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29. januar 2012 |
 Africa Christian and Muslim Religious Leaders Conference for Peace and Development
54 Christian and Muslim leaders from eight African countries met in Addis Ababa Januar 8 - 12, 2012, for a conference on religion, peace and development, organised by Programme for Christian Muslim Relations in Africa.
Concept paper for conference: Download. Read more about the conference in the documents below.
Blog from the conference by Mogens S. Mogensen here
Statement on the situation in Nigeria - in English. Download.
Statement on the situation in Nigeria - in Danish. Download.
Informations about the conference - in Danish. Download .
Conference Communique: Download. |
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29. oktober 2011 |
International Essay Competition celebrating Danish Mission Council’s 100-years Anniversary
"Celebrating the Danish Mission Council’s (DMC) 100-years anniversary in 2012, the Council’s Study Commission has announced an internatio- nal essay competition. The theme of the essay competition is partnership in missions: Theology and Practice of Partnership in Missions. - All Christian mission organizations are today dependent upon their partner organizations in realizing their missions. This implies a challenge namely how to establish fruitful partnerships bridging cultural, social, economical and theological differences. Thus, the question is: What does a good partnership include – economically, organizationally, and theologically? The aim is to further reflection and formulation of a new theology and practice of partnership in missions on the basis of historical investigations, present experience and systematic theological reflection." Read more. See Danish vversion of the essay competion on mission here . |
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24. oktober 2011 |
 Religious Freedom in Europe
The latest issue of Vista published by the NOVA research centre focuses on religious freedom in Europe. In the editorial it is stated that "The history of Europe could be (and often is) told as a story of religious intolerance. Whether the focus is on the shifting frontiers of Christendom as it interfaced with paganism and and Islam, or the conflicts between Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant Christians, or even the treatment of religious minorities within those larger blocks of Christianity, there are numerous examples of inhumanities conducted in the name of religion." In his lead article Darrel Jackson notes that "The advent of the 18th century heralded the Enlightenment ideal of religious tolerance, though frequently rooted in indifference rather than a positive welcome for religious plurality. Despite this new atmosphere, Church leaders were generally hostile to religious tolerance and continued to persecute dissidents" and even today ... " Examples of regulation, favouritism, discrimination and intolerance are to be found acros contemporary Europe." Download. |
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