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  Theologian thanks two Deaconesses

  50 years ago the Associate Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Schirrmacher, who is responsible for theological concerns, decided to move Jesus Christ into the center of his life. The place where this happened was the diaconal facility Diakonissen-Mutterhaus in Lachen, Germany, and it is there that Schirrmacher gave a sermon in a worship service upon the anniversary of this occasion and thanked the two deaconesses who looked after him at that time and explained the gospel to him.

  Friday October 20th, 2017 / Special topics theology, ProMundis Blog

   
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  Royal Ghassanid Family visits the President of Albania on his last day in office

  HIRH Prince Gharios El Chemor of Ghassan Al-Numan VIII, head of the Royal House of Ghassan and members of the Ghassanid Royal Family were officially received by Albanian President Bujar Nishani at the presidential palace in Tirana. The president received the Order of Saint Michael Archangel and invited the Royal Family for an exclusive lunch. The president also received the lifetime membership for the Royal Ghassanid Academy of Arts and Sciences, presided by Prof. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher.

  Wednesday October 18th, 2017 / Special topics politics, Islam, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

   
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  Role Models of Faith: Freely Offering their Lives out of Christian Love

  According to the opinion of the evangelical theologian and mission scholar Christof Sauer, the new Apostolic Letter of Pope St. Francis with the title “There is no greater love (maiorem hac dilectionem) – on the offer of life” is to be welcomed, as far as it concerns the definition of a martyr.

  Monday October 16th, 2017 / Persecution of Christians, Special topics Mission, Catholic Church, ProMundis Blog

   
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  Schirrmacher calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (F4R)”

  The Associate Secretary General of World Evangelical Alliance, being among other things responsible for interreligious dialogue of this network of 600 million Protestants, calls upon top religious leaders worldwide to sign the UNHCHR’s “Beirut Declaration on ‘Faith for Rights’ (FAR)” and to help to fulfill UN’s Rabat Plan of Action.

  Friday October 13th, 2017 / Dialogue with other religions, Special topics Society, Special topics politics, Special topics religions, Menschenrechte allgemein, ProMundis Blog, Religion & State, United Nations

   
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  My Instructor and Role Model Peter L. Berger ✝

  Berger had been Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University since 1981, and from 1985 to 2010 he was Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs CURA (as it is now called). CURA is housed in a beautiful half-timbered house atypical of US universities.

  Wednesday October 11th, 2017 / ProMundis Blog, Sociology of religions, Sociology of religions

   
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  “Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, and Freedom of Speech as the Heart of our Democracy”

  In a lecture at the University of Freiburg, the President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights stated that “freedom of religion, freedom of conscience, and freedom of speech are not marginal.

  Wednesday September 27th, 2017 / Christianity & Politics, Democracy, Special topics politics, University, Menschenrechte allgemein, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Religion & State, Religious Freedom

   
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  World Evangelical Alliance is satisfied with its Program of Dialogue with Islamic Leaders

  The Deputy Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), Thomas Schirrmacher, has drawn a positive conclusion regarding its international program of dialog with leading Muslim clerics around the world.

  Friday September 22nd, 2017 / Christianity & Politics, Special topics ecumenical relations, Special topics religions, Catholic Church, Ecumenism, Orthodox Churches, ProMundis Blog