Peter Schreiner (theologian)

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Peter Schreiner (* 1955 in Bad Bergzabern ) is a German educational scientist.

After studying educational science, Protestant theology and sociology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, from 1980 onwards he worked as a consultant for development policy for the Association of Protestant Youth . Since 1991 he has been working at the Comenius Institute , the Evangelical Work Center for Educational Science in Münster , which is supported by the EKD . There he was a research assistant and later deputy director until the end of September 2015. On September 18, 2015, he was appointed director of the institute to succeed Pastor Volker Elsenbast . His work focuses on Protestant educational responsibility in Europe, comparative religious education, intercultural, interreligious learning and ecumenical learning . Due to a dissertation on religion in the context of a Europeanization of education , which was submitted at the same time to the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Free University of Amsterdam , he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD.

From 2003 to 2020 he was President of the InterEuropean Commission on Church and School (ICCS). He was also the moderator of the Coordination Group for Religion and Education in Europe (CoGREE) until 2020. From 1998 to 2006 he was a member of the Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation of the World Council of Churches . At the Council of Europe he works as an expert in the field of intercultural education. With Norbert Mette and others he edited a selection of works by Paulo Freire .

Publications (selection)

  • Religion in the context of a Europeanization of education. A reconstruction of European discourses and developments from a Protestant perspective . Waxmann, Münster 2012. ISBN 3830928017 .
  • Education for Democratic Citizenship in the Context of Europe. Material and Resources for Churches and Educators . Comenius Institute, Münster 2013. ISBN 3943410021 .
As editor
  • (with Klaus Goßmann): Religious instruction and ecology. The Contribution of World Religions to Environmental Education in Schools . Munster 1993
  • (with Hans Spinder): Identity formation in plural Europe. Perspectives for School and Religious Education . Waxmann, Münster 1997. ISBN 3893255362 .
  • (with Christoph Th. Scheilke): Interreligious learning. A reader . Comenius Institute, Münster 1998.
  • Religious Education in Europe . Comenius Institute, Münster 2000.
  • Profiles of Ecumenical Schools. Examples from Europe . Waxmann, Münster 2001. ISBN 3830911238
  • Islamic religion class. A reader . Comenius Institute, Münster 2001. ISBN 3924804605 .
  • (with Volker Elsenbast, Ursula Sieg): Handbook Interreligious Learning . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2005. ISBN 9783579055749
  • (with Esther Banev, Simon Oxley): Holistic education resource book. Learning and teaching in an environmental context . Waxmann, Münster 2005. ISBN 3830914512 .
  • (with Volker Elsenbast, Friedrich Schweitzer ). Europe - education - religion. Democratic responsibility for education and religions [Jürgen Frank on his 60th birthday ...] . Waxmann, Münster 2006. ISBN 3830917066 .
  • (with Gaynor Pollard; Sturla Sagberg): Religious education and Christian theologies. Some European perspectives . Waxmann, Münster 2006. ISBN 3830916701 .
  • (with Friedhelm Kraft, Andrew Wright): Good practice in religious education in Europe. Examples and perspectives of primary schools . Lit. Münster 2007. ISBN 3825890767 .
  • (with Hans Grewel , Luise Becker): Sources of humanity. Bible and Koran interpreted by Christians and Muslims . Kösel, Munich 2010.
  • (with Friedrich Schweitzer): Researching religious education. Empirical Findings and Perspectives . Waxmann, Münster 2014. ISBN 9783830931614

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.ekd.de/aktuell_presse/news_2015_10_13_4_comenius-institut_schreiner.html
  2. ^ Paulo Freire Center Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educationalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Bergzabern