Monograph

Bertram, Daniel, Miscarried and stillborn children. The dignity of the prenatal human being in the perception of parents and in ethical discourse [Erfurter Theologische Studien; 112], Würzburg 2016.

Editorial

Reese-Schnitker, Annegret / Bertram, Daniel / Franzmann, Marcel (eds.), Migration, Flight and Displacement. Theologische Analyse und religionsunterrichtliche Praxis [Religionspädagogik innovativ; 23], Stuttgart 2018. (With, among others, the contribution: Bertram, Daniel, Von "Fremden" zu "Schwestern und Brüdern". Theological-Ethical Aspects of Naming Refugees, in: ibid, 67-75).

Reese-Schnitker, Annegret / Bertram, Daniel / Fröhle, Dominic (eds.), Conversations in Religious Education.  Insights, Insights, Potentials [Religionspädagogik innovativ; 45], Stuttgart 2022 (in press).

Contributions to anthologies and journals

Bertram, Daniel / Franzmann, Marcel, Die Rolle der Lehrkraft in Unterrichtsgesprächen: Moderator - Motivator - Auditor, in: Katechetische Blätter 2/19, 117-122.

Bertram, Daniel, Changing Perspectives and Empathy in the Context of Interreligious Encounters, in: Schober, Michael / Espelage, Christian / Mohagheghi, Hamideh (eds.), Interreligiöse Öffnung durch Begegnung. Grundlagen - Erfahrungen - Perspektiven [Hildesheimer Universitätsschriften; 45], Hildesheim 2021, 253-262.

Bertram, Daniel, What do the encounters in the Compassion project have to do with my faith? Compassion und die eigene Einstellung zur Religiosität - Eine Verhältnisbestimmung, in: FORUM 75, 2021, 32-48.

Reviews

Bertram, Daniel, review of: Fuchs, Monika / Hofheinz, Marco (eds.), Theologie im Konzert der Wissenschaften, Stuttgart 2018, in: Theologische Revue 4/19, sp. 344-346.

Bertram, Daniel, review of: Baumert, Britta / Röhll, Stefanie (eds.), Interkulturelle Kompetenz in der Schule. Religionsunterricht als Ort der Kulturbegegnung, Stuttgart 2021, in: Katechetische Blätter 4/21, 400.

Bertram, Daniel, Rezension zu: Schweitzer, Friedrich, Religion noch besser unterrichten. Qualität und Qualitätsentwicklung im RU, Göttingen 2020, in: Katechetische Blätter (not yet published).

I. The Compassion Project as a Model of Ethical Learning in Religious Education

II. conversations in religious education

III. Interreligious and Inclusive Religious Education

"The Compassion project at school in the context of migration, asylum and flight".

The "Compassion" project has been in existence since the mid-nineties. The special feature: students complete a social internship and come into contact with people with whom they mostly do not meet in their everyday lives. Studies show the success of this model: students improve their ability to empathize, assume responsibility and develop a "co-passion" for their neighbor, whom they perceive as a human being, as an individual, in his or her particular situation.

Now it must be stated: These people also encounter the students within their school, in their class. They are, for example, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, in any case people with experiences and adventures, to whom it is important to pay attention and listen within the framework of "compassion". If this is successfully reflected, as studies show, the project has the chance to increase the willingness to help and social acceptance.

So how can the "compassion" idea be applied here and made fruitful for the promotion of understanding, recognition, and indeed "co-suffering"? In the context of migration, asylum and flight, can we even succeed in reducing prejudices and sustainably dismantling racism and discrimination from an early stage?

"Miscarried and Stillborn Children. The Dignity of the Prenatal Human Being in the Perception of Parents and in Ethical Discourse".

Since 1988, parents affected by miscarriage or stillbirth have repeatedly petitioned legislators to strengthen the rights of deceased children and their rights as parents. They have actively participated in the discourse on miscarried and stillborn children against the backdrop of their own direct and profound experience.

The paper reflects on the relevance of this discourse. In doing so, it describes a convergence between parents' pre-reflexive experience and systematic argumentation. Always at the center of the study is the question of recognition on the one hand of the prenatal human being, also and in particular in the case of his prenatal death, and on the other hand of the loss of the orphaned parents and the grief of those affected.

(see also "Publications")

• Forbidden Love - The Church and Celibacy (workshop on 28.11.2018 at the Religious Education Study Day for Pupils at the University of Kassel).

• The role of the teacher in classroom discussions: Auditor*in, Motivator*in, Moderator*in? (Workshop on 28.09.2018 at the dkv annual conference in Leitershofen)

• Parents in conflict - pregnancy and prenatal diagnostics (presentation and panel discussion on 17.04.2018 for the "Week for Life" in Erfurt)

• For the protection of unborn life (presentation and panel discussion on 17.03.2018 BDKJ Youth Forum in Heilbad Heiligenstadt).

• Meine Gerechtigkeit, Deine Gerechtigkeit - Was wir meinen, wenn wir von Gerechtigkeit reden (Lecture on 15.11.2017 at the Religious Education Study Day for Pupils at the University of Kassel).

• "You immigrated for a reason." (Finn, age 15). Questions about flight and migration in a theological context (workshop for the "Day of Catechesis" on 08.06.2017 in Fulda).

• A model for the future? Chances, limits and the value of denominational cooperative religious education (lecture on 03.02.2017 at the "Day of Religious Education" in Kassel).

• Arguments of Christian ethics in the public discourse on euthanasia (lecture on 06.11.2015 to the Kolping Education Days in Schirgiswalde).