Tag: Protestant church
Evangelical Church Congress: This has happened so far – politics
It takes place every two years for five days: the German Evangelical Church Congress. This year for the 38th time. Sunday there is the closing service in Nuremberg. The most…
German Evangelical Church Congress: When is the time for peace? – Politics
St. John’s Church rises high above the graves of the cemetery of the same name. Up here you hardly notice the hustle and bustle of the Kirchentag in the old…
Steinmeier and the disturbing sentence: “It’s also time for weapons” – opinion
Those who aren’t worried about the Ukraine war, especially given the escalation this week, need to be concerned. Anyone who dreams that this war must somehow be ended with good…
Evangelical Church Congress: “Now is the time for that” – Bavaria
No, Stefan Ark Nitsche was not in Nuremberg for the German Evangelical Church Congress in 1979, he was still working as an assistant director at the Burgtheater in Vienna. At…
What the German Evangelical Church Congress brings for Nuremberg – Bavaria
Günther Beckstein has retained the childish giggle that one hears when speaking to him about the 1979 German Evangelical Church Congress. It took place in Nuremberg, as did the 38th…
What the German Church Congress brings for Nuremberg – Bavaria
Günther Beckstein has retained the childish giggle that one hears when speaking to him about the 1979 German Evangelical Church Congress. It took place in Nuremberg, as did the 38th…
Interview with Sophie Rois: “Have you ever read the Bible?” – Culture
A warm afternoon in Berlin. Sophie Rois comes by bike. Jeans, brown silk blouse, sunglasses. The interview basically takes place on the street, at a table on the sidewalk in…
Interview with Sophie Rois: “Have you ever read the Bible?” – Culture
After a long break she can be seen again at the Berlin Volksbühne: Sophie Rois plays in René Pollesch’s “Mein Gott, Herr Pfarrer” – and talks about faith, religion and…
Nazi history: "Wow, where is the book that goes with the picture?"
On the Hesselberg, the “Franconian leader” Julius Streicher pushed through pseudo-religious Nazi games. Now this is to be documented at the summit. Why now? A conversation with the historian Thomas…
Ecumenical Council in the west of Munich dissolves after 50 years – Munich
Rory O’Flanagan still remembers the reaction of his friends from Belfast when he invited them to his wedding in the west of Munich many years ago. “Should we go to…