Interreligious Aspects of Communicating Values in Current Public Discourses – Lecture series 2024/2025

Bavarian Interreligious Kolleg in the winter semester 2024/2025— Interreligious aspects of communicating values in current public discourses

The fourth Bavarian Interreligious College focused on the question of whether, and if so, to what extent, interreligious aspects play a role in the communication of values in current discourses. 10 academics investigated this question from various specialist perspectives. In addition to aspects of the challenge of the political and ideological neutrality of the state or questions of medical ethics in Islam, using the example of the question of the permissibility of organ donations, Prof. Dr. Klaus von Stosch presented the movement of believers on climate protection, ‘Faith united for the Planet.’ Nathanael Riemer explored the question of interfaith hospitality. Andreas Lehnhardt inquired about how the Jewish-rabbinic principle, which states that the law of the state is considered law, can change over time. Andreas Künz-Lübcke examined interreligious aspects in the legitimization of war and violence in the Hebrew Bible. Daniel Vorpahl presented transreligious perspectives on the biblical image of gender in the creation narratives. Admiel Kosman concluded by discussing the I and Thou principle in Martin Buber. The canceled lecture by Asma Maarufi will be held in the winter semester of 2025/2026.

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The Value of the Religious and Ideological Neutrality of the State—Prof. Dr. Andreas Funke (21 November 2024)
Institut für Rechtsphilosophie und Allgemeine Staatslehre am Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht und Rechtsphilosophie, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Director of BaFID)
This lecture marks the beginning of the Bavarian Interreligious Kolleg 2024/2025

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Medical Ethical Issues in Islam (using the example of organ donation)—PD Dr. Nagmeh Jahan (28 November 2024)
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Moderation: Melanie Hallensleben, M.A. (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Employee of BaFID)

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In the second lecture of the lecture series on “Interreligious Aspects of Communicating Values in Current Public Discourses,” PD Dr. Naghmeh Jahan will talk about medical ethical issues in Islam using the example of organ donation.

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Faiths United for the Planet!? On the Movement of Believers in Climate Protection—Prof. Dr. Klaus von Stosch (5 December 2024)
Lehrstuhl Systematische Theologie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen, University of Bonn
Moderation: PD Dr. Christian Lange (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deputy Director of BaFID)

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In the third lecture of the lecture series on “Interreligious Aspects of Communicating Values in Current Public Discourses,” Prof. Dr. Klaus von Stosch will discuss the connections between climate protection and people of faith.

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Is Hospitality an Altruistic Virtue? Insights into the World of Religions—Dr. Nathanael Riemer (12 December 2024)
Research Assistant specializing in Judaism at BaFID, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
Moderation: Denise Scheuerer, M.A. (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Media and Public Relations Officer)

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The Law of the State is Law (Dina de-malkhuta dina)—On Changes and Reinterpretations of a Rabbinical Legal Principle—Prof. Dr. Andreas Lehnardt (19 December 2024)
Protestant Theological Faculty, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Moderation: Dr. Nathanael Riemer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Research Assistant specializing in Judaism at BaFID)

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In the fifth lecture of the lecture series on “Interreligious Aspects of Communicating Values in Current Public Discourses,” Prof. Dr. Andreas Lehnardt will speak on changes and new interpretations of a rabbinical legal principle.

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Interreligious Aspects in the Legitimisation of War and Violence in the Hebrew Bible—Prof. Dr. Andreas Kunz-Lübcke (16 January 2025)
Biblische Hermeneutik in interkultureller Perspektive, Fachhochschule für Interkulturelle Theologie Hermannsburg
Moderation: Prof. Georges Tamer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Director of BaFID)

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The Creation of Difference: Transreligious Views on the Biblical Creation of Gender—Dr. Daniel Vorpahl (23 January 2025)
Lehrstuhl Hebräische Bibel und Exegese, University of Potsdam
Moderation: PD Dr. Christian Lange (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deputy Director of BaFID)

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In the seventh lecture of the lecture series on “Interreligious Aspects of Communicating Values in Current Public Discourses,” Dr. Daniel Vorpahl talks about the biblical creation of gender.

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Dominion or community? On the Necessity of a Theology of Co-Creation. (Islamic) Theological Perspectives—Jun.-Prof. Dr. Asma Maarufi (30 January 2025)
Zentrum für islamische Theologie, Islamische Philosophie mit dem Schwerpunkt islamische Ethik, University of Münster
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Tarek Badawia (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS!

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The ‘I’ and ‘you’ Principle in Martin Buber—Prof. Dr. Admiel Kosman (6 February 2025)
Lehrstuhl Talmud und Rabbinische Literatur, University of Potsdam
Moderation: Dr. Nathanael Riemer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Research assistant specialising in Judaism at BaFID)

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On what respective and unique basis do religions arrive at their values?—Prof. Dr. Bertram Schmitz (13 February 2025)
Chair of Religious Studies, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Director of BaFID)

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At the end of the lecture series of the Bavarian Interreligious Kolleg, BaFID’s cooperation partner, Prof. Dr. Bertram Schmitz, will discuss how the respective religions arrive at their values.