On 25-27 November, a unique, international project will start at the Krzyżowa Foundation. Its theme will be the integration potential of monotheistic religions for today's Europe. For the first time in the history of the Foundation, representatives of all three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam will meet in Krzyżowa. Due to the situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will be conducted online.
European societies today experience various tensions and divisions. This challenge also applies to monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - for centuries inextricably linked with European history. Religions can strengthen antagonisms in society, but they also have an integrating effect on them.
In response to this challenge, the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe is launching a new conceptual and educational project aimed at developing opportunities for activities to promote integration, solidarity and a culture of dialogue in civil society.
The first stage of the project implementation will be expert workshops with the participation of scientists, school representatives, non-governmental organizations and media from Germany and Poland. Thus, representatives of all three monotheistic religions will meet in Krzyżowa – for the first time in the history of the Foundation – to jointly undertake a critical reflection on the role of religion in society and the methods of education in the field of the culture of dialogue.
The meeting participants will include:
- Nedal Abu Tabaq, mufti of the Muslim League in Poland; chairman of the Muslim Association for Cultural Education; imam and director of the Islamic Cultural Center in Lublin
- Mirosław Barć, deputy director of the Primary School of St. John Paul II in Radziszów; expert of the "Microsoft Innovative Educator" program; ambassador of the "Spring of Education" Movement
- Agnieszka Godfrejów-Tarnogórska, spokeswoman for the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland, Warsaw
- jun.-prof. dr Abdelmalek Hibaoui, Professor of Islamic Practical Theology, University of Tübingen
- Piotr Jóźwik, deputy editor-in-chief of "Przewodnik Katolicki", Poznań
- Rabinka Małgorzata Kordowicz, Ec Chaim Synagogue – Progressive Community Center, Warsaw
- Halima Krausen, the imam of the German-speaking Muslim community in Hamburg; Academy of World Religions at the University of Hamburg
- prof. dr hab. Joanna Lisek, Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wrocław
- prof. dr hab. Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Department of Theology of Religion and Religious Studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
- prof. dr hab. Rolf Schieder, retired head of the Department of Practical Theology and Religious Pedagogy at the Humboldt University in Berlin
- prof. AIK, dr hab. Piotr Sikora, Department of Contemporary Philosophy, Akademia Ignatianum in Kraków (AIK); member of the editorial board of "Tygodnik Powszechny"
- dr Stefanie Sinclair, manager of the "Teaching Excellence and Scholarship of Teaching Religious Studies" program, Institute of Religious Studies, Walton Hall Open University, Milton Keynes
- prof. EWST, dr hab. Wojciech Szczerba, rector of the Evangelical College of Theology (EWST) in Wrocław
- Marta Titaniec, secretary general of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews; president of the Most Solidarności Foundation; member of the Council of the Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, Warsaw
- Aleksandra Wilczura, President of the Cukunft Jewish Association, Warsaw / Wrocław
As part of the further implementation of the project, it is planned to publish educational materials and create an attractive format of inter-religious workshops, which in the future will be organized as a cyclical event.
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The integration potential of monotheistic religions for today's Europe. An international, inter-religious conceptual and educational project.
Krzyżowa, 25-27 November 2020
Organizers:
- dr Urszula Pękala, Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
- dr Robert Żurek, Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe
Logo: © Urszula Pękala
