Church and Society Commission of CEC
INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
CSC/CEC’s and CCME’s members individual responses to the Council of Europe White Paper consultation on Intercultural Dialogue
The following are the responses to the consultation questionnaire as well as the examples of best practise and other publications provided.
Churches and national organisations
Armenia
Armenian Apostolic Church
Reply to the Questionnaire
Czech Republic
Chechoslocak Hussite Church
Reply to the Questionnaire
Examples of best practice
• Asylum seekers in the Czech Republic – health care
Publication
• Interkulturní dialog – odpovìi CÈSH
Denmark
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Denmark
Reply to the Questionnaire
List of publications
• Karsten Fledelius: The Muhammed Cartoons Crisis – a Globalised Case
of Media Ethics, Political Responsibility and Freedom of Expression; in:
Doshisha Journal of Media & Communication Research March 20, 2007, nr. 4,
Kyoto, Japan) pp. 16-28.
Finland
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland
Reply to the Questionnaire
Examples of best practice
• The Children of Abraham for religious and cultural co-existence
• MOD-training-programm (Diversity and Dialogue)
• Cooperation between Sudanese refugees and the Ev.-Luth. Church of Finland
France
CIMADE – Service oecuménique d’entraide
Examples of best practice
• Création d’une Association d’Amitiés Islamo-chrétiennes
Germany
Evangelical Church in Germany
Reply to the Questionnaire
List of publications
• Demokratie braucht Tugenden. Gemeinsames Wort des Rates
der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland und der Deutschen
Bischofskonferenz zur Zukunft unseres demokratischen
Gemeinwesens, Gemeinsame Text Nr. 19, hg. v. Kirchenamt
der EKD und Sekretariat der Deutschen Bischofskonferenz, 2006.
• Klarheit und gute Nachbarschaft. Christen und Muslime in
Deutschland. Eine Handreichung des Rates der EKD, EKD Texte 86, 2006.
• Zusammenleben gestalten. Ein Beitrag des Rates der EKD zu Fragen
der Integration und des Zusammenlebens mit Menschen anderer Herkunft,
Sprache oder Religion, EKD-Texte 76, 2002.
• Räume der Begegnung. Religion und Kultur in evangelischer Perspektive.
Eine Denkschrift der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland und der
Vereinigung Evangelischer Freikirchen, Gütersloh 2002.
Examples of best practice
• Interkulturelle Woche / Intercultural Week – Yearly nationwide initiative with
3000 local events in 200 cities
• Weisst du, wer ich bin? / Do you know who I am? – Inter-religious dialogue
on the national and local level
• Frau - Fromm - Frei / Female - Faithful - Free – Inter-religious Women’s Day
• Peacemakers – Training programmes and projects on non-violent conflict
transformation
• Religions in Conflict – Inter-religious dialogue and promoting faith based
communities to work for peace and reconciliation
• Ecumenical Youth Volunteers’ Programme – Crossing cultures for intercultural
learning, cultural diversity, inter-religious dialogue and fight against stereotypes
• Studium in Israel / Shalav – Academic year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
for students of Christian theology
• Seminars to support the intercultural competences of the German Federal Police
• Advanced training for staff in migrant church-communities
Gustav-Adolf Werk e.V.
Reply to the Questionnaire
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
Example of best practice
• “Mission-South-North” MISUENO = Mission-Süd-Nord
• Document 1
• Document 2
• Document 3
Greece
Greek Orthodox Church of Greece
Reply to the Questionnaire
Hungary
Reformed Church in Hungary
Examples of best practice
• Christian-Jewish Dialogue in Hungary
Italy
Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy
Reply to the Questionnaire
Examples of best practice
• Essere Chiesa Insieme – To be Church Together
• Ecumenical Scholarship Programme ESP
Latvia
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Latvia
Reply to the Questionnaire
Portugal
Portuguese Council of Christian Churches
Reply to the Questionnaire
Russia
Russian Orthodox Church
Reply to the Questionnaire
Examples of best practice
• International Conference "World Summit of Religious Leaders"
Sweden
Church of Sweden
Reply to the Questionnaire
Examples of best practice
• Practical Integration
Switzerland
Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
Reply to the Questionnaire
• Council of the Federation of Protestant Churches
• Document 1
• Beauftragter für Migration, Institut für Theologie und Ethik
List of publications
• Service Migration des Eglise réformées Berne-Jura-Soleure: Le dialogue de
vie, 2006.
Examples of best practice
• Schweizerischer Rat der Religionen/ Swiss council of religions
• Document 1
• Document 2
Protestant Reformed Church of Basle-city
Reply to the Questionnaire
• Document 1
• Document 2
• Document 3
List of publications
• HEKS Positionspapier Anwaltschaft. Grundsätze, Ziele und Massnahmen der
anwaltschaftlichen Arbeit von HEKS in der Schweiz, November 2004.
• HEKS Positionspapier Integration von sozial Benachteiligten. Grundsätze,
Ziele und Massnahmen der Integrationsarbeit von HEKS in der Schweiz,
Oktober 2004.
• HEKS Positionspapier Sans-Papiers, Oktober 2006.
Examples of best practice
• A women to woman encounter
The Netherlands
Samen Kerk in Nederland – Together Church in the Netherlands
Reply to the Questionnaire
Council of Churches in the Netherlands
Reply to the Questionnaire
Turkey
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Reply to the Questionnaire
United Kingdom
Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches Working Together
List of publications
• The Baptist Union of Great Britain, The Methodist Church’s and the United Reformed
Church’s submission to a questionnaire issued by the UK’s Commission
on Integration and Cohesion
• The Baptist Union of Great Britain’s, The Methodist Church’s and the United Reformed
Church’s response to the Interim Report of the UK’s Commission on Integration
and Cohesion
Churches Together in England
List of publications
• Churches Together in England’s submission to a questionnaire issued by the UK’s
Commission on Integration and Cohesion
Church of Scotland
List of publications
• “A Contribution from the Scottish Churches Racial Justice Office to the Scottish
Executive’s Strategy Group on Race Equality in Rural Areas”
United Reformed Church
Reply to the Questionnaire
International organisations
Community of Protestant Churches in Europe
Reply to the Questionnaire
List of publications
• Defending truth, not with force but with the power of the Word alone
• Liebfrauenberg declaration on the challenges of Migration and Asylum
Examples of best practice
• Healing of Memories
Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe
Reply to the Questionnaire
Examples of best practice
• Intercultural and Inter-religious dialogue – avoid conflicts
• Document 1
• Document 2
• Document 3
European Contact Group on Urban and Industrial Mission
Examples of best practice
• Women Values and Spirituality as a Key to Tolerant, Multicultural and
Multireligious Europe
European Project for Interreligious Learning
Examples of best practice
• European Project for Interreligious Learning: Two year study and training course
for Christian and Muslim women
Inter-european Commission on Church and School/ International Association for Christian Education
Reply to the Questionnaire
Oikosnet
Examples of best practice
• Dialogue for a peaceful change
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