Prof. Dr. Christel Gärtner
Current affiliations
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Sociology of religion and culture
- Contemporary religion(s), religion and the media, analysis of religious education and transformation processes
- Social theories and micro-sociology
- Research on socialization, young people and adolescents, biographies, generations, habitus, and patterns of interpretation
- Sociology of professions and sociology of the media
- Hermeneutic methods and methods of historical social research
Academic Education | |
| since 05/2014 | Awarded the title ausserplanmässige Professorin (adjunct professor) by the Department of Education and Social Sciences, University of Münster |
| since 2007 | Venia legendi in Sociology (Habilitation) |
| since 2000 | PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Frankfurt |
| 1985 - 1992 | Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology (Minor subjects: Sociology and Religious Studies), University of Frankfurt |
Work Experience | |
| since 07/2016 | Principal investigator for the Graduate School RePliR (“Regulating Religious Plurality in the Region”), Cooperation between the University of Muenster and the University of Bochum |
| since 10/2008 | Mentor for a junior research group at the integrated graduate school and research fellow at the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures”, University of Muenster |
| 04/2009 - 09/2009 | Interim professor for Sociology of Religion, University of Muenster |
| 1999 - 2008 | Lecturer at the University of Frankfurt/Main |
| 04/2008 - 09/2008 | Interim professor for Sociology of Culture and Religion, University of Bayreuth |
| 07/2006 - 04/2008 | Research assistant at the Institute of Ethics and Social Science, University of Muenster, in the research project “Religion among opinion-forming elites – views of religion among elite journalists in Germany" |
| 12/2001 - 11/2004 | Postdoc and lecturer, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 11/1999 - 11/2001 | Research assistant at the Institute for Christian Social Sciences, University of Muenster, in the research project “Evaluation of Christian Solidarity Groups in Central and Eastern Europe" |
| 08/1994 - 08/1999 | Research assistant at the Department of Social Sciences, Institute for Research on Socialization and Social Psychology, University of Frankfurt |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 2012 | Member of the Centre for Religion and Modernity, University of Muenster |
| since 2011 | Association for Sociology of Religion in: American Sociological Association (ASR) |
| since 2011 | Co-editor of the Journal for Religious Studies (ZfR), De Gruyter |
| since 2011 | Member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionswissenschaften e.V. |
| since 2008 | Member of the Deutscher Hochschulverband (German Association of University Professors and Lecturers) |
| since 2003 | International Society for Sociology of Religion (ISSR) |
| since 2002 | Member of the Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW (Women’s Studies Network) |
| since 1999 | Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (German Association of Sociology) |
| since 1994 | Member of the Section of Sociology of Religion at German Association of Sociology |
| since 1994 | Objektive Hermeneutik e.V. (Objective Hermeneutics) |
| 2007 - 2015 | Chair of the Section of Sociology of Religion at German Association of Sociology |
| 1999 - 2015 | Co-editor of the publication series for the section on Sociology of Religion, VS-Springer |
| 2000 - 2003 | Co-editor in the publication series: Research from the field of objective hermeneutics, Humanities Online |
Publications
Gärtner, Christel; Hennig, Linda; Müller, Olaf; (2024) In: Silverstein, Merril; Gärtner, Christel; Brown, Maria; (eds.), Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations. Passing on Faith in Families of Six European and North American Nations. Lanham: Lexington Books. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Silverstein, Merril; Gärtner, Christel; Brown, Maria; (2024) In: Silverstein, Merril; Gärtner, Christel; Brown, Maria; (eds.), Religious Change and Continuity Across Generations. Passing on Faith in Families of Six European and North American Nations. Lanham: Lexington Books. Type of Publication: Review article (book contribution) | |
Gärtner, Christel; Hennig, Linda; (2024) In: Gärtner, Christel; Lämmlin, Georg; Lorenzen, Stefanie; Wegner, Georg; (eds.), Kirchenkrise als Glaubenskrise? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Reproduktion der Kirche. Leipzig: Nomos. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Gärtner; Christel; Hennig, Linda; Müller, Olaf; Porada, Chiara; (2024) In: Gärtner, Christel; Lämmlin, Georg; Lorenzen, Stefanie; Wegner, Georg; (eds.), Kirchenkrise als Glaubenskrise? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Reproduktion der Kirche. Berlin: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. Type of Publication: Research article (book contribution) | |
Gärtner, Christel; Lämmlin, Georg; Lorenzen, Stefanie; Wegner, Gerhard; (2024) In: Gärtner, Christel; Lämmlin, Georg; Lorenzen, Stefanie; Wegner, Gerhard (eds.), Kirchenkrise als Glaubenskrise? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Reproduktion der Kirche. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Type of Publication: Review article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/07/2024 - 31/12/2025 Funded by: Österreichischer Fonds zur Dokumentation von religiös motiviertem politischen Extremismus (Dokumentationsstelle Politischer Islam) Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2024 Funded by: John Templeton Foundation Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/10/2019 - 30/06/2022 Funded by: John Templeton Foundation Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster |
Talks
| Explaining Religion - sociological approaches in the interpretation of religion Gärtner, Christel (05/10/2017) Department of Sociology, Soochow University, Taipeh, Taiwan Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Understanding Religion - a reconstructive approach to religious research Gärtner, Christel (03/10/2017) Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Teipeh, Taiwan Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Religious Field in Germany: Change from a Christian to a secular and religious pluralized society Gärtner, Christel (02/10/2017) Institut der Religionswissenschaft, National Chen-chi University, Theipeh, Taiwan Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| Feministische Debatte zur „Emanzipation muslimischer Frauen“ Gärtner, Christel (28/09/2017) Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Geschlechterforschung , Universität zu Köln, Deutschland Type of talk: scientific talk | |
| The Perception of Islamic Gender Inequality in Secularized Western Societies Gärtner, Christel (06/07/2017) ISSR Conference: Religion, Cooperation and Conflict in Diverse Societies, University of Lausanne, Schwitzerland Type of talk: scientific talk |
Doctorates
| The transmission and appropriation of Islamic norms. A comparison between Islamic theology and the perspective of practical life. (working title) Candidate: Müller, Friederike | Supervisors: Gärtner, Christel Period of time: 01/05/2021 - 30/04/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Muslim practices in educational establishments in Germany and the social arrangements concerning these practices Candidate: Laßen, Arne | Supervisors: Tezcan, Levent; Gärtner, Christel Period of time: 01/07/2019 - 01/07/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Religiöse Identitätsbildung junger Alevit*innen und Sunnit*innen im Spannungsfeld von Herkunftsmilieus und gesellschaftlichen Anpassungserwartungen. Eine… Candidate: Loth, Martina | Supervisors: Pollack, Detlef Gärtner, Christel | Reviewers: Pollack, Detlef Gärtner, Christel Period of time: 14/12/2021 - 27/06/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Rahmenbedingungen und Muster zivilgesellschaftlicher Performanz von religiösen und säkularen Migrantenselbstorganisationen in Nordrhein-Westfalen Candidate: Klie, Wiebke Anna | Supervisors: Pollack, Detlef Gärtner, Christel | Reviewers: Pollack, Detlef Period of time: 14/07/2020 - 04/12/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Manifestations of Religion in Refugee Accommodations in North Rhine-Westphalia - A Qualitative Analysis Candidate: Powroznik, Natalie | Supervisors: Tezcan, Levent Gärtner, Christel Period of time: 01/12/2016 - 21/01/2020 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |