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Religious scholar and deacon
Country of origin
Germany

Jochen Mündlein (*1989) is a scholar of religious studies and a deacon of the Lutheran Church in Bavaria. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Protestant Theology at LMU Munich, working on a dissertation exploring the religious function of science fiction films in contemporary culture. He works as a research associate at the University of Graz, Fundamental Theology. He is a member of the Media and Religion Research Group and actively involved in the international research group Film and Theology. His academic contributions include publications, seminars, and lectures on film, religion, and theology. Member of INTERFILM.

Current issues

Land of A Thousand and One Nights and Persian poetry, Iran has turned cinema into the art of suggestion: when speech is monitored, the image becomes a poem and editing a figure of style.
“To get straight to the point, Robert Redford was an idol of my youth.” This is how Peter Paul Huth begins his obituary for the famous actor, director, and festival founder.

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2

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