Question your own thinking

3 questions for Nadine Hamilton

Nadine Hamilton won the Bavarian Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2023. The theologian is particularly keen to support students in all their diversity and encourage them to find their own position.

What are you currently researching?

I am researching a Christian understanding of the world that extends to all living beings and appreciates their unique characteristics. I make a point of considering the modern approach to human infirmity and vulnerability from an altered but still Christian perspective

Why are you interested in this topic?

I am interested in the question of whether and how dogmatic considerations of God and the world can offer a new perspective on society and its structures. Based on the example of marginalization and exploitation, I try not only to question and challenge systematic societal problems but also to explore specific new ways of overcoming these cultural obstacles from a Christian perspective.

What characterizes good teaching and why are you so committed to this cause?

Students start studying theology with many questions, interests and goals. It is important for me that they find, articulate and question their own positions. For me, good teaching is if I succeed in supporting students in all their diversity and make a contribution to enabling them to work effectively in their future professional contexts.

PD Dr. Nadine Hamilton studied Protestant Theology and German Language and Literature at the University of Bayreuth. In 2010, she completed her first State Examination and became a research associate at the School of Theology at FAU. In 2014, she completed her doctoral degree with a thesis on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s hermeneutics, and was awarded the authorization to teach (also known as the “Venia Legendi”) in Systematic Theology in 2022. In April 2023, she was appointed to a visiting professorship at the Chair of Systematic Theology and Contemporary Theological Questions at the University of Regensburg. Nadine Hamilton is the deputy chairperson of the International Bonhoeffer Society and a member of the Gesellschaft für Evangelische Theologie (Society of Protestant Theology).

 

This article is part of the FAU Magazin

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