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Offenbach has published a book on interreligious dialogue for primary schools. Mosques, churches and the synagogue are to be visited with a city rally, among other things.
Offenbach’s Mayor Felix Schwenke held the cards of a pulpit, a minbar and a bima in the camera. “All three fulfill a similar function,” said the Social Democrat on Friday at the presentation of the publication “Places of Faith – Primary Schools in Interreligious Dialogue”. The pulpit for the Christians, the minbar for the Muslims and the bima for the Jews are places from which preaching takes place or from which the holy book is read.
“The publication should make a contribution to the cultural education of young people and promote interreligious knowledge and skills,” said Gerhard Grandke, Chairman of the Board of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen and former mayor of the city. In cooperation with the city’s cultural management and the Haus der Stadtgeschichte, the book has a print run of 10,000 copies. The foundation and the cultural office each contributed 12,000 euros.
It is aimed at teachers in the third and fourth grades in Offenbach, to whom it will soon be distributed so that it can be incorporated into lessons. Harry Harun Behr was won over for the texts on Islam, Manfred Levy for Judaism and David Böckling for Christianity. The pictures in the book come from the Jewish Community of Offenbach, the French Reformed Church, the Evangelical City Church, St. Mary’s Church and the Mevlana Mosque.
“We approached all the communities and they thought the idea was great,” said Britt Baumann, head of the cultural management department. “They look forward to the fact that many children are lively exploring their communities.” The book also includes a city map for a city rally to make the locations come alive. “The cooperation with the municipalities should only really start now,” said Schwenke.
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