Distinction for Ten Young Scholars

Ten young scholars from Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States are to receive the 'Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise' in appreciation of outstanding dissertations or other publications on the topic of 'God and spirituality'. It is endowed with prize money of 3,000 euros for each recipient. The prize-winners include two whose award-winning research was done at Heidelberg University. To mark the occasion, the Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology (FIIT) is organising a festive presentation ceremony on Friday, 26 May 2017, followed by a colloquium featuring the prize-winners. Among the other conference participants are FIIT scholars and members of the international awarding committee that evaluated the quality of the studies submitted. The ceremony begins with speeches by A. Stephen K. Hashmi, Vice-President of Heidelberg University, and Christoph Strohm, dean of the Faculty of Theology, as well as Dr Michael Welker, director of FIIT, and the donor of the award, Dr h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger. Subsequently, Prof. Welker and two Heidelberg theologians, Manfred Oeming und Matthias Konradt, will introduce the award-winners and the publications they have been distinguished for.