The fourth Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion took place in Münster (Germany) between Monday, August 30th and Thursday, September 2nd. On the 1st of September, the project RELIEN presented the following panel discussion »Religious, unemployed, radical? New ways of interreligious pedagogy as a contribution to integration in a cross-border labour market ».
With the implementation of a cross-border European project entitled “RELIEN: enterprise and religion”, we wish to contribute to the Upper Rhine region situated on the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland, as a regional economic area. By raising awareness of different faith identities and promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue, we wish to give young people a perspective for inclusion in order to gain a foothold in the labour market. We present our approach of an interreligious pedagogy, which addresses based on cross-target groups and different aspects – companies on the one hand and young adults on the other. The latter often define their identities through a strong attachment to (radical) forms of faith. By employing the approach of (inter)-religious-sensitive adult education, the cycle « religious – unemployed – radical » seems necessary to be dissolved. The development of (inter)-religious-sensitive competencies can have a positive impact on business management and cooperation in the corporate world as well as enable access to social and professional participation of young people.
Chair:
Francis Messner (Université de Strasbourg, France/RELIEN/CNRS)
Speakers:
Francis Messner (Université de Strasbourg, France CNRS/RELIEN/): Religious, unemployed, radical? – The RELIEN Project as a response General. Presentation of RELIEN
Susanne Schwarz (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany): Religious – unemployed – radical? Draft of an (inter-)religious-sensitive pedagogy in the field of cross-border economy and labour market
Elhadi Essabah (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)/Jörg Röder (University of Basel, Switzerland/RELIEN/ DRES): Religious – unemployed –radical? (Inter-)Religious-sensitive pedagogy with a special focus on young
Muslims in Europe