Prof. Dr. Johannes Lähnemann, em.

Department of Didactics

Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Protestant Religious Education

Room: St. Paul (V)01.001 (1st floor)

Regensburger Str. 160

90478 Nuremberg

phone: 09115302-95549

e-mail: johannes@laehnemann.de

website: https://www.evrel.phil.fau.de

Office hours See notice board or homepage of the chair

About the person

Born in 1941
Studied Protestant theology in Bethel, Heidelberg, Vienna and Münster
1965/1969: 1st and 2nd theological exams
1968: Doctorate in Münster (New Testament)
1968-73: Research assistant in Münster
1973-1980: academic Councilor at the University of Lüneberg
1977: Habilitation (second book) in practical theology/religious education at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
1981: Chair of Religious Education and Didactics of Protestant Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2007: Emeritus status
2010: moved from Nuremberg to Goslar

Chairman of the Peace Education Standing Commission (PESC) of Religions for Peace (RfP) (formerly: WCRP – World Conference of Religions for Peace)
Member of the Standing Commission Interreligious Education of Religions for Peace International
Head of the Interreligious Education-Peace Education working group of Religions for Peace Germany
Consultant and expert on issues of interreligious dialog and interreligious education at national and international level (EKD, Federal Ministries of Education, Islamic Conference, committees at European level, RfP International, UNESCO)
Organizer of the triennial interfaith congress „Nuremberg Forum“, since 2010 together with Prof. Dr. Manfred Pirner

Lähnemann, J. (2024). Interreligious Learning and Peace Education. A History of Religions for Peace. Berlin.( = Pädagogische Beiträge zur Kulturbegegnung Bd. 35, 204 pp.).
Pirner, M. L., Lähnemann, J., Haussmann, W., & Schwarz, S. (eds.) (2019). Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education. New York: Routledge.
Pirner M.L., Lähnemann J., Haußmann W., & Schwarz S. (eds.) (2018).
Public Theology, Religious Diversity and Interreligious Learning: Contributing to the Common Good through Religious Education. New York: Routledge.
Pirner M., Bielefeldt H., & Lähnemann J. (eds.) (2016). Human Rights and Religion in Educational Contexts. Cham: Springer International.
Lähnemann J. (ed.) (2015). The role of interreligious education in overcoming fear and building trust.
Pirner, M. L., & Lähnemann, J. (eds.) (2013). Media Power and Religions. The challenge facing intercultural learning. Oxford: Peter Lang International.

Lähnemann J. (2013). Interreligious Textbook Research and Development: A Proposal for Standards. Panorama: Intercultural Annual of Interdisciplinary Ethical and Religious Studies for Responsible Research (2013), pp. 26–34.
Lähnemann J. (2013). Interreligious Textbook Research and Development: A Proposal for Standards. European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe (2013), pp. 15–25.

Pirner M., Lähnemann J., Haußmann W., & Schwarz S. (2019). Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education Preface by the Editors. In: Manfred L. Pirner, Johannes Lahnemann, Werner Haussmann & Susanne Schwarz (eds.), Public Theology Perspectives on Religion and Education, New York: Routledge, 2019, pp. X-XI.
Pirner M., & Lähnemann J. (2013). Introduction. In: M. L. Pirner & J. Lähnemann (eds.), Media power and religions. The challenge facing intercultural dialogue and learning. Oxford: Peter Lang International, 2013, pp. 7–14.
Lähnemann J. (2011). Interreligious Textbook Research and Development. A Proposal for Standards. In: Pirner Manfred L. (Hrsg.): Medien-Macht und Religionen : Herausforderung für interkulturelle Bildung ; Referate und Ergebnisse des Nürnberger Forums 2010. Berlin: EB-Verlag, 2011, pp. 327-335
Lähnemann J. (2010). Religious/Ethical Education and global challenges
In: Globalisation Volums II: Global Crisis, Global Challenge, Global Faiths, 2010, pp. 149-15.