Annette Langner-Pitschmann is Professor of Theology in Times of Globalization at Goethe Universität Frankfurt in Germany. She previously worked as a research fellow at the International Research Centre for Social and Ethical Issues in Salzburg in Austria and lectured at the Catholic Private University Linz in Austria. An expert on pragmatist philosophy, she has written widely on religiosity, secularity, and ambiguity in contemporary democracy.