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.

Editorships

Reese-Schnitker, Annegret / Bertram, Daniel / Franzmann, Marcel (eds.), Migration, Flight and Expulsion. 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.), Gespräche im Religionsunterricht. Einblicke, Einsichten, Potenziale [Religionspädagogik innovativ; 45], Stuttgart 2022 (in print).

Articles in anthologies and journals

Bertram, Daniel / Franzmann, Marcel, The role of the teacher in classroom discussions: Moderator - Motivator - Auditor, in: Katechetische Blätter 2/19, 117-122.

Bertram, Daniel, Change of perspective and empathy in the context of interreligious encounters, in: Schober, Michael / Espelage, Christian / Mohagheghi, Hamideh (eds.), Interreligiöse Öffnung durch Begegnung. Foundations - Experiences - Perspectives [Hildesheimer Universitätsschriften; 45], Hildesheim 2021, 253-262.

Bertram, Daniel, What do the encounters in the Compassion project have to do with my faith? Compassion and one's own attitude towards religiosity - A relationship assessment, 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, pp. 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, review of: 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 around since the mid-1990s. The special feature: the pupils complete a social internship and come into contact with people with whom they do not usually come into contact in their everyday lives. Studies show the success of this model: pupils improve their ability to empathize, take on responsibility and develop a "compassion" for their neighbours, whom they perceive as people, as individuals, in their respective situations.

It can now be stated: Pupils also encounter these people within their school, in their class. They are, for example, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, in any case people with experiences and experiences that need to be paid attention to and listened to in the context of "compassion". If this is reflected successfully, studies show that the project has the chance to increase the willingness to help and social acceptance.

So how can the idea of "compassion" be used here and made fruitful for the promotion of understanding, recognition and even "compassion"? In the context of migration, asylum and flight, can it even succeed in reducing prejudices and eliminating racism and discrimination in the long term because it is done 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 a miscarriage or stillbirth have repeatedly petitioned the legislature to strengthen the rights of deceased children and their rights as parents. Against the background of their own direct and profound experience, they have actively participated in the discourse on miscarried and stillborn children.

The work reflects on the relevance of this discourse. It describes a convergence between the parents' pre-reflective experience and systematic argumentation. The study always focuses on the question of the recognition of the prenatal human being, also and especially in the case of prenatal death, as well as 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, motivator, moderator? (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)

• On 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)

• "They didn't immigrate for no reason." (Finn, 15 years old). 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? Opportunities, limits and the value of confessional-cooperative religious education (lecture on 03.02.2017 at the "Day of Religious Education" in Kassel)

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