Dr. Domenik Ackermann

Zentrum für Komparative Theologie und Kulturwissenschaften (ZeKK)

Research Associate

Projekt zum Transfer komparativer Theologie in die Gesellschaft

Office Address:
Technologiepark 6
33100 Paderborn
Room:
TP6.0.301

About Domenik Ackermann

Domenik Ackermann is a post-doctoral research fellow at Paderborn University. He studied Protestant Theology in Göttingen, Heidelberg and Beirut (Lebanon) and completed his Ph.D. in Theology at Boston College Jewish-Christian Comparative Theology. His dissertation, "PRayer and Memory. What Christian Theology Can Learn from Jewish Practice," analyzes Jewish understandings and experiences of prayer and brings them into dialogue with Christian thinkers Jean-Louis Chrétien and Johann Baptist Metz. Ackermann's research interests include Comparative Theological hermeneutics, interreligious dialogue with Judaism and Islam, and Ecumenical Studies. 

Curriculum Vitae

2018 - 2024: Boston College, Theology Department

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Comparative Theology

Akademic Supervisor: Prof. Ruth Langer, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Prayer and Memory: What Christian Theology Can Learn from Jewish Practice

2021: Ordination ins Pfarramt

06/2019: Hebrew University Jerusalem (Israel)

Guest Researcher

Modern Hebrew Language Course

2018: Erstes Theologisches Examen (Hannover)

2018: Magister Theologiae (M. Theol.)

31.08.2014 - 01.06.2015: Near East School of Theology, Beirut (Lebanon)

Studies in the Middle East (SiMO) program

sponsored by the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (EMS) and the Lutheran World Federation. 

01.04.2014 - 31.08.2014: University of Heidelberg (Germany)

Protestant Theology (Magister Theologiae)

01.10.2010 - 31.03.2014: University of Göttingen (Germany)

Protestant Theology (Magister Theologiae)

2021: Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award

15.04.2024 - 2024: Ausübung des Pfarramts

West Parish Church in Andover, MA (UCC) 

The Eliot Church of Newton (UCC)

Teaching


Current Courses

  • Christliche Dogmatik in religiöser Vielfalt

Scientific Engagement

2018 - 2023  |  Engaging Particularities

Graduate Student Conference for Comparative Theology at Boston College

Board Member


Since 12/2018  |  American Academy of Religion (AAR)