Dr. Martina Bär

Biography

Martina Bär has been an associate professor at the Seminar for Catholic Theology at Freie Universität Berlin since April 2018. She completed her habilitation in 2018 at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen with her work "Urban Logic and Theo-Logic: Speaking of God in (Post-)Modern Urban Societies." Her research includes two expeditions to South America (Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Huancayo), which were funded by the Thyssen Foundation and the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2013 and 2014. Before moving to Berlin, she held positions as senior assistant at the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion at the Theological Seminary of the University of Zurich (2016-2017) and at the Theological Faculty of the University of Lucerne (2012-2016). Additionally, she served as an expert for interreligious dialogue with the Catholic Church in Bern during her time at the "House of Religions" (2017-2018). Bär completed her doctoral study on the theological implications of the image of God, which earned her the Maria-Kassel Prize for promising young researchers at the University of Münster. She has served as a scientific employee in various theological faculties, contributing significantly to the fields of systematic theology and religious dialogue. Her primary research interests include the theology of urban spaces, theological anthropology, philosophical hermeneutics, and interreligious dialogue. Throughout her academic career, Bär has contributed to numerous publications and has engaged in various teaching roles across multiple universities, focusing on topics such as sacraments, ethics, and systematic theology.

Research Interests

Experience