The international lecture series on the history of the reception of the biblical figures Sarah and Hagar at the Institute of Protestant Theology will continue in the winter semester 2025/26. Lectures and discussions by and with renowned international and national scholars will take place on four dates. On Wednesday, 3 December, the lectures will be given by Dr Ulrike Bachmann and Prof. Dr Andrew King from Carson-Newman University in Tennessee, USA.
The lectures are entitled "To See and To Be Seen in the Story of Hagar" and "Transformed in Transit: The Body of Hagar in Arabic Tradition". The lectures will begin at 6.15 pm in room E2.310 with a reading of scholarly texts dealing with the view of Sara and Hagar in different theologies. Afterwards, a Zoom room will be opened for the lecturers and the international audience from 7 pm. This will be followed by two lectures in English and a 30-minute discussion round.
The lecture series is organised in cooperation with the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZeKK) as well as teachers and students from John Carroll University and the Tuohy Center for Interreligious Understanding in University Heights, Ohio, USA.
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