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Christoph Heilig
@christophheilig.bsky.social
Author. Research group leader at the University of Munich. Interested in theology, literature, and AI.

http://www.christoph-heilig.de

Et ego in Arcadia esse vellem.
Article on the volume "Empire Criticism of the New Testament" - and what it has to do with AI ... (a topic I research at the @badw.de)

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New anthology challenges conventional view of early Christianity
Did the first Christians really steer clear of political criticism? Theologian Christoph Heilig has published an anthology on the subject.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Neuer Artikel der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social über meinen Band "Empire Criticism of the New Testament"

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Mit kurzem Statement von mir zu KI und geisteswissenschaftlicher Forschung (@badw.de).
Neuer Sammelband stellt konventionelle Sicht auf frühes Christentum infrage
Waren die ersten Christen wirklich politisch unkritisch? Theologe Christoph Heilig hat dazu einen Sammelband herausgegeben.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📢 Full #Postdoc (E14 TV‑L), up to 4 yrs + €15k/yr research funds + training/network @bidt.bsky.social Graduate Center. Start 01.01.2027 · Deadline 31.12.2025. Interested in #AI × Theology 🤖⛪? DM me. Please share! 👉 www.bidt.digital/foerderprogr...
Graduate Center für Postdocs | bidt
Wir unterstützen qualifizierte Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und Nachwuchswissenschaftler bei der selbstständigen Wahrnehmung von Forschungsaufgaben. Mit der Förderlinie möchte das Bayerische Staatsmi...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It was an honour and pleasure for me to discuss AI and ethics yesterday as part of this great panel at the @badw.de!
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
In this blog post, I contextualize the new volume on early Christianity and the Roman Empire that I had the privilege to edit:

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The First Christians in the Roman Empire - Cowards or Revolutionaries?
For a long time, research on early Christianity was shaped by the assumption that the Roman Empire resembled a modern state based on the rule of law in many respects and that the first followers of th...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Spannende Tagung zur Rolle von KI im Wandel von Gesellschaft, Bildung und Religion. In meinem Vortrag habe ich mich aus ethischer Perspektive mit dem Umgang von durch KI-Anwendungen vermittelter Macht in professionellen Care-Praxen auseinandergesetzt.

📸: Danke an @christophheilig.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Eine stimulierende interdisziplinäre Tagung zur Zukunft unserer Gesellschaft angesichts von Entwicklungen rund um Künstliche Intelligenz geht zu Ende.

Ich selbst habe aus meine Forschung im Jungen Kolleg der @badw.de beigetragen.
October 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Ah, I see! The "eBook PDF" is not supposed to be a link, it's just the information which edition you're looking at (print or digital). If you switch to the English page it might be clearer that "Zum Volltext" means "Read", so that's the link to the PDF: www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/empi...
Empire Criticism of the New Testament
How did early Christians navigate daily life in the Roman Empire? Leading experts introduce innovative methodological approaches and demonstrate through detailed textual analyses that this question re...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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I just skimmed Asquith on papyri- absolutely fascinating
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🚨 Just published! 🎉

Thrilled to announce "Empire Criticism of the New Testament," a volume (with cutting-edge research, but also suitable as a textbook!) I had the pleasure of editing, is now out - and available OPEN ACCESS via @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social! 🥳

www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/empi...
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Prof. Markus Schwaiger, (heute für eine neue Amtszeit gewählte!) Präsident der @badw.de, verabschiedet die bisherige Generalsekretärin, Bianca Marzocca - mit einem Scheck über 6000€ zur Leseförderung von Kindern aus sozial benachteiligten Familien, ein ihr sehr wichtiges Thema.
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I am glad to have contributed an essay here on subversive speech acts. It's open access and addresses important new conversations in Empire criticism and NT. Check it out!
With contributions by

me on Narratology
Justin Winzenburg (@winzenj.bsky.social) on Speech Act Theory
Laura J. Hunt on Semiotics
Erin M. Heim on Metaphor Theories
Christopher A. Porter on Social Identity Theory
Nils Neumann on Historical Psychology
...
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🚨 Just published! 🎉

