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On 9 and 10 July, a symposium in the series "What Does Theology Do, Actually?" will take place at the University of Bonn as part of Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) 4, Individuals, Institutions, and Societies. The English-language event, this time focusing on exegeting exegesis, is organized by Dr. Matthew Ryan Robinson, Dr. Drew Davis and Dr. Daniel Lanzinger. Participation via ZOOM is free – register now!

On 13 May 2021, the Protestant Theological Faculty will host a one-day consultation organized and led by Elorm Nick Ahialey-Mawusi. The symposium on post-migration churches of African backgrounds in Germany will start at 8:45am via ZOOM.

This summer semester, an international English-language seminar will take place under the motto “How we see others produces the society we see”. The seminar will examine resources and liabilities in the Christian and Muslim traditions concerning exclusion and inclusion of strangers, enemies, and forgotten members of society from critical perspectives in contextual theology, postcolonial theology, and political theology. Co-taught by scholars from three different continents and academic contexts, the seminar will interrelate exegetical, philosophical-hermeneutical, social-scientific, and ethical methods. In this way, it will offer an innovative approach to a topic of major transcultural importance.

The webinar will focus on the pandemic as a challenge for intercultural and interreligious relations. On 25 March 2021, the department for Intercultural Theology of the Protestant Theological Faculty will offer a webinar workshop in cooperation with the European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies. The webinar will focus on the pandemic as a challenge for intercultural and interreligious relations.

What does Theology do, actually? The question places emphasis on the present and thus invites analysis of the interface between theological modes of reflection and empirical research at transculutral sites of reflected religious communications.

The Global Network for Excellence in Theology (G_NET) at the University of Bonn and the Institute for Faith and Flourishing invite you to participate in the "Enemy, Stranger, Neighbor, Friend" 2021 programme (Oct 4- Nov 1, 2021). The Enemy, Stranger, Neighbor, and Friend (ESNF) training programme draws upon our original ESNF Rough Guide on Religion and Othering and your experience in youth-led projects focusing on such topics as: peace and conflict, community building, inclusive practices, and interdenominational and interreligious cooperation. The programme will consist of 5 fundamental capacity-sharing tracks combining theoretical and applied skills focused on the categories of Enemy, Stranger, Neighbor, and Friend. Participation will require approximately 2 hours of work per week for 5 weeks. Live gatherings will be held Mondays 14:30-16:00 Central European Summer Time CEST.

Announcing the biennial international congress of the European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies

The Church History Department, the Department of Intercultural Theology, and the Master's Program in Ecumenical Studies celebrate the 15 Year Anniversary of the international Master's program.

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Michael Schulz, Philosophy and Theory of Religion, University of Bonn, on "Towards an Intercultural and Interreligious Philosophy of Religion"

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft, University of Bonn, on "A Call for a Permissible Plurality Within Theory- Building in a Time of Excess"

Lecture by Dr. Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, Intercultural Hermeneutics, Technical University Clausthal, on "Beauty of Diversity – Constructing Intercultural Philosophy"

Lecture by Dr. Hans Gustafson and Dominique Stewart, Theology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of St. Thomas, on "Interreligious Studies and Early Encounters in Colonial Jamaica"