RELIGION IN GERMANY

Teaching Issues

  • Finding Common Ground: 1st Amendment Guide to Teaching Religion & Public Educ.
  • Religious Holidays in US Public Schools.What is legal?

    General Resources, Holidays and History

  • Der Heilige Stuhl - official Vatican website and the Ratzinger Site
  • EWTN - German version of Catholic mega-site
  • Schons' German Philosophy, Theology & Religion. Great German Resources, prayers, Bibles, churches, texts, thinkers, bio's, etc.
  • Theo-Web (in German) - high quality links to theological resources, religions, pedagogy, study tools, contacts, journal, and more.
  • Sermon-online.de - Predigten, Gottesdienste, Bibelarbeiten zum Anhören und Downloaden. Ständig ausgebaut
  • Video clips of famous cathedrals in Germany and famous religous figures: Quicktime or RealPlayer formats
  • Religious Holidays and Customs of the German-Speaking Countries.
  • Feste und Feiern im Christentum, Judentum, Islam. Auch Namenstage und Heilige
  • Deutsche Kirchengeschichte - significant religious events in German history.
  • Some comments on Religion in modern Germany by one observer
  • How, when and by whom were the Germans first converted to Christianity?
  • What were they like before being converted? Barbarians! See Roman historian Tacitus' Germania.
  • Western Church History throughout the ages. See medieval and reformers.
  • Oekumenisches Heilgenlexikon: calendars, bios, patron saints, histories, orders, etc.

    Prayers

  • Beautiful site on the Vater Unser and a discussion of its meaning.
  • The Lord's Prayer (Our Father) in several Germanic Languages.
  • Some prayers in German at Gebete.de

    Catholic Websites

  • KATHweb: Informationsdienst von KATHPRESS in Österreich.
  • Die Katholische Kirche im Internet and the informative Autobahnkirche.
  • Deutsch Kirchengeschichte - significant religious events in German history.
  • Dietrich von Hildebrand
  • Adrienne von Speyer - info in German. and Beautiful prayers in English
  • Catholic Encyclopedia and EWTN document library - info on all authors listed here
  • Albertus Magnus St. Albert the Great, teacher of Aquinas
  • Vierzehnheiligen - Wallfahrtsort in Bayern
  • Medieval Mystics: Meister Eckhart, Johann Tauler's The Inner Way, 17th Century Johann Scheffler a.k.a. Angelus Silesius, Heinrich Seuse (Henry Suso)
  • More literature links grouped by author
  • Liebeslyrik an Gott featuring many of the above

    Protestant Websites

  • Das evangelische Kirchenjahr: Festtage, Bitt- und Gedenktage, Predigtsammlung, Heiligenkalender.
  • NEW: German-American Religious Groups - The Church-German-Americans
  • Video of the Protestant Reformation - rsd students ask me for username and password
  • The Digital Gutenberg Bible - 1454, the first printed Bible plus info on printing, a bio, etc.
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • The Luther Bible in German with searchable text and chapter divisions.
  • Lutherjahr 1996 in Deutschland and Projekt Wittenberg. Pietists Spener and Francke.

    Other Religions

  • Jewish links and holidays, including Yiddish and Jewish life in today's Germany.
  • Islam in Deutschland - customs and beliefs.
  • Germanic Mythology and Folkore, early religion, creation myths
  • Languages and cultures of the Germanic North.
  • Folklore, Myth and Legend : excellent collection of links.
  • Germanic Myths, Legends and Sagas.
  • The Germanic Heritage Page: pagan, medieval, Anglo-Saxon, texts, mythology, folklore.
  • Myths and Legends from around the world.
  • Encyclopedia Mythica. Mythology, folkore and legends. Searchable.

    Miscellaneous

  • Religious paintings: Web Gallery, CGFA Virtual Art Museum and Biblical/Spiritual Art Gallery
  • My links to Christianity, religions and religious literature.
  • Conduct your own searches for words and names.

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