Christiane Tietz

Professor for Systematic Theology | University of Zurich

Christiane Tietz is Professor for Systematic Theology at the University of Zurich where she oversees the Institute of Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion. She was the former president of the German language section of the International Bonhoeffer Society, and her main areas of research include Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, classical doctrinal questions, and hermeneutics. Her most recent publications include Theologian of Resistance: The Life and Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2016), and Martin Luther im interkulturellen Kontext (2008). Last fall, she published a new biography on Karl Barth entitled Karl Barth. Ein Leben im Widerspruch (2018).