Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue

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The ZIID Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue (until 2015 “Zürcher Lehrhaus - Judaism Christianity Islam”) is a foundation based in Zurich that is dedicated to the interreligious dialogue between Judaism , Christianity and Islam .

Foundation purpose

“The purpose of the foundation is to facilitate encounters between members of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions and others interested in the topic, and to promote dialogue and networking between them. By means of educational, cultural and journalistic offers, she helps to get to know each other's traditions in order to better understand and respect herself and others. " (Articles of Association, Paragraph 3)

structure

The ZIID is run by a manager together with a three-person specialist management. The department heads belong to the religion of their respective department (Judaism, Christianity, Islam). The Board of Trustees is also composed equally of members of the three Abrahamic religions and experts. In addition to income from courses and events, the non-profit foundation mostly covers its expenses through state contributions ( city and canton of Zurich ) and with grants from foundations and churches and through donations from private individuals.

offer

The semester program is sent out as a brochure at the beginning of January and the beginning of July and published on the homepage. It includes evening lectures, panel discussions, courses, conferences, tours / excursions, language courses (Bible Hebrew, Iwriting, Arabic) and irregular interreligious and intercultural study trips. Since the move to the Kulturpark in Zurich West in 2016, film and concert evenings have also been part of the regular program. In addition to the “in-house” offer, the specialist managers are also called in as experts from universities of applied sciences, in church adult education, in religious communities, at non-profit organizations, professional associations, unions, institutions and in the private sector for training courses and invited to give presentations. Furthermore, people who move professionally or privately in interreligious and intercultural areas of tension will find advice and support.

Partner organizations

The institute works closely with the Adult Education Center in Zurich, the Kappel Monastery and the Lassalle House, and since the move in 2016 with the Kulturpark in Zurich-West . It maintains close contact with the Association of Islamic Organizations in Zurich and the Interreligious Working Group in Switzerland , both of which are rented in the premises of the ZIID. The institute cooperates selectively with A + W Education and Training of Pastors - Reformed Church Canton Zurich , the Christian-Jewish Working Group CJA in the Canton of Zurich, the Christian-Jewish Projects Basel, the Danube University Krems and the Zurich Forum for Religions . The specialist managements receive regular teaching assignments from Careum (FH Nursing, Interculturality Module), the University of Social Work in Lucerne, the University of Education Zurich PHZH, the universities in Bern, Friborg, Lucerne and Zurich.

history

In 1830 the "Association of Friends of Israel" was founded in Basel, from which in 1973 the Foundation for Church and Judaism SKJ emerged. In 1993 the Zurich Lehrhaus was launched as a new branch of the SKJ, which opened on October 30, 1994 at Limmattalstrasse 73 in 8049 Zurich (Höngg). At the end of 2006, the purpose of the foundation, the Judeo-Christian dialogue, was expanded to include dialogue with Islam, which also resulted in a name change. The SKJ became the “Zurich Lehrhaus Foundation - Judaism Christianity Islam”. On January 1, 2016, it was renamed the ZIID Zurich Institute for Interreligious Dialogue Foundation. At the end of June 2016, the ZIID left the building on Limmattalstrasse, which was sold, and moved to the Kulturpark in Weststadt.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.zhref.ch/intern/kollekten-und-vergabungen/kollektenempförderung/ziid-zuercher-institut-fuer-interreligioesen-dialog
  2. ↑ http://ir-reisen.ch/reisen
  3. ↑ https://query.staatsarchiv.bs.ch/query/detail.aspx?ID=137911
  4. ↑ https://www.kath.ch/newsd/zurcher-lehrhaus-wird-zum-zurcher-institut-fur-interreligiosen-dialog/