From the Blog
"Katholikentag" in Stuttgart
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At the 102nd Katholikentag, the central reunion for lay catholics, from 25-28 May 2022 in Stuttgart, Germany, the Institute was also present in many ways...
Harding Meyer Prize in Ecumenism 2022 awarded to Revd Dr Paul Avis
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Harding Meyer had a decisive influence on the international Lutheran-Catholic dialogue. Many methodological approaches of contemporary ecumenism can be traced back to him ("reconciled diversity," "differentiating consensus," etc.).
In order to continue to promote his ecumenical approaches, ...
Communiqué by the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Bishop Dr. Frank O. July
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The Institute for Ecumenical Research is currently undergoing major personnel changes. The previous director, Prof. Dr Jennifer Wasmuth, received a call to the University of Göttingen last year, which she accepted ...
Consultation in Strasbourg: ""Ecumenical Challenges of Luther Research"
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Some things need a bit more time ... the symposium planned for 2021 on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Prof. Theodor Dieter, the long-time research professor and director of the Institute, had to be postponed due to the pandemic ...
War in Ukraine - Call for Peace
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Russia's insidious attack on Ukraine has caused horror for us at the Institute in Strasbourg, as it has for so many people around the world. We are shocked by the brutality of a war ...
Seminar "Studying Luther in Wittenberg" 2021
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From November 8 to 20, 2021, the LWF Center Wittenberg conducted an online seminar "Studying Luther in Wittenberg". Participants were 17 Lutheran pastors from Jordan, India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Senegal, Ghana, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Colombia, USA, Latvia.
Lectures by Prof. em. Dr. Theodor Dieter at the Annual Conference of the Lutheran Pastors in Slovakia
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(Poprad, High Tatra, October 25 to 27, 2021). In June 2013, the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg invited seven Slovak doctoral students belonging to the Old Catholic, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran churches to an intensive ecumenical seminar in Strasbourg under the direction of Dr. Ľubomír Batka.
Symposium “Digitally at the Lord’s Table? - Opportunities and Challenges for Ecumenism”
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At this online symposium of the Karl-Rahner-Academy in Cologne for the Catholic commissioners and ecumenical advisors as well as professional representatives of ecumenism in the dioceses and regional churches in North Rhine-Westphalia on 3 November 2021, ...
International Conference in Honor of Metropolitain Augoustinos
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Among the most important ecumenists of our time is H.E. Metropolitan Dr. h.c. Augoustinos. A conference was dedicated to him in November of this year.
Study Course / Webinar “Studying Ecumenism in Strasbourg”
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This study course for Lutheran pastors and advanced students serves as an introduction to the history and theology of ecumenism from a Lutheran perspective and aims to help participants to put into practice the Lutheran self-understanding “To be Lutheran is to be ecumenical.”
About Us
Working on behalf of the "Lutheran Foundation for Interconfessional Research" since 1965.”
On behalf of the world’s Lutheran churches, the Institute for Ecumenical Research brings together under one roof a multinational team of theologians, providing theological analysis and advice, serving the churches as they strive to resolve their differences with other Christian churches and thus make visible the unity of the Church under one Lord, Jesus Christ.
Events
The International Ecumenical Seminar takes place every summer in Strasbourg.
At regular intervals, the Institute offers the "Ecumenical Study Course". The target group is Lutheran theologians, pastors or advanced students with a good knowledge of Lutheran theology