Prof. Dr. theol.
Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
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Focus of the Commitment in the German Ethics Council
- Fundamental questions of Ethics, especially Ethics in Technology and Bioethics
- Ethical questions of genetic engineering and synthetic biology
- Dialogue between Science and Theology
- Ethics and Religion
Contact for Press Enquiries on the Following Topics
- Fundamental questions of Ethics, especially Ethics in Technology and Bioethics
- Ethical questions of genetic engineering and synthetic biology
- Dialogue between Science and Theology
- Ethics and Religion
Professional Background
Born in 1956
- Since 2010 Director of the Institute for Ethics at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Tübingen
- Since 2010 Chair for Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of Tübingen
- 2013 and 2016-2017 Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies
- 2007-2009 Director of the Institute for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Frankfurt/Main
- 2002-2010 University Professor for Systematic Theology at the University of Giessen
- 2001 Habilitation
- 1997-2001 Teaching assignments at the Universities of Frankfurt/Main and Osnabrück
- 1997-2000 Fellowship awarded by the German Research Foundation
- 1992 PhD in Theology
- 1982-1984 Training as a Vicar in Mannheim and second exam in Theology at the Regional Church in Baden
- 1974-1982 Studies in Protestant Theology and Philosophy at the Universities of Göttingen, Heidelberg, Berkeley and Mainz
Memberships (Selection)
- Since 2018 Member of the German Ethics Council
- Since 2017 Chair of the University Advisory Board of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
- Since 2015 Member of the Permanent Senate Commission on Genetic Research of the German Research Foundation
- Since 2013 Member of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany
- Since 2013 Member of the Central Ethics Committee of the German Medical Association (ZEKO)
- Since 2010 Member of the Advisory Board of the International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)
- 2010-2013 Member of the Advisory Commission on Public Responsibility of the Evangelical Church in Germany
- Since 2007 Member of the Societas Ethica
- 2004-2009 Member of the Advisory Commission on Sustainable Development of the Evangelical Church in Germany
- Since 2005 Member of the Schleiermacher Society
- Since 2003 Member of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion
- Since 2003 Member of the German Society for Philosophy of Religion (DGR)
- Since 2001 Member of the Scientific Society for Theology (WGTh; 2011-2014 Chair of the Expert Group for Systematic Theology)
- Since 1996 Member of the Working Group for Theological Business and Technology Ethics
Publications (Selection)
- Gräb-Schmidt, E.; Stritzelberger, C. P. (2018): Ethische Herausforderungen durch autonome Systeme und Robotik im Bereich der Pflege. In: Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik, 64 (4), 357-372.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2018): Zwischen System und Verantwortung. Ethische Überlegungen zum Begriff der Autonomie angesichts der Entwicklung autonomer Systeme. Herausgegeben von der Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. www.kas.de/analysen-und-argumente/detail/-/content/zwischen-system-und-verantwortung [11.12.2018].
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2018): Transcendence and Freedom. On the Anthropological and Cultural Centrality of Religion. In: M. Fuchs; J. Rüpke (ed.): Religious Individualisation. Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Berlin; New York.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2017): Menschenrechte und Christentum. Metaphysische und rechtssystematische Überlegungen zur Frage ihrer Geltung und Universalisierung. In: S. Altmeyer et al. (ed.): Menschenrechte und Religionsunterricht. Göttingen, 26-37.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2017): Autonome Systeme. Autonomie im Spiegel menschlicher Freiheit und ihrer technischen Errungenschaften. In: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik, 61 (3), 163-170.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2015): Der Mensch – seine Natur als Freiheit. Zu den Bestimmungen des Verhältnisses von Natur und Freiheit in anthropologischer, kosmologischer und verantwortungsethischer Absicht. In: E. Gräb-Schmidt; R. Preul (ed.): Natur. Leipzig, 29-50.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2015): Autonomie. In: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik, 59 (2), 133-137.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (ed.) (2015): Was heißt Natur? Philosophischer Ort und Begründungsfunktion des Naturbegriffs. Leipzig.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2015): Umweltethik. In: W. Huber; T. Meireis; H.-R. Reuter (ed.): Handbuch der Evangelischen Ethik. München, 649-709.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. et al. (ed.) (2015): Leibhaftes Personsein. Theologische und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Leipzig.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2013): Abschied von der Säkularisierungsthese. Herausforderungen für die protestantische Theologie der Gegenwart im Anschluss an Friederich Schleiermacher und Karl Barth. In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche, 110 (1), 74-108.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2012): Wessen Werte zählen in einer pluralistischen demokratischen Gesellschaft? In: A. K. Weilert; W. P. Hildmann (ed.): Ethische Politikberatung. Baden-Baden, 135-150.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2011): Die Herausforderungen der Neurowissenschaften als Anfrage an das Verhältnis von Ethik und Technik. In: C. Polke et al. (ed.): Niemand ist eine Insel. Menschsein im Schnittpunkt von Anthropologie, Theologie und Ethik. Berlin; New York, 429-450.
- Gräb-Schmidt, E. (2002): Technikethik und ihre Fundamente. Berlin.
- Berg, C. et al. (ed.) (2001): Der Mensch als Homo faber. Technik zwischen Faszination und Verantwortung. Münster.