perspectives, ed. Dale T. Ervin, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017.
  • Die First Lady der Zürcher Reformation. Doppelpunkt - Das evangelische Wochenmagazin, vol. 2017, no. 7, 2017, pp. 10-11.
  • Die Reformation ist weiblich. Doppelpunkt - Das evangelische Wochenmagazin, vol. 2017, no. 1, 2017, pp. 10-11.
  • Divine Action, Others, and Interfaith Dialogue. Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 16, 2A (2016): 74–93.
  • Evangelism and Spirituality: Our Words and Life with God, in: Sharing Good News: Handbook on Evangelism in Europe, eds. Gerrit Noort, Kyriaki Avtzi and Stefan Paas, World Council of Churches, 2016.
  • A Historical Decoupage Arguing for the Particularity of Theology and Christian Spirituality in Higher Education in: CEĻŠ, Latvijas Universitātes Teoloģijas fakultātesteoloģisks, reliģijpētniecisks un kultūrvēsturisksizdevums 65 (2016).
  • Hör nicht auf zu singen Zeuginnen der Schweizer Reformation, ed. Rebecca Giselbrecht and Sabine Scheuter, Zurich: Theologischer Verlag, 2016.
  • Review of Ethnographic Theology: An Inquiry into the Production of Theological Knowledge. Natalie Wigg-Stevenson. Ecclesial Practices 3-2 (2016): 251-253.
  • Briefe von Januar bis Mai 1546. Heinrich Bullinger. Ed. Reinhard Bodenmann, Alexandra Kess, and Judith Steiniger. Heinrich Bulliger Werke: Zweite Abteilung Briefwechsel 16. Zürich: Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 2014. In Renaissance Quarterly 69(1):336-338 · March 2016. DOI: 10.1086/686410 Renaissance Quarterly.
  • Sacrality and Materiality: Locating Intersections, ed. Rebecca Giselbrecht and Ralph Kunz, Göttingen; Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 2015.
  • Review of I-8 Ordinis primi tomus octavus: Iulius Exclusus, De civilitate morum puerilium, Conflictus Thaliae et Barbariei. Edited by Ed.Silvana Seidel Menchi, Franz Bierlaire, and René Hoven. The Sixteenth Century Journal XLVI (2015).
  • Review of Erasmus of Rotterdam: Advocate of a New Christianity. Christine Christ-von Wedel. Zwingliana 42 (2015).
  • Religious Intent and the Art of Courteous Pleasantry: A Few Letters from Englishwomen to Heinrich Bullinger, in: Women During the English Reformations: Renegotiating Gender and Religious Identity, ed. Julie A. Chappell and Kaley A. Kramer, New York: Palgrave, 2014.
  • Reforming a Model: Zwingli, Bullinger, and the Virgin Mary in Sixteenth-century Zurich, in: Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich, ed. Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon and Christian Moser, Farnham: Ashgate, 2014 (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History).
  • Review of Reaktionen auf das Augsburger Interim: Der Interimistische Streit (1548-1549). (Controversia et Confessio Volume 1). Edited by Irene Dingel. The Sixteenth Century Journal, XLV/2 (2014).
  • Review of Calvin and His Influence, 1509-2009. Edited by Irena Backus and Philip Benedict. Zwingliana 40 (2013): 238-243.
  • Review of The Stranger's Voice: Julia Kristeva's Relevance for a Pastoral Theology for Women Struggling with Depression. The Journal of Pastoral Theology 22-2 (2013): 102-106 (with Isabelle Noth).
  • Beza over polygamie, in Théodore de Bèze: Zijn Leven, Zijn Werk. Kampen: Uitgeverij Kok, 2012, 223-225.
  • Review of Early French Reform: The Theology and Spirituality of Guillaume Farel. Jason Zuidema and Theodore Van Raalte. Zwingliana 39 (2012): 179-180.
  • Myths and Reality about Heinrich Bullinger's Wife Anna, in Zwingliana 38 (2011): 53-66.
  • Zwingli und Bullinger: Väter des reformierten 'Wybsbilds', in Kirche, Theologie und Politik im reformierten Protestantismus: Vorträge der 8. Emder Tagung zur Geschichte des reformierten Protestantismus. Neukirchen: Neukirchener Verlag 2011, 28-40.
  • Review of Heinrich Bullinger: Pastoraltheologische Schriften. Edited by Detlef Roth. Zwingliana 38 (2011): 229-231.
  • Review of Life Writing in Reformation Europe: Lives of Reformers by Friends, Disciples and Foes. Irene Backus. Zwingliana 37 (2010): 200-202.
  • Review of Women and the Reformation. Kirsi Stjerna. Zwingliana 36 (2009): 175-176.
  • Social Space for Degersheim: How a Church Can Integrate Social Space Oriented Youth Work. FHS St.Gallen, Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit, 2006.