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On Thursday, May 11, 2023, Prof. em. Dr. Stephan Leimgruber gave an interesting lecture on the topic "Interreligious learning using the example of Christians in dialog with Muslim women" in the Gießhaus.
He has been working on this topic for many years, in particular on the potential of "dialogical learning through encounters" between believers of the three Abrahamic religions, and has published extensively on the subject.

After a brief welcome and introduction by Prof. Dr. Annegret^{Reese-Schnitker} and the location of the lecture within the ecumenical and interdisciplinary event "Interreligious Learning and Interreligious Dialogue - Religious Plurality as a Systematic and Religious Education Challenge" in collaboration with Thalia Riedl from the IEvTh, Stephan Leimgruber began with an overview of the concept and foundations of interreligious learning^.

He particularly emphasized the importance of "encounters as the royal road of interreligious learning". Interreligious learning always takes place in dialog at eye level and can only be based on a perception that is free of prejudice. In this way, all key competencies of (inter)religious learning can be promoted.

In addition to the well-known five competencies defined by the KMK and included in the core curricula, he also named a sixth: anamnetic competence, i.e. the competence that relates to the past and present and thus draws lessons from history for the present and can point to the future.

He concluded his presentation with examples of basic content for interreligious learning in religious education, in which he repeatedly focused on the similarities between the religions.

Afterwards, there was time for a few questions and a discussion.