Josefa Woditsch

Josefa Woditsch is a Researcher at the Department of Dogmatics and History of Dogma within the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, where she also serves as the Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer. Her academic profile bridges systematic theology with critical social analysis, focusing on pneumatological frameworks and institutional power dynamics within religious contexts.

Education:

• Magister theologiae (Master of Theology) from Capuchin Philosophical and Theological College, Münster (2011-2017)
• Doctoral candidate in Fundamental Theology at Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg (supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Reményi)

Woditsch's research trajectory evolved from classical pneumatological questions in her 2022 publication to urgent contemporary issues of spiritual abuse, culminating in her 2024 peer-reviewed study that conceptualizes spiritual abuse as psychological violence within ecclesial structures. Her work integrates liberation theology perspectives with psychological insights, particularly evident in her 2025 lecture on Brazilian theological impulses for justice.

Scientific Recognition:

• Doctoral Fellowship from Hanns Seidel Foundation (2019-2021)
• Participant in SCIENTIA career development program for women at University of Würzburg (2020-2021)

Her academic service includes lecturing in Fundamental Theology at Würzburg (2019-2021) and current research supervision under Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dahlke at KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. Woditsch maintains active international engagement through invited lectures in Brazil and Germany, addressing theological responses to psychological violence in church settings.