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cultural anthropology

  • Hand drawn ethnological maps of Indonesia from 1981

    Hand drawn ethnological maps of Indonesia from 1981

    My interest in the thousands of peoples (and languages) of this world is unbroken. During the preparation of the hearing of the German federal parliament I found these hand-drawn maps of the peoples and religions of Indonesia after my stay there in 1981.

    22. December 2020 / Volkskunde

     
  • Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice Vindicated?

    Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice Vindicated?

    MBS TEXTE 91 As far as many are concerned it goes without saying that cannibalism is widespread among so-called primitive pepple, that early human beings, Teutons and Aztecs similarly fed upon those of their own species, and that cannibalism still exists today.

    15. January 2020 / Articles, Ethics, cultural anthropology

     
  • Foto: Schirrmacher in Ecuador

    The human rights of threatened people

    As President of the ISHR I have been invited to testify on November 28, 2018 in the Human Rights Council of the German Federal Parliament („Deutscher Bundestag“) on „Threatened People“ on November 28, 2018. Having studied ethnology/cultural anthropology among other subjects, this is a topic that has accompanied me all my life.

    29. October 2018 / German parliament, Einzelne Kulturen, Special topics human rights, ProMundis Blog, Volkskunde

     
  • The president of the ISHR recommends the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa

    The president of the ISHR recommends the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa

    Here you find my review, in which I as president of the International Council of the International Society of Human Rights (ISHR) recommend the new book of Rudolf Decker about Africa as pioneering.

    19. July 2017 / Einzelne Kulturen, Special topics Society, Special topics human rights, Special topics politics, Special topics religions, Society, Human Rights, Politics, ProMundis Blog

     
  • My Teacher Heinrich Leonard Cox (1935–2016)

    My Teacher Heinrich Leonard Cox (1935–2016)

    My teacher Heinrich Leonard Cox (1935–2016) died on September 6, 2016, a few weeks after his 81st birthday. Since far too few obituaries have appeared, I would like to remember him once again.


    5. July 2017 / cultural anthropology, ProMundis Blog, Volkskunde

     
  • WEA Human Rights Ambassador speaks with the Muslim President of Albania about the situation of Christians in his country

    The Ambassador for Human Rights of the World Evangelical Alliance and Director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom presented the concerns of Christians in a one-hour meeting with the Muslim President of Albania, Bujar […]

    24. March 2014 / Special topics human rights, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Roma/Sinti

     
  • Cover Culture of Shame / Culture of Guilt

    Culture of Shame / Culture of Guilt

    Culture of Shame / Culture of Guilt: Applying the Word of God in Different Situations

    27. August 2013 / Books, Special topics theology, Ethics, cultural anthropology

     
 
 
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About me

Über michProf. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, PhD, DD, (born 1960) is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, and Associate Secretary General for Theological Concerns (Theology, Theological Education, Intrafaith and Interfaith Relations, Religious Freedom, Research), which networks churches with appr. 600 million conservative Protestant Christians, chair of its theological commission, and director of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (Bonn, Cape Town, Colombo, Brasilia), the largest research network for religious freedom and against persecution of Christians and other religions and world views. Read more …

 

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