Education for sustainable development: Tony Rinaudo's life's work as an opportunity for religious education (Evangelische Religionspädagogik)

What is a reforestation technique developed in Africa looking for in German religious education, what does it bring to the subject and what teaching and learning opportunities does dealing with this topic offer for students, teachers and teacher trainers?

This work, which was written as part of the educational project at the Chair of Protestant Religious Education, deals with these questions. Inspired by personal conversations with Tony Rinaudo, Jonas Wippermann examined the concept of religious education for sustainable development based on the didactic principle of biographical learning, focusing in particular on the role of religious education with regard to the aspects of hope and the integrity of creation. In addition to the theological references, the socio-ecological and socio-economic effects of FMNR are also taken into account. It is made clear why this complex of topics is ideally suited to interdisciplinary and sustainability-oriented religious education.

The special contribution of this sub-project is to draw important links to religious education, to present examples of how ESD can be linked to religious education in schools and, in addition, to highlight the special bridging function of religion as a subject for the interdisciplinary treatment of the topic.