Thrilled to announce "Empire Criticism of the New Testament," a volume (with cutting-edge research, but also suitable as a textbook!) I had the pleasure of editing, is now out - and available OPEN ACCESS via @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social! 🥳

www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/empi...
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In den letzten Wochen war ich häufiger mal zu den Themen KI und Literatur sowie KI und Religion (wozu ich an der @badw.de forsche) zu hören - Podcast- und Radio-Beiträge habe ich in diesem neuen Blog-Post verlinkt

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Zum Nachhören
In letzter Zeit gab es gleich mehrere Gelegenheiten mich zu hören und daher dachte ich, ich verlinke hier mal die entsprechenden Podcast- und Radio-Beiträge. • Den Anfang macht ein ausführliches Gesp...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Es ist @buchmesse.de . Ich bin dann mal Offline, bis ich keinen Blödsinn zu KI und Kreativität mehr hören muss.
October 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Don't want to read all 1000pp of my German dissertation on narratives in Paul's letters? In the first issue of the wonderful new journal @agntsjournal.bsky.social, you'll find an English translation of my conclusions, produced by @waynecoppins.bsky.social !

agntsjournal.com/stroyteller/
Paul as Storyteller? Conclusion - Accessible German New Testament Scholarship
Talk of “narrative” structures in the Letters of Paul has significantly shaped the exegetical discussion in the Anglophone sphere for some time. The “narrative approach,” which was especially inspired...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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„Vom Olymp gestürzt – und doch gebraucht“:

Christoph Markschies über geknicktes Selbstbewusstsein, neue Allianzen mit Naturwissenschaften – und warum ohne Geisteswissenschaften weder Politik noch Gesellschaft auskommen.

👉Interview im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/09...
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
@markschies.bsky.social spricht ein Grußwort (und ein wenig über Gadamer und Tennis) beim Akademientag der @akademienunion.bsky.social.

Der Tag war sehr stimulierend und erhellend!
September 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you are New Testament scholar, check out this new open access journal, subscribe, and take a look at the first issue!
We just launched the first volume of AGNTS today with excellent contributions from Matthias Konradt, Peter Stuhlmacher, Oda Wischmeyer, @christophheilig.bsky.social , and Christine Jacobi, as well as a few historical pieces by William Wrede.

agntsjournal.com
Home - Accessible German New Testament Scholarship
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September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Hey this Looks great. Congratulations!
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 "Influence of AI Algorithms on Individual and Collective Memory"

October 29, 2025

👉 Program/waitlist: eyyar.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/sh/1t6...

I will also contribute as part of a panel discussion. :)

Organized by the @badw.de, the @munichcenterml.bsky.social, and the @bidt.bsky.social
BAdW-Junges Kolleg / MCML / bidt - AI, Ethics and Society - October 2025, 29th
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September 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is an extremely important new resource for NT scholars!!!
We just launched the first volume of AGNTS today with excellent contributions from Matthias Konradt, Peter Stuhlmacher, Oda Wischmeyer, @christophheilig.bsky.social , and Christine Jacobi, as well as a few historical pieces by William Wrede.

agntsjournal.com
Home - Accessible German New Testament Scholarship
agntsjournal.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Reposted by Christoph Heilig
We just launched the first volume of AGNTS today with excellent contributions from Matthias Konradt, Peter Stuhlmacher, Oda Wischmeyer, @christophheilig.bsky.social , and Christine Jacobi, as well as a few historical pieces by William Wrede.

agntsjournal.com
Home - Accessible German New Testament Scholarship
agntsjournal.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Im Beitrag von Kirsten Dietrich in der @rbb24.de (Radio 3) Sendung "Aus Religion und Gesellschaft - Deus ex machina – KI und Religion" (in den ersten paar Minuten) komme unter anderem auch ich zur Zukunft der Theologie angesichts von KI zu Wort

www.radiodrei.de/programm/sch...

@badw.de
Deus ex machina – KI und Religion
Large Language Models wie ChatGPT prägen zunehmend unseren Alltag. Doch nicht nur im Arbeitsleben und in der Unterhaltung findet Künstliche Intelligenz zunehmend Anwendung – Auch für Religionen wird d...
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September 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM