3 – The future of religions
1. Religion and international politics: source of conflict or fundament for lasting peace. The Weltethos project of Küng versus the thesis of Huntington (clash of civilizations).
2. Religion and internal politics: language of legitimation (civil relgion) or critical political theology? With a historical perspective (cf. Bekennende Kirch versus Reichskirche).
3. Religion and the soul of Europe: how do Catholic and Protestant Churches can contribute to the contruction of a European (Multi?)-culture.
4. Society needs leadership (in a very broad sense, see the UN document Our Common Neighbourhood), but there is no leadership without spirituality. How can spirituality contribute to shaping the basic conditions for a civic commitment of citizens and their leaders?
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Dr. Hartmut BOBZIN
Universitäts-Professor für Semitische Philologie und Islamwissenschaft an der Universität Erlangen
| Studium der Evangelischen Theologie, Religionswissenschaften, Indologie und Semitistik an den Universitäten Marburg und Damaskus | |
| 1976-1990 | wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Universität Erlangen |
| 1991-1992 | wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Akademie der Wissenschaften und Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Jena |
Dr. Johan VERSTRAETEN
Professor at the Katholieke Universität Leuven Director European Ethics Network and European Centre for Ethics
| studied philosophy, theology and political sciences in Leuven | |
| 1995-1998 | Extraordinary Professor for Business Ethics in Tilburg |
| Visiting Professor at the University of Dugnese, Pittsburgh | |
| Visiting Professor at the University of Nanzan, Hagoya/Japan | |
| Visiting Professor at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada |
