Forderer Tanja

Forderer Tanja is a Researcher at the Department of New Testament within the Faculty of Protestant Theology at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Previously, she held research positions at the University of Hamburg from 2014 to 2020, including a stipend from the Doktorandenkolleg Geisteswissenschaften. Her work focuses on New Testament exegesis, gender studies in theology, and violence in religious texts.

• 2008-2014: Studium der Evangelischen Theologie (Tübingen, Hamburg, Berlin)
• 2014: 1. Theologische Dienstprüfung/Diplom
• 2020: Promotion at Universität Hamburg

Her research explores intersections of gender, ethics, and power dynamics in early Christian writings. Notably, her habilitation project investigates "Erzählte Gewalt in der Johannesoffenbarung" through the lens of ancient discourses on power.

Key publication trends include: 1) Analysis of Pauline epistles (1 Corinthians, 1 Thessalonians) and their socio-historical contexts; 2) Theological interpretations of peace and conflict resolution in the New Testament; 3) Examinations of sexual ethics and gender roles in early Christian communities.

• Stipendiatin des Doktorandenkollegs Geisteswissenschaften (2015-2016, 2017-2020)

Forderer has contributed to edited volumes on early Christian mission and the Lord's Prayer, and her monograph on marriage/divorce in the New Testament offers argumentation analysis of Mark 10 and 1 Corinthians 7. She is affiliated with the European Society of Women in Theological Research and the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie.