Visiting Scholars
boisi center for religion and american public life
Each year the Boisi Center provides an intellectual home for visiting scholars working on significant projects related to religion and public life. Visiting scholars participate in the intellectual life of the Center, which includes numerous public events, and may have an opportunity to present their own research as well. For more information about the visiting scholars program, or to apply for a position in the 2009-2010 academic year, please see the application information.
VISITING SCHOLARS 2011
Gregor Scherzinger
Gregor Scherzinger is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of moral theology and ethics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His dissertation is entitled "Normative Ethics and Jewish Ethos – A Reconstruction of David Novak’s Moral Theory and its Criticism of Political Liberalism." Scherzinger received the equivalent of a masters in theology and religious studies from the University of Fribourg in 2007. He also studied in Jerusalem as a participant in the Theological Study Program at the Dormition Abbey.
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Christiane Schubert
Christiane Schubert studied Theology at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and in the German Academic Program of Theology at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. She holds an M.Th. from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the same university. Before starting her dissertation, she worked for two years as a teaching assistant in the German Academic Program of Theology at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. Her dissertation deals with the role of Human Freedom in Theological Concepts, in particular she compares the thinking of protestant Eberhard Jüngel and catholic Thomas Pröpper.
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For a list of past visiting scholars, click here.