Dorothee Sölle

Dorothee Sölle
Dorothee Sölle
	Sölle in 1998
Born	Dorothee Nipperdey; 30 September 1929; Cologne, Prussia, Germany
Died	27 April 2003 (aged 73); Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Other names	Dorothee Steffensky-Sölle
Spouses	Dietrich Sölle (m. 1954; div. 1964); Fulbert Steffensky (m. 1969);
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cologne
Thesis	Studies in the Structures of Bonaventura's Vigils
Influences	Dietrich Bonhoeffer; Martin Buber; Rudolf Bultmann; Meister Eckhart; Friedrich Gogarten; G. W. F. Hegel; Martin Luther;
Academic work
Discipline	Theology
Sub-discipline	Political theology
School or tradition	Christian socialism; feminist theology; liberation theology; Lutheranism;
Institutions	Union Theological Seminary
Notable ideas	Christofascism
Influenced	Mary Grey; Beverly Wildung Harrison; Carter Heyward; Adam Kotsko;

Dorothee Steffensky-Sölle (née Nipperdey, 1929–2003), known as Dorothee Sölle, was a German liberation theologian who coined the term "Christofascism". She was born in Cologne and died at a conference in Göppingen from cardiac arrest.

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