Program and abstracts

Nuremberg Forum 2024:
“Education for Sustainable Development – Spiritual Dimensions”

Program

Monday, 30 Sept

Monday, 30 Sept

11:00

Opening and introduction

Professor Dr. Manfred Pirner (CV)
(Initiator and head of the conference, Research Unit for Public Religion and Education (RUPRE), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
and
Professor Dr. Elisabeth Naurath
(Chairwoman of RfP Germany; Professor of Religious Education at the University of Augsburg, Member of the Standing Commission Nurturing a Sustainable Environment of Religions for Peace International)
11:30 Keynote 1
Professor Dr. H.E. Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh (CV)
(Spiritual Leader and Chairman of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, UK)
„Spiritually transformative education: Charting a roadmap for global sustainability“

Response 1: Professor Dr. Johannes Lähnemann
12:45 Lunch Break
14:00

Keynote 2 (online)
Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker (CV), Yale University
(Co-founder and co-director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, https://fore.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Tucker-short-bio-8-21-23.pdf)
„Ecological Civilization and Confucian Values for Education“

Response 2 (online)
Professor Dr. Markus Vogt, LMU Munich
(Professor of Christian Social Ethics, University of Munich, Germany, https://www.kaththeol.uni-muenchen.de/lehrstuehle/christl_sozialethik/personen/1vogt/index.html)
15:15 Coffee Break
15:45 Paper and Workshop session 1
16:45 Moving Break
17:00 Inspirational Talk 1
Professor Dr. Johannes Lähnemann
(Chairman of the Peace Education Standing Commission of RfP International)
Professor Dr. Elisabeth Naurath
(Professor of Religious Education at the University of Augsburg, Chairwoman of RfP Germany, Member of the Standing Commission Nurturing a Sustainable Environment of Religions for Peace International, Project manager in the International Erasmus-Plus Project „Facing Global Challenges. Climate Protection, climate resilience and climate justice in the interreligious education and training of teachers“)
Dr. Martin Affolderbach
(Consultancy activities for ‘Religions for Peace’ Germany, Europe and International)
17:30 Paper and Workshop session 2
18:30 Evening Break
20:00 Dinner and Exploration in the City of Nuremberg

 

Tuesday, 1 Oct

Tuesday, 1 Oct

08:45 Spiritual Impulse for the Day
09:00 Keynote 3
Professor Dr. Pascal Frank (CV)
(Assistant Professor in „Teaching and learning for the development and unfolding of human potential for sustanaibility“ at the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands)
“Spiritual Dimensions of ESD from a Philosophy of Science Perspective”

Response 3:                  Professor Dr. Joan Hernandez-Serret (online)
(Secretary General of Religions for Peace Europe, Professor of Sociology, Culture and Religious Diversity with teaching commitments at several universities in Spain)
10:15 Paper and Workshop session 3
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 Paper and Workshop session 4
12:45 Lunch Break
14:00

Keynote 4 (online)
Professor Dr. Alexander (Blair) Stonechild (CV)
(Professor of Indigenous Studies at First Nations University of Canada, Regina, Sk., Canada)
“Indigenous Spiritual Education for a Sustainable World.”

Response 4: Prof. Eunice Kamaara (online)
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Paper and Workshop session 5
17:30 Moving Break
17:45 Panel discussion

Sustainable development: young climate activists’ perspectives on education
19:30 Dinner and Evening of Encounter at Gutmanns

Wednesday, 2 Oct

Wednesday, 2 Oct

08:45 Spiritual Impulse for the Day
09:00 Paper and Workshop session 6
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Keynote 5
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Naurath (CV)
(Professor of Religious Education at the University of Augsburg, Chairwoman of RfP Germany, Member of the Standing Commission Nurturing a Sustainable Environment of Religions for Peace International, Project manager in the International Erasmus-Plus Project „Facing Global Challenges. Climate Protection, Climate Resilience and Climate Justice in the Interreligious Education and Training of Teachers“)   
„Connectedness as the Spiritual Basis of Religious Education for Sustainability“

Response 5: Prof. Dr. Simone Birkel
(Professor for Religionspädagogik at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
11:45 Conclusions and Outlook
Spiritual Pioneering for ESD
13:00 End of the Conference