Gabriele Dietrich

Studies In various stages of her study life, Dietrich went through the Universities of Marburg, Münster and Heidelberg.

Researcher/Teacher Dietrich first came to India in 1971 as a Researcher to the Christian Institute of Study of Religion and Society (CISRS), Bangalore during the Directorship of M. M. Thomas. After an extended stint with the CISRS, she left for Germany in 1973. On invitation from the Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary in 1975, she returned to India to take up a teaching assignment at the Seminary where she currently teaches.

Writings 1971, Tod und Jenseits in der aztekischen Religion (in German), 1977, The Challenge of the Word, 1988, Women's Movement in India: Conceptual and Religious Reflections, 1992, Reflections on the women's movement in India: religion, ecology, development, 1998, Towards Understanding Indian Society, 2001, A new thing on earth: hopes and fears facing feminist theology : theological ruminations of a feminist activist, 2004, On reading the signs of the times,

Honours In 2004, an 11-member committee coordinated by Lalrinawmi Ralte of the United Theological College, Bangalore brought out a festschrift in honour of Dietrich entitled Waging Peace, Building a World in which Life Matters: Festschrift to Honour Gabriele Dietrich.