The Hungarian Jewish linguist, historian and doctor of Jewish religious studies passed away on 16 September 2024.
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An association by the name of “Europäische Gesellschaft für theologische Forschung von Frauen” exists in accordance with Article 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code (ZGB) with registered office in Basel, Switzerland.
Equivalent names are as follows:
European Society of Women in Theological Research
Asociación Europea de Mujeres para la Investigación Teológica.
The Society is dedicated to the following academic purposes:
The Society’s bodies are the General Assembly, the Board and the Auditor.
The association binds itself legally through the collective signature of the President and one additional member of the Board.
The auditor shall audit the Society’s accounting every two years and shall report on it to the General Assembly.
Society assets consist of the following:
Liability for debts shall be borne solely by Society assets. Personal liability of members is excluded.
The version in German language is the legally valid version of the statutes; the versions of the ESWTR statutes in English and Spanish language are translations.
These statutes were approved by the General Assembly on 30th of August 2013 in Dresden.
The professor of feminist and post-colonial theology passed away on 17 December 2024 at the age of 75.
Obituary by Maaike de Haardt (in English)
The Hungarian Jewish linguist, historian and doctor of Jewish religious studies passed away on 16 September 2024.
The Muslim feminist theologian passed away on 19 Februar 2024
Obituary by Ute Schmidt (in German)
Obituary Lucretia Vasilescu (1949 - 2020)
The Romanian Orthodox theologian passed away on 17 December 2020.
Obituary by Maria Bancila, Monica Oanca, and Madalina Toader
The pioneer of feminist theology died on May 1st 2019.
Obituary by Helen Schuengel-Straumann
Far too early Willemijn van der Meer left us on November 10th 2018.
Obituaries by Kristin De Troyer and Freda Dröes
The feminist theologian and lawyer from Spain died on December 20th 2016.
Obituary by Mercedes Navarro Puerto
The Honoray President of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women died the 15th of June 2016.
Obituary by the Presidents of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women
On Juni 7th 2016 Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel, one of the founding members of ESWTR, died in Tuebingen/Germany.
Obituary by Brigitte Enzner-Probst
On April 5th 2016 at the age of 83 feminist theologian Kari Elisabeth Børresen died in Rome.
On February 8th 2015 feminist theologian Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Luise Schottroff died in Kassel/Germany.
Dr. Mueller was a pioneer in Catholic women's efforts to develop theologies and ministries that are inclusive and effective. She was part of the Roman Catholic Women Priests Movement, ordained in 2002. She and her companion Ida Raming are models of women's faithful commitment to ministry, to one another, and to the creation of a better world despite multiple obstacles.
Dr. Mueller known as one of the "Grandmothers" of the Women Priests Movement died on January 30, 2011. May she rest in peace.
Mary Daly, a doctor of theology and philosophy, a pioneer of radical feminism and feminist theology with her The Church and the Second Sex (1968) has died at age 81 after two years of illness.
Obituary by Dr. Teresa Forcades i Vila
Theology lost an original voice on Friday, 20th February 2009, when Professor Marcella Althaus-Reid died at Marie Curie Hospice in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Marcella was Argentinean by birth with a deep commitment to liberation theology. She studied at ISEDET, the Protestant theological faculty in Buenos Aires, and received her doctorate at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. She held the Chair of Contextual Theology in the School of Divinity, at the University of Edinburgh. In addition she worked with deprived communities in both Argentina and Scotland. She insisted that issues of body and sexuality need to be interwoven with other liberation concerns. Feminist and queer commitments informed her unique and important work. She was the author of the widely acclaimed Indecent Theology and The Queer God.
Obituary by Prof Lisa Isherwood (in German)
Kune Biezeveld, professor of Female Theological Research at Leiden University and a longstanding member of the European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR), died on 7 September 2008 after battling a long illness. She passed away in her home, surrounded by her family.
Obituary by Prof. Dr. Angela Berlis (in German)
We are mourning the loss of Anne Jensen, who died on 13 August 2008 following a long illness that she could no longer fight. Anne was a gifted gender researcher of the first generation who had a defining influence on the paths of many young people, in particular women, through her teaching and publications.
Orbituary by Prof. Dr. Irmtraud Fischer, Graz (in German)
On 21 July 2008 Dr. Kornélia Buday (b. 1971) died following a haemorrhage in the brain. Only a couple of weeks before, on 5 July, she had given birth to her son Buday Soma Vendel. Kornélia Buday’s death put an abrupt end to the life of a promising theologian and scholar of religion who promoted Feminist Theology in her own country and did much to improve links between East and West.
Orbituary by Prof. Dr. Angela Berlis (in German)
Think about that one great amazing woman that has inspired you, that has helped you, that has been there for you….
Wouldn´t it be great if you could honour her by donating some money in honour of this academic sister, niece, mother, auntie and grandmother of yours? Every year, we will publish a list of donations that have made in honour of these women. Your name will not be mentioned, but the name of the woman you are honouring will be!
Can you imagine the surprise this woman will have when she sees that someone made a donation just in order to honour her! So, next big birthday, next big event, instead of sending flowers and a birthday card, make a donation to the ESWTR in honour of the person you would like to honour. So, who is going to start of this list of amazing women?
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