Off to Paradise! – Lecture Series 2022

Bavarian Interreligious Kolleg in the Summer Semester 2022 – Ideas of Paradise in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

I. Ideas of paradise in the three world religions:

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Ideas of Paradise in Judaism – Prof. Dr. Daniel Krochmalnik, School of Jewish Theology, University of Potsdam (3rd May)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer, BaFID at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Greetings: Markus Bassenhorst, Head of the Adult Education Center Erlangen

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Ideas of Paradise in Christianity – Prof. Dr. Bernhard Lang, Institute for Catholic Theology, University of Paderborn (10 May)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Jürgen van Oorschot, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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“Praise be to God, who has honored his promise and given us the earth as our inheritance! We can take up residence in paradise wherever we want.” (Q39,74): The Islamic garden, from here to eternity – Dr. Ghassan El Masri, BaFID at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (17 May)
Moderation: Catharina Rachik, M.A., BaFID at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

II. Ideas of Paradise in Art and Culture:

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Ideas of paradise and pictorial representations of paradise – Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stein-Kecks, Institute for Art History, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (24 May)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Christina Strunck, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Ideas of Paradise in Medieval Literature – Prof. Dr. Julia Weitbrecht, Institute for German Language and Literature I, University of Cologne (31 May)
Moderation: PD Dr. Lars Allolio-Näcke, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Ideas of Paradise in Contemporary Culture – Canon Dr Norbert Jung, Archdiocese of Bamberg (21 June)
Moderation: Dr. Níels Páll Narfi Eggerz, BaFID at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Ideas of paradise and their function in the dialogue between religions – Prof. Dr. Stefan Schreiner, Seminar for Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (28 June)
Moderation: Kirsten Waltert, M.A., BaFID at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

III. Ideas of paradise in political categories:

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Theocratic ideas and their political implications in antiquity – Prof. Dr Kai Trampedach, Department of Ancient History and Epigraphy, University of Heidelberg (5 July)
Moderation: Sandra Hauser, Dipl.-Theol., BaFID at the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Ideas of paradise in political utopias – Apl. Prof. Dr. Hans Otto Seitschek, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (12 July)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Thomas Demmelhuber, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg