Cristina M. Pumplun (1965) is the missionary

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. Until 2003 she was Secretary of Studies at the Thomas Institute of Tilburg University in

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. Pumplun studied German language and literature at

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, and then at Universität Passau, Germany. Her Ph.D. thesis investigated German devotional texts of the 17th century, specifically the work of

Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (7 September 1633, Viehdorf — 10 April 1694, Nuremberg) was an Austrian poetry, poet of the Baroque era. Greiffenberg is one of the most significant German-language writers of the early modern era. Her work is r ...

, and was published as ''Begriff des Unbegreiflichen: Funktion und Bedeutung der Metaphorik in den Geburtsbetrachtungen der Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg (1633-1694)'' (1995). She taught modern German literature and culture from 1995 to 2000 at

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and the

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. Pumplun also studied theology at

and Protestantse Theologische Universiteit in Amsterdam and obtained her master's degree in 2015. She publishes articles, reviews and columns in various papers and magazines on theology, religion and the role of churches in society.

Bibliography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pumplun, Cristina Living people 1965 births Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni