Religious Education
Employees:
- Ariane Dihle
- Silke Polewka
- Sascha Wilts
- Jördis Drees-Bajorat
- Friederike Schulze-Marmeling
- Rebecca Hedenkamp
- Friederike Henjes (OLE+)
- Kim König
- Tessa Stelling(student assistant)
- Denise Feuerriegel(student assistant)
Publications in the department
Together with Jan-Hendrik Herbst and Annike Reiß, Ariane Dihle, who works in religious education, has published a booklet on "Racism and Religion" for secondary level 1 in the Religion 5-10 series published by Friedrich-Verlag. The booklet contains six up-to-date teaching units for secondary level 1 to introduce perspectives critical of racism and anti-Semitism into religious education lessons.
https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/shop/rassismus-was-hat-das-mit-religion-zu-tun-ps1415054
Good news: Stories of Jesus told fairly for children
Together with Nina Kölsch-Bunzen and Katharina von Kellenbach, Ariane Dihle, who works in religious education, has written a collection of stories about Jesus for children of primary school age and upwards that is critical of anti-Judaism and sensitive to Jewish-Christian issues. The storybook was published by Ariella-Verlag in February 2025. ( Review of this can be found at https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/59997-buch-gute-nachricht-geschichten-ueber-jesus-ohne-antijuedische-toene )
Together with Annike Reiß, Ariane Dihle, who works in religious education, has published a booklet for secondary level 1 in the Religion 5-10 series from Friedrich-Verlag on the "Passion Narrative". The booklet contains six current teaching units for secondary level 1 as well as basic classifications for introducing an anti-Semitism-critical perspective on the biblical Passion narratives into religious education lessons.
https://www.friedrich-verlag.de/shop/passion-mehr-als-eine-leidensgeschichte-1415058
Joachim Willems and Ariane Dihle are publishing a conference volume with a collection of essays on anti-Semitism-critical perspectives on educational media for religious education.
https://www.beltz.de/fachmedien/erziehungswissenschaft/produkte/details/56423-inventur-schulbuecher-juedisch-christlich-bedenken.html
Religious Education
What are religious education processes? Under what conditions - institutional, social, political, legal - do they take place? What should pupils learn in religious education? And how can lessons be planned with this in mind?
The subject of religious education deals with such and similar questions. In order to be able to deal with them, religious education closely relates to the other theological disciplines. Knowledge of exegetical, church-historical and systematic-theological methods, theories and research results is indispensable in order to adequately plan and reflect on religious education lessons. On the other hand, religious education is dependent on neighbouring non-theological subjects such as, above all, the disciplines of education and educational science.
A special focus of religious education in Oldenburg in research and teaching is the area of interreligious and difference-sensitive education.
Presentation of the book "Gute Nachricht fair erzählt" by Carsten Dippel on Deutschlandfunk radio
The children's book "Gute Nachricht fair erzählt", which Ariane Dihle, who works in religious education, helped to write, was discussed on Deutschlandfunk radio. Ariane Dihle was interviewed for the programme. Excerpts can be found at https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-gute-nachricht-fair-erzaehlt-ein-anderer-blick-fuer-kinderaugen-100.html.
Market of Opportunities Project Band Protestant Religion 2024
Friday, 1 November 2024 12pm-6pm and Saturday, 2 November 9am-3pm
12 market stalls invite you to explore, join in, try things out and ponder with Ponting.
12 exciting presentations provide new insights into the thoughts of pupils.
Drinks and biscuits will be provided!
We are looking forward to it!
The new ones are here!
The 2023/24 cohort for the GHR Religion practical phase is looking forward to the long-term internship
This year, Silke Polewka and Sascha Wilts will once again be supervising the 50 students currently enrolled in the Master of Education GHR (primary, secondary and intermediate schools) during their practical phase and practical block.
Together with five teachers in the practical phase (LiPs), the participants are intensively prepared and supervised during the 18-week internship at the schools. The so-called "TT" - the theological depth of religious education - and the development of the trainees' ability to reflect on religious education is a high priority for the teachers: "Religion is a subject for thinking and questioning," emphasise Polewka and Wilts, "This is the place to reflect on existential questions in a theologically responsible context and an appreciative atmosphere. A high degree of cognitive activation, professional dialogue skills and careful selection of methods play just as much a role as a clever approach to (denominational) heterogeneity and other current challenges facing religious education in the secular age.
The students are looking forward to the intensive time and the long-awaited "practical shock": they want to try out different teaching methods, gain a new perspective on biblical texts and experience and reflect on their role as teachers. In addition, 22 of them are taking the project band module on research-based learning with Silke Polewka.
What particularly appeals to the students about the subject of religion is its special space for reflection and asking questions, as well as the subject's high degree of flexibility in relation to current topics compared to their other subjects.
Silke Polewka, Sascha Wilts and the LiPs Dirck Ackermann (Studienseminar Leer), Timo Kromminga (Studienseminar Verden), Brigitte Wiechmann (Studienseminar Oldenburg), Christine Winkelmann (Studienseminar Cuxhaven) and Christian Zündorf (Grundschule Stadtmitte Wilhelmshaven) are looking forward to the intensive time with the students and to strengthening the small subject of big questions in schools once again.
"How diverse must religious education be in the migration society?"
Screenshot: Yezidi Youth Oldenburg, https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=2310739639315254
On 2 November 2023, Julia Willie Hamburg, Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs of Lower Saxony, was a guest at the Yezidi Forum Oldenburg. At the event, Prof Dr Dr Joachim Willems gave a short presentation on the topic of "How diverse must religious education be in the migration society?"
Reports, photos and videos of the event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Yezidisches.Forum.Oldenburg.e.V.; the short presentation by Joachim Willems at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2310739639315254
EKD exhibition Menschen.Rechte.Leben
In 2023, we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of this declaration and look back on a time in which the comprehensive realisation of human rights - which are described as universal - is still a long way off. A look at the (Christian) church(es) in particular shows that they were and are responsible for many human rights violations in the past and present.
To mark this anniversary, a seminar led by Rebecca Hedenkamp and Sandra Langhop will take place this semester in which the church-historical and religious-educational perspective of this declaration will be examined and playful projects for young visitors will be developed.
The exhibition will open with a launch event at St. Lambert's Church in Oldenburg on 9 January 2024 at 18:00.
On this evening, you can expect a short play by the improvisation group "Wat ihr wollt", a musical performance and a short lecture by Prof. Dr Dr Joachim Willems.
Of course, your physical well-being will also be catered for.
We cordially invite you to this event!
Further information can be found at: https://www.kircheundmenschenrechte.de/