Prof. Dr. Christian Hornung

Christian Hornung focuses on dependency and dependencies in the History of Ancient Christianity. His interests are:

1) The general legitimation and authorization of dependency in ancient society in the view of ecclesiastical writers, especially since the 4th century.

2) The ancient church itself as an example of institutional dependencies between different groups (clerics and laypersons; clerics and penitents; clerics and catechumen). Despite many studies on church discipline and early canon law the history of the church was never analyzed by the focus of "dependencies": How is the process of ecclesiastical hierarchization and differentiation reflected and justified by the ancient church? Did the development of theology and of a hierarchical image of God influence the ecclesiastical thoughts and practices on this point?

Christian Hornung has published 3 books, 2 edited volumes, 30 academic papers and 18 reviews. Furthermore he gave 30 national and international presentations.

2014
Habilitation and Venia legendi in the History of Ancient Christianity and Patrology

2007–2010   
Ph.D. at the University of Bonn, Germany

2002–2007            
Studies in Catholic Theology, Classical Philology and German Philology, Universities of Bonn, Germany and Vienna, Austria

since 2019  
Director of the Franz Joseph Dölger Institut, University of Bonn, Germany

since 2017    
Professor for the History of Ancient Christianity and Patrology, University of Bonn, Germany

2016                        
Visiting Scholar, Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., USA

2015–2016            
Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Foundation, University of Siegen, Germany

2007–2016            
Lectureships, Universities of Cologne, Siegen and Erfurt, Germany

2014                        
Deputy Professor for the History of Ancient Christianity and Patrology, University of Münster, Germany

2010–2015            
Deputy Director of the Franz Joseph Dölger Institut, University of Bonn, Germany

2007–2010            
Research Assistant, Institute for Church History, University of Bonn, Germany

since 2019
Principal Editor of Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum

since 2018        
Co-editor of Standorte in Antike und Christentum (StAC)

since 2017          
Co-editor of Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum (JbAC)

since 2018
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart, Germany

since 2018         
Deputy Chairman of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Kirchenhistoriker und Kirchenhistorikerinnen im deutschen Sprachraum

since 2018          
Member of Zentrum für Religion und Gesellschaft (ZERG)

2013–2016             
Membership of "Junges Kolleg" of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts