Tag: Frank Otfried July

Schirrmacher thanks the Württemberg Synod

The President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, Thomas Schirrmacher, gave a plenary lecture to the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg in Heilbronn on the topic “Human Rights in the One World.” Schirrmacher had been proposed and invited by representatives of the 'Open Church' discussion group (comparable to parliamentary groups or factions).

4. March 2017 / Special topics human rights, World Council of Churches, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom
Theologian Thomas Schirrmacher:
No Curtailments in Matters of Religious Freedom

According to the conviction of the theologian and sociologist of religion Professor Thomas Schirrmacher (Bonn), Christians can only be effectively protected from persecution where minorities in general have freedom. Engagement for persecuted Christians therefore always presupposes a commitment to general freedom of religion.

5. July 2016 / Persecution of Christians, Human Rights, ProMundis Blog, Right to religious freedom, Theology

Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, PhD, DD, (born 1960) is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, and Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, 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 …

Tag: Frank Otfried July

Schirrmacher thanks the Württemberg Synod

Theologian Thomas Schirrmacher:No Curtailments in Matters of Religious Freedom

Theologian Thomas Schirrmacher:
No Curtailments in Matters of Religious Freedom