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The Benefit of Inter-religious Co-operation
Many societies, shaped by culture, religion and tradition that have grown over centuries, are transforming into multi-cultural and multi-religious societies. Logically, religious communities are also strongly affected by these demographic and cultural developments. Co-operation between different religions and confessions becomes increasingly important. The articles in this volume take a closer look at a number of developments in inter-religious co-operation. What challenges and opportunities do such collaborations offer? What are the benefits of interfaith dialogues and common actions? This collection of four essays addresses those questions using different scales of analysis and specific examples of inter-religious initiatives and dialogue. The articles are intended to provide an overview for interested readers and for those who are already involved in this field as well as information, contacts and opportunities to connect.
Mission as God's Spiral of Renewal
In this remarkable volume covering diverse subjects, in a span of three decades, Kenneth R. Ross articulates his views on the meaning and practice of Christian mission and challenges the binary view of mission that prevailed before the 1950s. He further reflects on Scotland’s experiences in the world-wide Christian mission and demonstrates the centrality of Africa in any discourse on Christianity. This volume is invaluable in its argument for a rethinking of Christian mission especially in relation to the West, which is now a new frontier for Christian mission. The book will be immensely beneficial to students of missiology and general readers who are interested in the subject of Christian Mission.
Handbuch missionarische Jugendarbeit
Jugendliche zum Glauben einladen - das ist das Ziel vieler christlicher Organisationen und Kirchen. Das Handbuch missionarische Jugendarbeit setzt sich mit wichtigen Grundfragen von Mission unter Jugendlichen auseinander, reflektiert aktuelle Herausforderungen und zeigt auf, wie missionarische Jugendarbeit in der Praxis gelingen kann. Das Handbuch verbindet dabei theologische mit sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektiven und wurde gemeinsam von Wissenschaftlern und Fachleuten aus der Praxis entwickelt und geschrieben. Es entspricht wissenschaftlichen Ansprüchen, richtet sich aber auch an Mitarbeitende in der Jugendarbeit, die ihre eigene Arbeit reflektieren und weiterentwickeln wollen. Mit Beiträgen von Friedrich Schweitzer, Ernst-Ulrich Huster, Heinzpeter Hempelmann, Patrik C. Höring, Karsten Hüttmann, Wolfgang Ilg, Ulrike Treusch, Florian Karcher, Germo Zimmermann u. a.
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Recht macht Religion
In Iran entsteht seit Jahren ein protestantisches Untergrundchristentum, das die islamisch-politische Konfiguration des Staates infrage stellt. Iranische Christ·inn·en werden deshalb verfolgt und suchen u. a. in Deutschland nach Schutz. In der asylrechtlichen Prüfung ihres Ersuchens werden sie als (ehemalige) Muslim·inn·e·n betrachtet; sie müssen die »Ernsthaftigkeit« ihrer Konversion erst beweisen. Religion und Konversion sind dabei nicht einfach Prüfgegenstand. Der rechtliche Religionsbegriff stellt vielmehr erst die Weichen dafür, Christliches in asylrelevantes Wissen zu übersetzen. Wie die Christwerdung verhandelt wird, evoziert Widerstand. Im Kompetenzstreit zwischen Staat u...
Christian Engagement with Islam
Why did the Christian Church, in the twentieth century, engage in dialogue with Islam? What has been the ecumenical experience? What is happening now? Such questions underlie Douglas Pratt’s Christian Engagement with Islam: Ecumenical Journeys since 1910. Pratt charts recent Christian (WCC and Vatican) engagement with Islam up to the early 21st century and examines the ecumenical initiatives of Africa’s PROCMURA, ‘Building Bridges’, and the German ‘Christian-Muslim Theological Forum’, together with responses to the 2007 ‘Common Word’ letter. Between them, Islam and Christianity represent over half the earth’s population. Their history of interaction, positive and negative, impacts widely still today. Contentious issues remain real enough, yet the story and ongoing reality of contemporary Christian-Muslim engagement is both exciting and encouraging.
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Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture
Christianity exists in relation to and interacts with its cultural environment in a number of ways. In this volume authors from a wide variety of backgrounds explore various facets of the relationship and interaction of Christianity with its cultural environment: politics, society, esthetics, religion and spirituality, and with itself. Divided into three main sections, Crossroad Discourses between Christianity and Culture looks at the interaction of Christianity with culture in the first section, with other religions and spiritualities in the second, and finally with itself in the third. The contributions engage in a critical examination of not only the culture in which Christianity finds itself but also in a critical examination of Christianity itself and its interaction with that culture. The editors hope that teachers, students, and readers in general will profit greatly from the critical articles contained in this book.
