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
Main areas of work and research
- World religions in the classroom
- Religions and peace education
Functions
- 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
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Tschelebi Peace Prize for services to Christian-Islamic dialog
- Höffmann Science Prize for intercultural competence
- INTRA Project Award for Complementarity of Religions
Publications in English
Books
- 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.
Articles in journals
- 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.
Contributions to edited volumes
- 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.