Rhetorical abilities as competency of teachers of Christian religion (C05)

• Subject Area: Protestant Theology
• Term: from 2015 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 244798977

The subproject analyzes selected sources for the ancient catechumenate with regard to lingual and rhetorical aspects; in correlation, it investigates the implicit or explicit expectations concerning the rhetorical abilities of teachers. The findings from the ancient sources are related in a diachronic and comparative manner to discourses on the competencies of Religious Education teachers in public schools in contemporary Germany. Based on both samples of results, the subproject develops a role-model for religious educators (in the realm of Christianity) with special regard to the rhetorical dimension of teaching and learning religion.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1136: Education and Religion in Cultures of the Mediterranean and Its Environment from Ancient to Medieval Times and to the Classical Islam
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Peter Gemeinhardt; Professor Dr. Bernd Schröder