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Browse lectures, sermons and reflections from previous JCM years - available in English and German (use tags to filter).

Schmöcker in Vorträgen, Predigten und Betrachtungen der Vorjahre - Texte gibt es auf Deutsch und Englisch (benutze die Tags um zu filtern).

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Our Duty in the World

20/3/2015

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by Rabbi Lea Mühlstein
Jewish Sermon 2015

Aleinu in Hebrew, aleina in Arabic, it is upon us – it is our duty. This is how the prayer that we will be reciting after this sermon begins. What is our duty, our responsibility as people of faith in this world?

We have just spent a week together discussing the topic of solidarity and dissent – we talked about it as opposing tendencies but also as a gentle dance that we shall all dance, as Mark put it in his talk. As individuals of faith we must all walk a narrow path zigzagging between solidarity and dissent

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Solidarity and Dissent

18/3/2015

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by Dr. Jabal Buaben
Muslim Lecture Part II 2015

‘Arguably, the most dangerous disease which now afflicts the Muslim Ummah is the disease of disagreement and discord. This disease has become all-pervasive and affects every area, town and society. Its appalling influence has penetrated into ideas and beliefs, morality and behavior, and ways of speaking and interacting. It has affected both short and long-term goals and objectives. Like a specter, it finally envelops people´s souls. It poisons the atmosphere and leaves hearts sterile and desolate. Multitudes of people are left contending  with one another, and the impression is given that all the Islamic teachings , commands and prohibitions at the disposal of the Ummah are there only to spur people on to discord and make them revel in internecine strife.’


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Solidarity and Dissent

18/3/2015

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by Halima Krausen
Muslim Lecture Part I 2015

This is not exactly a subject that I find easy, but I was "volunteered" to give an input today. Just as well - perhaps it is time to take account after some recent changes in my life: for a number of reasons I gave up my work in the Muslim community that I had done for the past twenty years and I am now more involved in interfaith work and teaching.

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Solidarity and Dissent

17/3/2015

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By Pastor Heike Rödder
Christian Lecture 2015

I have been a woman from birth, but I left the work of women:
baskets and winding yarn, threads made taut on the bits of paper.
The blossoming meadows of the muses give me joy,
the choirs on high Parnassus,
which rises up doubly.
Other women might be happy with other things:
This alone brings me fame, this alone is my happiness!

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Dancing in Solidarity and Dissent

16/3/2015

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by Rabbi Mark Solomon
Jewish Lecture 2015

We human beings are social animals, and the longing to be part of a greater whole is deeply rooted in our nature. We begin our existence as part of a matrix, literally, in our mother’s womb, and most of us have the opportunity, in our infancy, to form deep bonds with mother, father, siblings, grandparents, and gradually with a wider family and social group. We are subtly encouraged, even forced, from our earliest years, to share their worldview, their opinions and their hopes for the outcome of our lives. ​

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    Authors - Autoren

    All our speakers and contributors are past participants of JCM. They are asked to focus on their personal views on the topic. The idea is not to give a purely academic presentation but rather present a personal reflection.

    Alle unsere Referenten und Autoren waren selbst mal JCM Teilnehmer. Sie werden gebeten, sich auf die persönliche Sichtweise zu konzentrieren. Es handelt sich nicht um akademische Abhandlungen sondern soll das persönliche Hervorheben.

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