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The Director of the IIRF and Board Member of the ISHR, Thomas Schirrmacher, has been personally informed of the status of negotiations surrounding the threatened Syrian Orthodox Monastery Mor Gabriel.
Petra Kolonko hat in ihrem Buch Maos Enkel: Innenansicht aus dem neuen China (München: C. H. Beck, 2009) eine faszinierende Gesamtschau Chinas geliefert, die ihresgleichen sucht. Die vielen positiven Entwicklungen werden genauso verständlich gemacht wie […]
My written statement for the German federal parlament (Deutscher Bundestag) end of October 2010 (see here) has been translated into English meanwhile by my able translator Dr. Richard McClary: Collective list of questions for the public hearing […]
A foundation for democracy In the last blog we saw that the statement “all people are sinners” has eminent socio-political and political significance. The statement that all people are sinners also constitutes a significant foundation […]
A had the privilege to open the launch of the ecumenical “Recommendations for Conduct” in Geneva on the 28th of June, 2011 (see here) with the following words: Today, we are gathered here to launch this historic […]
A Basis for fighting social and structural evil In my last two blog entries, I addressed the statement “all people are sinners.” This statement also has noteworthy sociopolitical and political significance. The statement means that […]
Judeo-Christian anthropology (the study of humankind) lives with a peculiar tension. On the one hand, humanity is created in “the image of God” and endowed with unbelievable abilities and complexity. On the other hand, humankind […]
Archbishop and Professor Dr. Thomas Paul Schirrmacher is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, President of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, Co-President of Religions for Peace and President of the Bonn Abrahamic Center for Global Peace, Justice and Sustainability (BAC). Read more …
