Friends of Abraham

The Friends of Abraham are a society for research into the history of religion and interreligious dialogue. It was founded in 2001 at the Institute for Biblical Exegesis of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , is a member of the Munich Alliance for Tolerance, Democracy and the Rule of Law and of the Munich Council of Religions .

Self-image

As a scientific society, the association wants to "convey the findings of academic research work (...) to a broader public". It was founded by the Catholic theologian and Egyptologist Manfred Görg, who died in 2012, and the Egyptologist and orientalist Stefan Jakob Wimmer . The Friends of Abraham link the findings of research into the history of religion with the current interreligious dialogue. The preoccupation with the ancient Orient, Palestine and Egypt, before the so-called Abrahamic religions emerged, should show common roots from which bridges for the interreligious dialogue in the 21st century could be shown.

tasks

The association publishes scientific and popular writings, supports research projects, organizes lectures, trips and encounters, and supports political engagement such as B. Anti-Pegida rallies or peace initiatives in the Middle East. Manfred Görg published an "interreligious creed", which the friends of Abraham understand as "a mandate and handout for Jews, Christians, Muslims and all who cling to God to approach one another".

structure

The Friends of Abraham are a registered, non-profit organization. A board of trustees provides advice to the seven-member board. Members of the Board of Trustees are Karl-Josef Kuschel , Rabbi Eveline Goodman-Thau , Imam Benjamin Idriz , Regional Bishop a. D. Johannes Friedrich and Dorothea Friedrich , Archimandrite Petros Klitsch, Rupert Neudeck (†, until 2016), Delia Dornier-Schlörb. 1st chairman 2001–2012 was Manfred Görg , since 2013 Stefan Jakob Wimmer . In March 2016, Yvonne Baur-Saleh was elected 2nd chairwoman.

Cooperation partner

The Friends of Abraham are among the organizers of the Nymphenburg Talks and are members of the Munich Alliance for Tolerance, Democracy and the Rule of Law . Cooperation partners were or are u. a. the Munich Forum for Islam , the Intercultural Dialog Center Munich (IDIZEM), the Archbishop's Office in Munich and Freising , the Evangelical City Academy (Munich) , the Liberal Jewish Congregation Munich Beth Shalom , the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Munich , institutions at international level in Bosnia, Turkey, Palestine and Israel.

Awards

In 2017, the Friends of Abraham were awarded the Bavarian State Parliament's Citizens' Prize. In 2007 they received the “Münchner Lichtblicke 2006” sponsorship award from the City of Munich , the Munich Foreigners Advisory Board and the Lichterkette eV , and in 2006 they received the “IDIZEM Dialog Award” from the Intercultural Dialog Center Munich. The Friends of Abraham have been awarding the Manfred Görg Prize for research on the history of religion and interreligious dialogue since 2015. The first winners were Stephan Leimgruber and Barbara Peveling . In 2018 the prize went to Rabbi Steven Langnas , the Islamic theologian Gönül Yerli and the high school graduate Benedikt Breil .

Publications (selection)

• Leaves of Abraham. Contributions to interreligious dialogue , magazine, appears i. d. Usually annually since 2002, ISSN 1613-8384,
• Abraham's Post, program and information booklet, every six months
• Abu Safíja: Maria, where did you get that from? Female figures in the Koran. Edition Avicenna, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809384-4-0 .
• Bavarian State Library: From Sulzbach to Tel Aviv. Small exhibition guide 2 , Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-88008-009-6 .
• Manfred Görg: Myth, Faith and History. The images of the Christian creed and their roots in ancient Egypt. Edition Avicenna Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-941913-74-5 .
• Ernst Wagner, Stefan Wimmer and Leyla Sedghi: Isar arabesques. Traces of the Orient in Munich. Allitera Vlg. Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86906-105-4 .
• Stefan Jakob Wimmer: Munich and the Orient. With photographs by Ergün Cevik and a foreword by Christian Ude, Kunstverlag Josef Fink Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2012, ISBN 978-3-89870-774-9 .
• Stefan Jakob Wimmer and Georg Gafus (eds.): “Embraced by Life” Egypt, the Old Testament and the Conversation of Religions (memorial for Manfred Görg) (= Egypt and Old Testament vol. 80). Ugarit-Vlg. Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-86835-119-4 .

