PRONET² Project P35: Theological interdisciplinarity and interreligious education in the training of religious education teachers - completed

"Quality Offensive Teacher Education" by the federal and state governments; funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Phase 1: 01.10.2015-31.12.2018
Phase 2: 01.01.2019-31.12.2023

Systematic Theology: Prof. Dr. Mirja Kutzer
Biblical Theology/Old Testament: Prof. Dr. Ilse Müllner
Religious Education: Prof. Dr. Annegret Reese-Schnitker

Former research assistant: Raphael Schlehahn
Former research assistant: Matthias Brudek

The basic goal of the project is the development and testing of an interdisciplinary networked teaching concept within theological teacher training.

In ^PRONET2, the structures created are to be further established and deepened with a focus on interreligious education. Accordingly, five pillars support the project:
1. Interdisciplinary annual theme with professional events and study day;
2. Interdisciplinary, religious-pedagogical-theological study day to link the three phases of teacher training;
3. Curricular design of the module "Theology Interdisciplinary/Interreligious";
4. Regular lecture series with an interreligious perspective and transdisciplinary orientation;
5. Offering a study profile "Interreligious Competence".

In the first project phase (2015-2018), the interdisciplinary networked teaching concept of the religious education teacher* training was developed with a focus on transdisciplinary competencies. This includes networking competencies within the methodologically highly divergent theological disciplines (Biblical Studies, Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, Religious Education) as well as competencies beyond these, which aim to link theological issues with topics as they are negotiated in other humanities, cultural and social science disciplines.

A new complementary perspective of the second project phase is interreligious competence, which transcends the subject boundaries of the theological disciplines traditionally represented in teacher training programs. The social situation requires more than ever such an interreligious competence of teachers of religion. This includes on the one hand the knowledge of theological contents and religious practices of other religions, on the other hand the self-reflection of Christian confessional contents and positions, which is stimulated in the encounter with the others and contributes to a more reflective view of one's own point of view. Both movements are to be promoted and reflexively accompanied in the measures of this project. Part of the interreligious teaching concept is an interreligious and transdisciplinary lecture series that takes place publicly every three semesters. The lecture series already began in WiSe 2018/19 with the topic "Sacred Scriptures", which will be continued by the topics "Sacred Spaces" (SoSe 2020) and "Sacred Times" (WiSe 2022/23). In addition, a study profile "Interreligious Competence" is to be established starting in SoSe 2020 to flesh out the content of the new focus (see below).

Link to ^PRONET2"Professionalization through networking - continuation and potentiation" homepage:https://www.uni-kassel.de/themen/pronet2/startseite-2-foerderphase.html