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Author
Name Schell, Maximilian
Research field Ethics / Protestant Theology
Career stage postdoc
Home university/institution Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
Department/Research unit at home university/institution Protestant Theology
Chair/Working group at home institution Systematic Theology / Ethics

International activity
Country United States
Location Washington D.C. / Arlington
University George Mason University
Fund Research School Int.Mo.P
Type of activity conference visit
Period starts 18-08-2022
ends 21-08-2022
Keywords Reconciliation Research, Peace and Conflict Studies, Ethics
Report Attending the conference and presenting my own research findings at the annual Conference of the International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS) was a great asset in terms of my research career. The academic exchange, the possibility of international networking as well as the experience of presenting my own research results in an international context are immensely valuable components of my post-doc career.
The conference gave me the opportunity to introduce important results of my dissertation into the international discourse of reconciliation research. The conference was attended by international luminaries of the field who were able to perceive and discuss my results, which have so far been published mainly in German and within the German speaking discourse. In addition to the important professional exchange, the personal encounter with professional representatives of the USA, Japan, South Korea, Israel and Germany offered the opportunity to establish sustainable research networks based on my expertise in the field of reconciliation research. It is important for my career that, in addition to the topic of the habilitation, the research area of the dissertation remains an important factor in my research, so that acquired expertise does not fade over time.
The paper itself was located in the conference panel "Reconciliation in Religion and Philosophy". The contribution addressed the question of how aggressive emotions within reconciliation processes might be addressed from a theological perspective by a "Christian Culture of Emotion". A strong drift towards forgiveness and thus an implicite delegitimization of aggressive emotions can be observed within theological reconciliation research. Against this background, in dialogue with U.S. and German conceptions and the discourses of the "affectual turn", I propose to address aggressive emotions through a Christian Culture of Emotion that includes moments of allowance as well as moments of containment of emotions in the reconciliation process. Such a culture of emotion could be relevant for reconciliation processes of transitional societies and the German context as well.
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