Center for Religious Education Research

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The Center for Religious Education Research (ZRB) is an inter-faculty research center of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, founded in 2011 .

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The ZRB is dedicated to accompanying, stimulating and carrying out scientific research that investigates religious educational processes. The work of the center focuses on past and present educational processes, so that historical, systematic and empirical methods determine the research work. At the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, the research center belongs to the profile line “Liberty”, within the theological faculty of the University of Jena it shapes the profile line “Religious education in the context of social change”. The ZRB explicitly aligns its work to current challenges in religious education in order to be able to make a contribution to contemporary religious education work in the family, school, community, media and society.

The work of the ZRB includes a. the organization of Germany-wide and international specialist conferences, such as the conference “Between the right to a self-determined age and the insight into the unavailability of life - religious education as a resource” (2015; proceedings), the conference “Religious speeches in post-secular societies” (2015; organized together with the Chairs for Systematic Theology and Religious Education at the University of Jena; conference proceedings) and the conference “Non-denominational today. Between Religiosity and Secularity ”(2013; organized jointly with the Chairs for Systematic Theology and Religious Education at the University of Jena; proceedings).

An important project of the ZRB is the “KuRs.B project” founded in 2015 in the context of the so-called European refugee crisis . In this project, the ZRB is dedicated to the development and implementation of a culture and religion sensitive educational concept that does justice to the challenges and opportunities of the migration society. Specifically, the Thuringia-wide advanced training program “Dare to differ - profile commonalities” is being designed and implemented. This consists of two parts: on-demand offers for day-care centers and schools, which can be designed for in-house seminars, specialist days and so-called afternoon lectures, as well as certification courses for educational professionals. In addition, process support is offered for educational institutions and follow-up support for trained and advanced educational specialists is guaranteed. In addition, there is accompanying scientific research carried out by the workplace.

In terms of personnel, the center consists of around 20 full members. There are also around 20 extraordinary members who come from the University of Jena, but also from other universities across Germany. The work of the center is accompanied by an international advisory board.

Since it was founded in 2011, the director of the ZRB has been Michael Wermke , who holds the chair for religious education at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

structure

Structurally, the ZRB is divided into three departments and three workplaces.

Departments:

  • Religious education in the context of secularization and religious pluralization
  • Religious Education from a Historical Perspective
  • Religious education in schools, religious instruction and teacher training

Jobs:

  • Job for religious education in the Thuringian education plan up to 18 years
  • Office for culture and religion sensitive education (KuRs.B project)
  • Job for the digitization project "Church and School Magazines"

Cooperations

The ZRB works with cooperation partners from Jena, Thuringia and all of Germany. A particularly close cooperation exists, for example, with the Thuringian university and state library and the specialist service for youth and education of the city of Jena.

Publications (selection)

  • Miriam Beier, Holger Gabriel, Hans-Martin Rieger, Michael Wermke (eds.): Religion and education - resources in old age. Between the right to self-determination and the insight into the unavailability of life. Leipzig 2016.
  • Ralf Koerrenz , Gisela Mettele , Michael Wermke (eds.): Education and religion. Documentation of the founding event of the "Center for Religious Education Research". Jena 2012.
  • Miriam Rose , Michael Wermke (ed.): Religious speeches in post-secular societies. Leipzig 2016.
  • Miriam Rose, Michael Wermke (ed.): Non-denominational today. Between religiosity and secularity. Leipzig 2014.
  • Michael Wermke: The denomination of elementary school teacher training in Prussia. A contribution to the school struggle in the Weimar Republic. Leipzig 2016.
  • Michael Wermke (ed.): Secular self-determination versus religious external determination. On the criticism of the public debate about the circumcision ritual. Leipzig 2014.

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH: Religion and Education - Resources in Old Age? | Between the right to self-determination and the insight into the unavailability of life. Miriam Beier, Holger Gabriel, Hans-Martin Rieger and Michael Wermke, accessed on November 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH: Religious speeches in post-secular societies. Miriam Rose, Michael Wermke, accessed November 14, 2018 .
  3. ^ Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH: Non-denominational today - Between religiosity and secularity. Miriam Rose, Michael Wermke, accessed November 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ "KuRs.B project"
  5. ↑ people. Retrieved November 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Prof. Dr. Michael Wermke
  7. ↑ Contact "KuRs.B-Projekt"