Web links

• Friends of Abraham website
• Portrait of Manfred Görg by Timofey Neshitov
• Portrait Stefan Jakob Wimmer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wimmer, Gafus (Ed.): "Vom Leben Umangen" (memorial Görg) , p. 653
2. ↑ Karl-Josef Kuschel : Jews Christians Muslims. Düsseldorf 2007, p. 620ff .; “The man who wants to build bridges” Münchner Merkur June 16, 2014, accessed on April 5, 2016
3. ↑ Position: Where are we and where do we want to be? , Abrahams Post 25, Fall / Winter 2014/15, accessed April 5, 2016; "Civil society actors in the trilateral dialogue between Jews, Christians and Muslims" ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Herbert Quandt Foundation , accessed April 5, 2016; World and Environment of the Bible 30.2003, p. 47; Dialogue of Religions Social Forum Munich, accessed on April 5, 2016; “'Friends of Abraham' - Organization for the Dialogue of the Abrahamic Religions” European Press Agency January 4, 2015, W. Schober, accessed April 5, 2016; Project interfaith and interdenominational forums BaMF 2013, accessed on April 5, 2016; The bridge builder Der Spiegel : Geschichte 6, 2014, p. 137, accessed on April 5, 2016 
4. ↑ Georg Lange Horst : Trialogische religious education. Freiburg i. Br. 2016, p. 137f.
5. ↑ "On the Trail of the Philistines" Insights. Reports on research at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität 2006, pp. 83–87, accessed on April 5, 2016; SJ Wimmer, A Proto-Sinaitic Inscription in Timna Journal for Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 2, 2010, pp. 1–12, accessed April 5, 2016.
6. ↑ Memorial plaque for Shalom Ben_Chorin Jüdische Allgemeine August 4, 2011, accessed on April 5, 2016; “'Friends of Abraham' exist for five years” Münchner Kirchenzeitung January 28, 2007, accessed on April 5, 2016
7. ↑ SJ Wimmer, Dealing with Disruptive Factors in Dialog. “Politically Fair” - Friends of Abraham from Religious History to Practice: Networked Strategies Against Islamophobia as a Case Study, in: M. Rötting, S. Sinn and A. Inan (eds.), Practical Book Interreligious Dialogue. Initiating and accompanying encounters, Sankt Ottilien 2016, pp. 175–184
8. ↑ SJ Wimmer, “We Refuse To Be Enemies!” Future 22 May 2008, 68–71
9. ^ Karl-Josef Kuschel: Feast at the heavenly table. Ostfildern 2013, p. 1; Interreligious creed
10. ↑ "Wimmer Chairman of the 'Friends of Abrahams'", Munich church newspaper March 31, 2013
11. ↑ New Faces at the Friends of Abraham, Munich Church Newspaper April 3, 2016; Second chairman of the "Friends of Abraham": Appreciation as a program ( memento of the original from June 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Münchner Kirchennachrichten June 1, 2016, accessed on June 14, 2016 
12. ^ Alliance for Tolerance muenchen.de, accessed on April 5, 2016
13. ↑ Position: Where are we and where do we want to be? , Abrahams Post 25, Fall / Winter 2014/15, accessed April 5, 2016
14. ^ Excellent dialogue between the religions , BR24 October 19, 2017, accessed October 29, 2017; "Glaubenssache" , Bavarian television , evening show October 19, 2017, accessed on October 29, 2017
15. ↑ Laureate fairy lights, accessed on April 5, 2016
16. ↑ IDIZEM Dialog Prize , accessed on April 5, 2016.
17. ↑ Curious about interreligious dialogue mk accessed online on September 30, 2018