2022-2023
Evangelical churches have a long tradition of participatory decision-making processes. Already at the beginning of the Reformation movement, a dynamized understanding of institutions was effective.
The present is massively characterized by the erosion of membership in political parties, churches and associations. But at the same time, new digital and analog participation formats are arising. Established institutional participation formats, such as parliaments and synods, are complemented by non-institutional activist movements. This leads a pluralization of public discourse and an emergence of new discourse spaces.
The Digital Academy brings together interdisciplinary experts, who will analyse different protestant cultures of participation in Europe and will discuss perspectives for a future Protestantism.
The Digital Academy will start with on 3 November 2022 with seven lectures every two weeks from 6 to 8 pm.
03.11.
Priesthood of all believers
Dr. Adrian Schleifenbaum, Gießen
17.11.
Church and Diaspora – Participation in the Minority Situation
Marcus Hütter, Graz
01.12.
Who comes in? Who brings in what? Participation within the church
Präses Harald Geywitz, EKBO
Sandra Bills, MIDI/ CVJM-Hochschule Kassel
15.12.
Shelter and advocate? – Church and minorities
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Dietz, Marburg/Zürich
Priscilla Schwendimann
12.01.
Church and environmental protection
Dr. Elfriede Dörr, Sibiu
26.01.
From Diaconia to Philadelphia
Anne Sophie Wislocki
09.02.
Peace Movement – Protestant Perspectives
PD Dr. Christine Schliesser (Zürich)
Dr. Dieter Baumann (Generalstab Swiss Army)
i register for the 7 lectures of the digital academy
The date for a follow-up conference has already been set for 12-15 April 2023 in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania. Further activities are planned until then.