Religion

Protestant religious education at the Nelson Mandela School involves:

 

Listening, singing,
asking, hearing,
fantasizing and telling,
marvelling, guessing
and understanding
that the world is much bigger
than what we see.

This could be taken as the motto of the religious education programme the protestant church is offering all students at our school, irrespective of their denomination. Children tend not to shy away from the big existential questions:

 


Where does the world come from?

Why do people suffer?

What happens after death?

Where can I place my trust?

How should I act?

Religious Education

In dealing with these questions, religious education offers an environment where these questions are taken seriously rather than being dismissed, an environment that fosters a culture of listening and questioning as opposed to providing quick answers, where marvelling at our world is preferred to taking things for granted. Our lessons are based on the Berlin-Brandenburg framework curriculum for Protestant religious education which distances itself from earlier “instructive” teaching methods. The curriculum now promotes a circumspect, inquisitive attitude which explores the following five central issues:

Learning about God – learning about people – learning about Jesus Christ – learning about responsible behaviour – learning about the different forms of belief and manifestations of religion.

The teachings favoured by other religions, ethical belief systems and world views are considered with respect and mindfulness. In practice, coming from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, the students often tend to integrate these teachings into the lessons themselves. In this way, our students learn that mutual recognition and tolerance form the basis of all dialogue and debate.

Further information and the framework curriculum are available at:
http://www.ekbo.de/religionsunterricht

In Practice

Following in the footsteps of angels, in the Gemäldegalerie

 

YOU are an angel! Fund-raising campaign for street children in Berlin – Karuna

Registering for Religious Education

Arbeitsstelle für Evangelischen Religionsunterricht Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
(Department for Protestant Religious Education, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf)

Rebecca Habicht
Herderstraße 3-4
10625 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 3417348
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