Schirrmacher visits Memorial Hall in Nanjing
The President of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Thomas Schirrmacher, visited the Memorial Hall for the victims of the Massacre of the Japanese invaders 1937/1938 in Nanjing (China).
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My visit to Mochou Lu Church, Nanjing
Mochou Lu Church, built by Charles Leaman of the Presbyterian Church USA, has the longest history among churches in Nanjing, traced back to 1888.
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Stephanus-Prize for Persecuted Christians awarded to Cardinal Zen
On April 7th, the “Stephanus-Prize for Persecuted Christians” was awarded in Bonn to Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the former bishop of Hongkong, for his courage and his persistence in decades of strong engagement for the rights of freedom, notably of religious freedom.
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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.
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Falschmeldungen zur Christenverfolgung
Falschmeldungen, Enten, bewusst als Propaganda platzierte Nachrichten gab und gibt es auch im Bereich der Religionsfreiheit und der Diskriminierung und Verfolgung von Christen schon immer. Da soll ein Baptistenpastor in Bethlehem verhaftet worden sein, weil […]
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Christlieb’s Opposition to the Opium Trade
In 1877 a Pietist theology professor called for an end to the Chinese opium trade Excerpt from Thomas Schirrmacher. Theodor Christlieb und seine Missionstheologie (Theodor Christlieb and His Theology of Mission). Telos: Wuppertal, 1985. “The […]
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Der Dalai will schon zu Lebzeiten seine Reinkarnation bestimmen
Die katholische Fachzeitschrift zu den Religionen in China „China heute“ hat in Heft 1/2012 (173. Ausgabe, 31. Jhrg.), S. 15-20 eine deutsche Übersetzung der „Erklärung des Dalai Lama zur Frage seiner Reinkarnation“ veröffentlicht. (Die Onlinversion […]