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  Religion and Politics in a free society

  (Bonn, 26.03.2015) Since the terror attacks in Paris at the beginning of the year, themes such as integration and Identity, the relation of foundational democratic values with religions, as well as religious fundamentalism and violence, […]

  Friday March 27th, 2015 / Democracy, Islam, Politics, ProMundis Blog, Religions, Religious Freedom, Sociology of religions, Sociology

   
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  Freedom of Religion is the Unloved Step Child among Human Rights

  Source: WEA News The Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom, Thomas Schirrmacher, gave a guest lecture entitled “Religious Freedom as a Threatened Human Right in Worldwide Perspective: The Major Factors in the Growing Assault […]

  Friday March 27th, 2015 / Human Rights, Menschenrechte allgemein, Right to religious freedom

   

• Religious Nationalism Marches On

  Translated from Die Welt, January 19, 2015 Every religion can become the origin of injustice, claims Thomas Schirrmacher. In this interview, the human rights activist speaks about persecuted Christians and fairness for IS terrorists. By Till-R. Stoldt Every year Christian […]

  Monday March 23rd, 2015 / Persecution of Christians, Special topics human rights, ProMundis Blog, Religious Freedom

   

• Schirrmacher fordert in einem offenen Brief seinen Kollegen Geldbach auf, zur ökumenischen Gesprächskultur des 21. Jahrhunderts aufzuschließen

  (Bonner Querschnitte, 21.03.2015) Der Vorsitzende der Theologischen Kommission der Weltweiten Evangelischen Allianz, Thomas Schirrmacher, hat seinen Kollegen, den Bochumer baptistischen Konfessionskundler Erich Geldbach, in einem offenen Brief aufgefordert, Begriffe wie ‚Erzfeinde‘ aus der Sprache der […]

  Saturday March 21st, 2015 / Evangelicals, Ecumenism, ProMundis Blog, Protestant Churches, Theology

   

• Based on the number of countries involved, the war between Islamists and the rest of the world has surpassed the scope of World War II.

  In Thailand police stations are overrun by Muslim extremists; in Mali the government was temporarily toppled by them; Yemen is, as a result of Islamists, ungovernable. In Syria,Japanese hostages are killed by Islamists, and a […]

  Wednesday March 18th, 2015 / Dialogue with other religions, Special topics politics, Islam, Mission, Politics, ProMundis Blog, Religions

   
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  Education, culture and faith

  EDITORIAL Education remains a key issue for Christians today, just as in the past.

  Monday March 16th, 2015 / Articles, School / Education

   
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  Bernd Schirrmacher (1921-2015): One of the Co-Founders of the Evangelical School Movement has died

  Bernd Schirrmacher, Honorary Chairman of the August-Hermann-Francke School in Giessen, Germany, one of the largest Evangelical schools in Europe, died peacefully in a retirement home in Lahnau near Giessen shortly before his 94th birthday and just […]

  Monday March 9th, 2015 / Special ethical topics, Special topics Society, Ethics, Society, ProMundis Blog