Schirrmacher met Paul Gibbard and Matthew S. M. Lee in Rome
Thomas Schirrmacher discusses specific religious freedom issues with representatives of Canada and Taiwan in Rome
Ethics · Society · Theology · Mission · Sociology of Religions
Intervention in Vatican City in the meeting “Religions and Education: Towards a Global Compact on Education: Meeting of the Representatives of Religions”
The new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, Bishop Thomas Schirrmacher, talks in an interview with the “Tagespost” about his ecumenical relationship with Pope Francis, about Christian mission and how he met persecuted Christians as a child.
Protestant theologian and scholar of sociology of religion Thomas Schirrmacher (60) will be inaugurated on Saturday as the new Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), the representative body of evangelical Christians worldwide. He is the first German to hold this office.
ARTICLE Today, Catholics and evangelicals have friendly relationships of mutual respect and cooperation in many parts of the world, but some criticize this friendliness on theological grounds.
I have been asked, whether my German book on Pope Francis will ever be published in English. The answer is ‘No’.
The national Conferences of Bishops of the Catholic Church worldwide met at the Vatican in February 2019 for a summit on sexual abuse. Time to look back a year later, as much has happened in some countries, but there is no real progress on the global level.
A year ago in April 2019, Pope Benedict published a letter intended to explain how the abuse scandal within the Catholic Church came about – A commentary by Thomas Schirrmacher