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Veronika Weidner
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Catholic Theological Faculty
Fundamental Theology | Philosophy of Religion
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 Munich, Germany
+49/89.2180.1433
[email protected]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Teaching and Research Assistant, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Chair of Fundamental Theology | Philosophy of Religion (Prof. Dr. Armin Kreiner), 2013-present
EDUCATION
Recognised Student, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford, 02.-07.2016
(funded by Catholic Theological Faculty and LMUMentoring excellence Program for
Female Junior Scientists, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
Ph.D., Theology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2013-expected 2016
Working Title: “The Riddle of Divine Hiddenness”
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Armin Kreiner
Diploma, Theology, Summa Cum Laude, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, 2008
PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Theological Education Officer, Education Centre Cardinal Döpfner House, Freising, 2012-2013
Education Officer, School Pastoral Centre at Fürstenried Castle, Munich, 2009-2012
GRANTS
Nominated Mentee, LMUMentoring excellence Program for Female Junior Scientists, Ludwig
Maximilian University of Munich, 01.-09.2016
Scholarship, “Albertus Magnus- und Hildegardis-Verein,” Archdiocese of Freiburg, 2007-2008
PUBLICATIONS – PEER-REVIEWED
Book Edited
[work in progress] Gasser, Georg, Armin Kreiner, and Veronika Weidner, eds. Die Verborgenheit Gottes.
Papers
[work in progress] “Kants Theodizeekonzeptionen in ausgewählten Schriften der 50er Jahre.”
[work in progress] “Nagels Problem mit dem Naturalismus in prozessphilosophischer Perspektive.”
[work in progress] “Steckt die Religion noch in den Kinderschuhen? Thesen zur Evolution der
Religion.”
Book Review
Evolutionary Religion, by J. L. Schellenberg (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013). Faith and
Philosophy 32, no. 3 (2015): 350-354.
PUBLICATIONS – OTHERS
“Abenteuer Freiheit: Impulse der Würzburger Synode - Folge 2.” Münchner Kirchenzeitung
108, no. 44 (November 1, 2015), 30.
Seitz, Constanze, Veronika Weidner, and Walter Peukert. “Geh und handle genauso! - Schülerinnen begegnen dem barmherzigen Samariter.” In Wenn die Kirche zur Schule geht …: Kreative Ideen, Projekte und Konzepte zur Schulpastoral, edited by Helmut Demmelhuber, Marianne Hartung, and Achim Wicker, 71-78. München: Deutscher Katecheten-Verein e.V., 2011.
PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS
“Gott, Geist und Kosmos: Perspektiven nach Thomas Nagel,” 8th Berlin Colloquium Young
Philosophy of Religion, funded participant (German Society for Philosophy of Religion | DGR
and Hannover Institute for Philosophical Research | FIPH), Berlin, February 26-27, 2015
“Divine Action in the World: Philosophical and Theological Inquiries,” Summer School,
Analytic Theology Project, funded participant (John Templeton Foundation), Innsbruck, July
24-August 2, 2014
PRESENTATIONS – SCHOLARLY
“Nagels Problem mit dem Naturalismus in prozessphilosophischer Perspektive,” at the 8th
Berlin Colloquium Young Philosophy of Religion “Gott, Geist und Kosmos: Perspektiven nach
Thomas Nagel,” Berlin, February 27, 2015
“On Divine Hiddenness,” at the Summer School “Divine Action in the World: Philosophical and
Theological Inquiries,” Innsbruck, August 1, 2014
“On Divine Hiddenness,” at the Doctoral Colloquium of the Chair of Fundamental Theology |
Philosophy of Religion, Ohlstadt, July 19, 2014
PRESENTATION – OTHER
“Steckt die Religion noch in den Kinderschuhen? Thesen zur Evolution der Religion,” at the
Munich Adult Education Centre (MVHS), Am Gasteig, October 28, 2015
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Committee for Higher Education Didactic Courses for the University Assistants at the Catholic
Theological Faculty, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2014-present
“Seminararbeiten begleiten und korrigieren” (Dzifa Vode), May 29, 2015
“Lehrvorträge zielgruppenorientiert-interaktiv gestalten” (Nathalie Primus), July 22, 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2hr Seminar (with Prof. Dr. Armin Kreiner), “Ist Gott verborgen?,” Winter Term 2015-2016
2hr Seminar, “Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und in die Grundlagen der Theologie,” Winter Term 2015-2016
1hr Reading Course, “What Does It All Mean? A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy (Thomas Nagel),” Summer Term 2015
1hr Lecture, “Offenbarung” (of Prof. Dr. Armin Kreiner), Winter Term 2014-2015
(Student Evaluation Result (EvaSys): very good)
2hr Seminar, “Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und in die Grundlagen der Theologie,” Winter Term 2014-2015
2hr Seminar, “Warum ist überhaupt etwas und nicht vielmehr nichts?,” Summer Term 2014
2hr Seminar, “Ist Glaube rational? Impulse aus der analytischen Religionsphilosophie,” Winter
Term 2013-2014
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
“Divine Hiddenness” and “The Philosophy of Richard Swinburne,” British Society for the
Philosophy of Religion, funded participant (Department of the Catholic Theological Faculty,
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Oriel College, Oxford, September 10-13, 2015
“Faith and Reason: Themes from Swinburne,” John Templeton Foundation, the Center for
Philosophy of Religion at Notre Dame, and the Society of Christian Philosophers, funded
participant (LMUMentoring excellence Program for Female Junior Scientists, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Purdue University, West Lafayette (IN), September 25-27, 2014
“Divine Action in the World,” Analytic Theology Project, funded participant (John Templeton
Foundation), University of Innsbruck, August 4-6, 2014
“Welt der Gründe,” XXII. German Congress of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of
Munich, September 11-15, 2011
OTHER ACTIVITIES
“Gott würfelt nicht? Kausalität und Zufall in den Naturwissenschaften,” Summer Academy of
the Cusanuswerk (Episcopal Scholarship Foundation), Spiritual Accompaniment, Nittendorf,
August 16-28, 2015
Committee “Second Vatican Council and the Würzburg Synod,” Diocesan Council of the Catholics in the Archdiocese of Munich, invited member, 2015-present
Extra-Occupational Studies of Adult Education, Munich School of Philosophy S.J., 2011-2012
ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS
British Society for the Philosophy of Religion
Friends of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Society

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