Research areas

• Religion and Theology > Religion > Judaism Diaspora Judaism Judaism of the Late Second Temple Period Apologetics in Early Judaism Qumran - Dead Sea Scrolls
• Religion and Theology > Religion > Myths and rituals Ritual theory
• Religion and Theology > Religion > Rituals Cognitive approaches (Boyer, McCauley/Lawson, etc. Cultural, symbolic approaches (Geertz, Rappaport) Ritual studies
• Religion and Theology > Religion > Phenomenology of religion Typological definitions of sacred texts Charism/charismatic(s) movements
• Religion and Theology > The Bible
• Religion and Theology > The Bible > Research methods History of research Ancient rhetorics and epistolography Cultural and social anthropology Semiotics of religion Ritual theory
• Religion and Theology > Religion > History of research on religion The History of Religions School Myth and Ritual School Roy A. Rappaport
• Religion and Theology > Religion > Christianity Early Christian Apologetics The Partings of the Way debate The martyr literature Early Christian asceticism Early Christianity in the pre-Constantine Period Early patristics
• Religion and Theology > The Bible > Jesus The Historical Jesus
• Religion and Theology > The Bible > Canon Processes of canonisation
• Religion and Theology > The Bible > New Testament The Origin of the New Testament
• Religion and Theology > The Bible > Paul The new perspective on Paul
• Religion and Theology > Faith > God Contemporary concepts of God
• Religion and Theology > Faith > Multireligiosity Epistemological conditions for modern Christianity
• Education, teaching and philosophy > Philosophical Concepts of Man > Feminist philosophy Studies on the conception of gender and sexuality in antiquity
• History and Archaeology > Historical Method > Historical method and research techniques
• History and Archaeology > Historical Method > History of mentalities Intellectual history with regard to the study of the ancient world Theorising on the possibilities for conducting intellectual history