Laura Christina Buchheim

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Laura Christina Buchheim

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Institut für Evangelische Theologie

Institut für Evangelische Theologie

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Academic Background

• Since October 2023, doctoral student under Prof. Dr. Julia Enxing and JunProf. Dr. Kinga Zeller at TUD Dresden University of Technology
• Since September 2023, Research Assistant at the Chair of Religious Education at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Protestant Theology, providing pedagogical support and coordination for school internships
• 2022–2023: Student Assistant at the Chair of Systematic Theology, Institute of Protestant Theology; taught as a tutor
• 2021–2022: Student Assistant at the Chair of Religious Education at TUD Dresden University of Technology, Institute of Protestant Theology, assisting Prof. Dr. Birte Platow with the analysis of an interview study

Academic Background

• Since December 2024: Doctoral fellow at the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
• October 2017 to July 2023: Studied Protestant Theology and English/American Studies, completing the First State Examination for Teacher Training – Secondary Schools (thesis titled: “Theology in Anthropocentrism—A Systematic Examination of Anthropodecentering Concepts”; nominated for the Saxon Teachers’ Association (SLV) Examination Prize)
• 2015 High School Diploma

Presentations

• ^21st International Conference of the European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR): “Sustainability Is Not a Choice: Theologizing Empowerment and Sustainability as a Necessity for Subject-Constitutive Ecojustice and Responsibility with D. Sölle and E. Lévinas” (August 22, 2025)

Publications

Academic Journals

• 2026: “Anthropodecentering as the Foundation of a New Ecological Justice: A Theological Redefinition of the Relationship Between Sustainability and Justice.” In: Journal of Protestant Ethics, 70 (2).

Anthologies

• forthcoming: Buchheim, L.; Chilian, L. “Justice in the Climate Crisis: God’s Justice in Creation.” In: M. Arndt/L. Chilian/K. Zeller/F. v. Oorshot (eds.) Theology in the Climate Crisis.

Reviews

• 2025 Review of: *Fleischwissen: On the Reification of the Living in Globalized Markets*, ed. by Gunther Hirschfelder, Lars Winterberg, René John, Jana Rückert-John, and Corinna Schirmer. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2024. Published in: Theologische Revue, 121(3).

Theological Feature Section

• 2025 “Significant Courage: Religious Stakeholders as Public Space.” Published in: feinschwarz – the theological feature section. Link: https://www.feinschwarz.net/bedeutsamer-mut/.

Engagements

• Work for the ESD online platform planet-n.de, writing theoretical background papers, and organizing partner programs

Memberships

• European Society for Women in Theological Research (ESWTR)
• Society for Protestant Theology (GET)

Job Profile:

• Area of Responsibility: Practical School Training (SPÜ) in the subject of Protestant Theology
• Responsibilities/Courses Offered: Introductory sessions for practicums; practicum coordination; ESD instruction
• Point of contact for: Questions regarding school-based practical training; questions about ESD; questions about portfolio assignments; questions about contact persons and issues arising before and after the practicum