The Neighbor: Politics, Practice, Person

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.