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We have launched a new series on the topic of 'Gender Roles in Church and Society’. At the first in-person conference this year in April, participants at the event identified the issue of violence against women as particularly important. This remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations worldwide, with femicide representing its most extreme and deadly form. How can theology help us understand, confront, and resist this reality?
This is why the topic will be covered at the Protestant Academie Berlin twice this fall:
First, this very evening: ‘Between Shock and Resistance’ – as part of the series ‘Female Times! 100th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer' with these panellists:
economist Shynet Chivasa (Lupane State University, Zimbabwe), theologian Katharina von Kellenbach (most recently at the University of Paderborn), and Daniela Stiftel-Völker, a board member of the Evangelical Women’s Aid Organisation in Westphalia.
Simultaneous translation into English will be available on request (hoffmann@eaberlin.de).
And then once more on November 27th as part of our series ‘Gender Roles in Church and Society’ in the form of an online Bible dialogue. Our topic will be the bitter reality of "Femicide" and we aim for a feminist-theological perspective on violence against women.
Drawing on the biblical conviction that every human being is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), this online event explores femicide through a feminist-theological lens. Together, we will examine the intersections of gender, power, violence, and faith, while engaging biblical traditions that challenge injustice and give voice to those who suffer. Inspired by the prophetic call to “seek justice, rescue the oppressed” (Isaiah 1:17), we will reflect on the responsibility of faith communities in addressing violence against women.
Join us for an evening of critical reflection, meaningful dialogue, and shared commitment to dignity, justice, and hope in the face of gender-based violence.
With: Prof. Marcia Blasi, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Systematic Theology at Faculdades EST, in São Leopoldo/RS, Brazil, Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga, Bishop Emerita, Lutheran Church in Great Britain, Pastor of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Worldwide, and Dr. Kinga Szücs, Lutheran Theological University Budapest.
This evening will be in English, but on request we can offer interpretation to German. You can e-Mail me if you wish to know more: hahn@eaberlin.de