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In order to support the Institute, a sponsoring association was founded last year according to German law, the "Strasbourg Society for Ecumenical Theology (Association for the Promotion of the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg in the Service of the Lutheran World Federation) e.V."; the association is a non-profit organization, which means that a donation receipt can be issued for donations ...

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Report on the Study Course/Webinar "Studying Ecumenism in Strasbourg" 2022 and invitation to the Study Course 2023

This study course for Lutheran pastors and advanced students serves as an introduction to the history and theology of ecumenism from a Lutheran perspective and aims to help participants to put into practice the Lutheran self-understanding “To be Lutheran is to be ecumenical” in their very contexts. Again, it took place online from October 10-15 ...

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Roof Renovation

The roof renovation has begun! After the entrance of moisture, an extensive process was carried out to find possible solutions. As reported, the costs for the pure renovation amount to about 80,000 €, a large part of which can now be covered ...

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Stolperstein - Stumbling Block

Stumbling block The neighborhood in which we live and work is highly marked by the history of Strasbourg between Germany and France, especially for the Jewish community: After the destruction of the synagogue by the Nazis in 1940, a new synagogue was built in the fifties, just a few steps away from the Institute.

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Study Course / Webinar "Studying Ecumenism in Strasbourg!" 2022

Third Study Course "Studying Ecumenism in Strasbourg". The Institute regularly offers advanced training in ecumenical theology for Lutheran pastors. The next Study Course will be held online from October 10 to 14, 2022. The registration deadline has been extended until August 31, 2022. Cordial invitation! For more information: ...

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"Katholikentag" in Stuttgart

At the 102nd Katholikentag, the central reunion for lay catholics, from 25-28 May 2022 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Institute was also present in many ways. Firstly, in a panel on "Fundamentalisms and Extremisms. An ecumenical challenge", which took up the theme of the 2019 Summer Seminar. In the technically perfectly equipped conference room of Stuttgart City Hall, a conversation between PD Dr Sonja Strube ...

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Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism 2022 awarded to Revd Dr Paul Avis

Harding Meyer had a decisive influence on the international Lutheran-Catholic dialogue. Many methodological approaches of contemporary ecumenism can be traced back to him ("reconciled diversity," "differentiating consensus," etc.). In order to continue to promote his ecumenical approaches, Harding Meyer's widow, Dagmar zur Nedden, in collaboration with the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg, has sponsored the Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism.

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Communiqué by the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Bishop Dr. Frank O. July

The Institute for Ecumenical Research is currently undergoing major personnel changes. The previous director, Prof. Dr Jennifer Wasmuth, received a call to the University of Göttingen last year, which she accepted for the winter semester 2021/2022. Thankfully, she complied with the request of the Board of Trustees and additionally continued to perform the task of managing the Institute until the end of March this year. ...

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Consultation in Strasbourg: ""Ecumenical Challenges of Luther Research"

Some things need a bit more time ... the symposium planned for 2021 on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Prof. Theodor Dieter, the long-time research professor and director of the Institute, had to be postponed due to the pandemic and could now take place from 22-25 March 2022 in the rooms of the Institute.

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