Practical Theology III

Marko Jesske

Contakt

Theologicum
Liebermeisterstr.12
72076 Tübingen

 

Room: 308 (3rd Floor)

07071/29-78014

marco.jesske@uni-tuebingen.de

Research Projects

  • PhD project: Preaching creation in times of climate change. Case studies based on performance theory
  • Online conference: Global Religion and the Climate Crisis, 30.09.-02.10.2024; together with Prof. Dr. Jeane Peracullo (De La Salle University, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Felix Roleder (University of Hamburg)
  • Research Assistant in Research Unit 2828 “De/Sacralization of Texts” “De/Sakralisierung von Texten”, P 9 “The use of text and the interpretation of life on the occasion funeral ceremonies”

Research Interests

  • Homiletics
  • Qualitative Research of Religion
  • Climate change from a perspective of cultural studies and social sciences
  • Performance theories

Short CV

since 10/2023
Research assistant (25% employment)

University of Tübingen in the
DFG project ‘De/Sacralisation of Texts’ (FOR 2828)

since 04/2021
PhD scholarship holder of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst

Initially based at Goethe University Frankfurt
Since 04/2022 at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

2020
Magister Theologiae

Goethe University Frankfurt

2019
Master of Theology by Research

University of Edinburgh

2015-2020
Studies in Protestant Theology

Goethe University Frankfurt
University of Edinburgh

2014-2015
Substitute teacher in the subjects of Music and (Protestant) Religious Education

Friedrich-Ebert-School Frankfurt

2013-2018
Pastor (80% employment)

Free church project Subzone in Frankfurt 

2009-2013
Studies in Protestant Theology

Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Evangelische Hochschule Tabor

2008-2009
Voluntary Social Year in Spain
2008
Abitur

Hannah-Arendt-Gymnasium Haßloch

1988
Born in Haßloch (Pfalz)

Selected Publications

Editorships

  • Jeane Peracullo/ Felix Roleder/ Marko Jesske (Eds.): Global Religions and the Climate Crisis. International Perspectives on the Relation of Religion and Nature from Practical Theology and Religious Studies, Berlin (to be published in spring 2026).

Book Chapters

  • “We all know the situation” - Reflections on the dimension of temporality in sermons addressing climate change, in: Jeane Peracullo/ Felix Roleder/ Marko Jesske (Eds.): Global Religions and the Climate Crisis. International Perspectives on the Relation of Religion and Nature from Practical Theology and Religious Studies, Berlin (to be published in spring 2026).
  • Seelsorgliche Gelegenheiten in der Klimakrise? Kasualtheoretische Überlegungen, in: Ralph Kunz/ Walter Lechner/ Matthias Stracke-Bartholomai (Eds): Seelsorge in der Klimakrise - Aufbrüche in Wissenschaft und Praxis (midiKontur, Vol. 4; forthcoming).
  • Das Zwischengeschehen der Predigt entfalten - ein videoanalytisch-homiletischer Zugang, in: Samuel Lacher/ Manuel Stetter/ Hans-Ulrich Probst (Eds): Predigtanalyse. Zugänge zu einer homiletischen Grundaufgabe, Neukirchen-Vluyn (forthcoming).

Sermon Studies

  • Von der Melancholie des Endes und der Ankündigung eines unverhofften Neubeginns (12 May 2025, Exaudi, John 16:5-15), in: Predigtstudien VI/2 (2023/2024), 24-31 (with Nele Chiara Neidiger).

Conference Contributions

  • Presentation: Case study of a digital sermon on creation, Conference: "On-Life. Communicating the Gospel in (Post-)Digitality, Zurich (04 - 06 Nov 2024)
  • Paper: ‘We all know the situation’ - Reflections on the aspect of temporality in sermons on climate change, online conference: ‘Global Religion and the Climate Crisis’ (30 Sept - 02 Oct 2024)
  • Presentation: Responding to climate change? Emotional challenges for sermons that address climate change, Societas Homiletica, Groningen (10 Jun 2024)
  • Presentation: Climate crisis - (not) a topic for occasional services? Symposium: ‘Meeting the climate crisis with pastoral care’, Midi and the insurer's academy in the area of churches, Bamberg (6 Jun 2024)
  • Panel moderation: ‘Eschatological Practical Theology on Catastrophe and Hope’, International Academy for Practical Theology, Seoul (07-11 June 2023)
  • Poster: Preaching Creation in Times of Climate Change: A project presentation, Arbeitskreis Empirische Religionsforschung, Hofgeismar (15-17 Oct 2021)

Memberships

  • Arbeitskreis Empirische Religionsforschung e.V.
  • International Academy of Practical Theology
  • Transdisciplinary research network “Videoanalyse religiöser Praxis”
  • Collaborative Network for Climate Change in Religious Education