PD Dr. Hendrik Stoppel

Introduction

Hendrik Stoppel, born in 1979, studied theology in Oberursel and Tübingen from 1998 to 2005 and was awarded his doctorate in the Old Testament in 2017 with the thesis »Von Angesicht zu Angesicht. Ouvertüre am Horeb. Deuteronomium 5 und 9–10 und die Textgestalt ihrer Folie« (Face to Face. Overture at Horeb. Deuteronomy 5 and 9–10 and the Textual Shape of Their Background) in Tübingen. He switched to systematic theology and habilitated in 2024 with his habilitation thesis »Zwischen Mythos und Eschaton. Die Frage nach der Wirklichkeit Gottes« (Between Myth and Eschaton. The Question of the Reality of God) in Heidelberg. After filling in as Interim Chair of Systematic Theology in Bochum in the winter semester 2023/2024 and in Frankfurt a.M. in the summer semester 2024, he returned to Bochum in the winter of 2024/2025 as Interim Chair of Intercultural Theology.

He conducts research at the intersection and border areas of intercultural theology, philosophy of religion, dogmatics and fundamental theology and ethics. His current focus is on questions of the reality of God, figures of origin and normativity, eschatology and utopia as well as Christology and soteriology as the intersection of all questions.

Publications

(in 2026) Zwischen Mythos und Eschaton. Die Frage nach der Wirklichkeit Gottes (HUTh), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. Gleichzeitige Publikation als Open Access. [Between Myth and Eschaton. The Question of the Reality of God]

(in 2026) Theologien der Imagination, in: ThR. [Theologies of Imagination]

(in 2026) Wider die Entlarvungsgeste. Eine Kritik an den gegenwärtige Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Mythos, in: ThR. [Against the Gesture of Unmasking. A Critique of Current Engagements with Myth]

Courses

The following courses (in German) will be offered in the winter semester 2024/2025:

For BA students in the PO 2016/2019 who still need the lecture “Introduction to Protestant Theology” in the Systematic Theology module, it will be offered as an asynchronous eLearning course. The course can be completed with the self-assessment test.