Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel

• Since March 2020, Director of the Marsilius-Kolleg at Heidelberg University with Prof. Dr. Michael Boutros
• 2017–2018, Fellow at the Marsilius-Kolleg at Heidelberg University
• Spring 2016, Visiting Professor at the Gregoriana in Rome
• Fall 2015, Research Fellow at the University of Göteborg
• 2013–2014, Fellow in the project “Religious Experience and Moral Identity at the CTI, Princeton
• 2009–2010, Fellow at the Center for Theological Inquiry (CTI), Princeton
• Since October 2006, Full Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Ecumenical Institute and Ecumenical Student Hall at Heidelberg University
• 2001–2006, Full Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Ecumenical Institute at WWU Münster
• 1999–2001, Lecturer at the LMU Munich
• 1998, Second Doctoral Degree (Habilitation) at the LMU Munich
• 1994, Dr. theol. at the LMU Munich
• 1990–2001, Academic Assistant/Councilor at the Institute for Fundamental and Ecumenical Theology at LMU Munich
• 1998, First Ecclesiastical Examination in the Protestant Church in Baden
• 1986, Diploma in Theology at King’s College, London
• 1981–1989, Course of Studies in Protestant Theology in Tübingen, Göttingen, London, and Munich

• Themes and Functional Movements in Christian Dogmatics (esp. Christology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology)
• Profiles of Christian Denominations and Potential for Denominational Differentiation
• Discourses on Values in the Ecumenical Movement
• Theology and Neuroscience
• Dialogues in Christian Churches

• “Die Bedeutung der Lehrdialoge für das Ziel globaler Ökumene.” In Ökumenische Hermeneutik. Stand der Dinge, Defizite, Perspektiven. In memoriam Dietrich Ritschl 1929-2018, edited by Martin Hailer, Elisabeth Maikranz, and Friederike Nüssel, 58-77. BÖR. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2023.
• “Gut und Böse in theologischer Perspektive.” Die Psychotherapie (2023), doi.org/10.1007/s00278-023-00662-w.
• Kai Ueltzhoeffer, Corinna Roth, Corinne Neukel, Katja Bertsch, Friederike Nüssel, and Sabine Herpertz. “Do I care for you or for me? Processing of protected and non-protected moral values in subjects with extreme scores on the Dark Triad.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 273 (2023): 367-377, doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01489-3.
• Mark Chapman, Frank-Dieter Fischbach, Matthias Grebe, and Friderike Nüssel, eds. Towards Interchangeability: Reflections on Episcopacy in Theory and Practice. Beihefte zur Ökumenischen Rundschau, 135. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2022.
• Johannes Oeldemann, Friederike Nüssel, Uwe Swarat, und Vletsis, Athanasios, Hrsg. Dokumente wachsender Übereinstimmung: Sämtliche Berichte und Konsenstexte interkonfessioneller Gespräche auf Weltebene. Bd. 4, 2001-2010. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2012.
• “Status corruptionis? Zum Wandel evangelischer Sündenlehre.” In Die Erbsündenlehre in der modernen Freiheitsdebatte, herausgegeben von Christoph Böttigheimer und René Dausner, 103-130. QD, 316. Freiburg: Herder Verlag, 2021.
• “Narrative Identität? Theologische Überlegungen zu einer philosophischen Debatte.” In Fides quaerens intellectum, edited by Jutta Koslowski and Thorsten A. Leppek, 67-80. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2020.
• “'Values of the Gospel'. The Formative Role of Christian Values for Social Cohesion in Modern Societies.” In The Impact of Religion on Character Formation, Ethical Education, and the Communication of Values in Late Modern Pluralistic Societies Religion, edited by Michael Welker, John Witte and Stephen Pickard, 53-63. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2020.
• “The Value of the Bible: Martin Kähler’s Theology of Scripture and its Ecumenical Impact.” In Multiple Reformations? The Many Faces and Legacies of the Reformation, edited by Jan Stievermann and Randall C. Zachman, 359-374. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018.
• Hans-Peter Großhans and Friederike Nüssel, Friederike, Hrsg. Lutherische Theologie in außereuropäischen Kontexten: Eine Zusammenschau aus Anlass des 500. Reformationsjubiläums. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2017.
• Friederike Nüssel and Dorothea Sattler. Einführung in die Ökumenische Theologie. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftlicher Buchgesellschaft, 2008.
• “Die Aufgabe der Dogmatik im Zusammenhang der Theologie.” In Eine Wissenschaft oder viele? Die Einheit evangelischer Theologie in der Sicht ihrer Disziplinen, edited by Ingolf U. Dalferth, 77-98. Forum ThLZ, 17. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2006.
• Nüssel, Friederike. Allein aus Glauben. Zur Entwicklung der Rechtfertigungslehre in der konkordistischen und frühen nachkonkordistischen Theologie. FSÖTh 95. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000.
• Nüssel, Friederike. Bund und Versöhnung: Zur Begründung der Dogmatik bei Johann Franz Buddeus. FSÖTh 77. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996.

Detailed list of publications

• Dogmatik in der Moderne, Mohr Siebeck Tübingen.
• Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann, Walter de Gruyter Berlin/New York.
• Theologische Literaturzeitung, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig.
• Theologische Bibliothek, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Göttingen.
• Themen der Theologie, Mohr Siebeck Tübingen.
• zeitzeichen. Evangelische Kommentare zu Religion und Gesellschaft, Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik gGmbH Frankfurt am Main.

• Since 2020, Representative on the Research and Strategy Commission of Heidelberg University
• Since March 2020, Co-Director of the Marsilius-Kolleg
• 2017-2019, Spokesperson on the Research Council of the Field of Focus 3 at Heidelberg University
• April 2017 – March 2019, Dean of Theology Faculty
• Member on the Board of Trustees of the International Science Forum of Heidelberg University
• 2010-2013, Prorector for Research and Teaching at Heidelberg University
• 2006-2009, Dean of Studies for the Theology Faculty of Heidelberg University

• DFG Review Board for Theology
• Scientific Society for Theology (2. Board of Directors)
• American Academy of Religion
• Theological Consultation between the Church of England and EKD (Co-Chair)
• Dialogue Commission of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe and the Dicastery for the Promotion of Christian Unity of the Curia
• Ecumenical Working Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians
• German Ecumenical Study Committee
• Ecumenical Study Committee of the VELKD
• Tantur International Ecumenical Advisory Board
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Denominational Institute Bensheim
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Study Seminary of the VELKD in Pullach

• Born in Heidelberg in 1961, married, two children
• 2000, ordination in the Lutheran Church in Bavaria