Program & Abstracts

Topics

1. The portrayal of religions in the public media
2. The banning of images/the cult of images: what the image and other
media mean for the religions
3. Media ethics from a religious perspective
4. The media and interreligious/intercultural learning

 

International Symposium: Interreligious school textbook research and development - standards and perspectives

Dr. Patrick Bartsch, Prof. Dr. Harun Behr, Dr. Saeid Edalatnejad (Iran), Prof. Dr. Klaus Hock, Dr. Werner Haußmann, Lamya Kaddor, Prof. Dr. Johannes Lähnemann, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Reiss (Austria), Dr. Halise Kader Zengin (Turkey), Dr. Georg Tsakalidis (Greece), Dr. Frank van der Velden (Egypt)
Moderation: Dr. John Taylor (Switzerland)

Theses from a former Nuremberg Forum about experiences and Tasks in this field you can find here.

 

You can download the Forum Flyer here. Detailed information on the Forum programme will be given soon.

During the whole Forum there is a simultaneous translation.

 

Highlights

Opening of forum on 29.09.10:

“The significance of the public media for interreligious understandingâ€
followed by Reception
Opening address: Professor Dr. Norbert Schneider
Panel: State Secretary Cornelia Rogali-Grothe, Rabbi Elisa Klapheck, Bekir Alboga M.A., Archbishop Dr Ludwig Schick, Regional Bishop Dr Stefan Ark Nitsche

Selected presentations:

Professor Jonathan Magonet, London: "The banning of images in the context of the media culture: a Jewish perspective"

Professor Karl Josef Kuschel, Tübingen: "The banning of images and the cult of images. What the great world religions can learn from each other"

Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, Erlangen: "The media and human rights. A critical perspective"

Professor Manfred L. Pirner, Nürnberg: "The media and interreligious learning. Criteria from a religious education perspective"

Dr Saeid Edalatnejad, Teheran: "Religious Pictures and Symbols. An Islamic perspective"

Professor Alicia Cabezudo, Rosario: "International peace education and the media"

Professor Khairallah Assar: "Representation of Christianity in the Algerian Public Media"

Professor Emmanuel P. Perselis: "Icons — holy images and their pedagogical relevance. An orthodox perspective"

Norman Richardson, Belfast: "Media in Religious Conflict – Experiences from Northern Ireland"

Viola Raheb, Vienna: "How the media promote and hinder the work for peace – A view from Palestineâ€

Alfred Weil:  "From restrained to over-ornate imagery"

Professor Wolfgang Schoberth: "The image and the Christian religion"

Professor Brian Gates: "Media and interreligious communication - A challenge for religious studies and religious education"

Rev. Donald ("Bud") Heckman: How to Use Media for Interreligious Action

 

Closing of the forum on 02.10.10:

"Media ethics in the context of religious diversityâ€
Professor Thomas Hausmanninger: Media ethics - A human rights perspective
Professor Johanna Haberer: Theological media ethics as a public ethic. A Protestant perspective

Panel with former Minister-President of Bavaria Dr Günther Beckstein, Professor Harun Behr, Viola Raheb, N.N.

During the conference: Exhibition "Project Gobal Ethos", with an introduction by Dr. Günter Gebhardt, Global Ethics Foundation, Tübingen, Germany)

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