Media Power and Religions

Manfred L. Pirner, born 1959, Chair Professor of Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.Johannes Lähnemann, born 1941, Chair Professor Emeritus of Religious Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany; Chairman of the Peace Education Standing Commission (PESC) of Religions for Peace (RfP)

• Contents: Heiner Bielefeldt: Interrelated human rights: the freedom of religion and belief, and the freedom of opinion and expression – Matthias Rohe: Media legislation in Islamic countries – Daniel Meier: Looking for the positive: Islam in the media – Peter Philipp: Anti-Semitism and Middle Eastern Media – Markus A. Weingardt: The presence of religious peace initiatives in the media – Norman Richardson: Media and Religious Conflict - Experiences from Northern Ireland – Jonathan Magonet: The Jewish prohibition of images and modern media culture – Saeid Edalatnejad: Pictures, symbols and the media: an Islamic Perspective – Johanna Haberer: Media ethics as part of a public theology - a Protestant perspective – Horst Niesyto: Intercultural education and the media - an educational perspective – Manfred L. Pirner: Media culture and interreligious learning - a religious education perspective – Daniel Meier/Peter Philipp: Religion in Journalism: A Proposal for Standards – Johannes Lähnemann: Interreligious Textbook Research and Development: A Proposal for Standards.