Reforming Presents

Bina Shah, author and journalist advocating a re-understanding of the feminist movement.

Marion Ackermann, General Director of the Dresden State Art Collections, defines museums as places of common reflection and mutual enlightment.

Spanish historian and philosopher José Luis Villacañas on the timeliness of the spirit of the Reformation.

Lucia Ronchetti is a composer of both, modern opera and works for choir and orchestra.

Dramatist and author José Manuel Mora on transformation and reform in the management of spoken theatre.

Ana Ruiz is a Germanist with a focus on intercultural studies in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma in Madrid.

Spanish political scientist Fernando Vallespín on the necessity of change in his field.

Richard D. Bartlett, born in 1978, is one of the cofounders of Loomio, an New Zealand based open source software tool for collective decision-making. 

Anna Guenther co-founded New Zealnds first crowdfunding platform.

Young spanisch composer Joan Magrané reflects upon the relation between the Word, music, and inwardness.

Director, author, and host, Paolo Restuccia on the value of arts.

Giacomo Marramao ranks among the most prominent contemporary Italian philosophers.

Professor Dr. Peter Weibel, head of the Center for Art and media Technology in Karlsruhe since January 1999.

Markus Beckedahl is a well known cyberpolitical activist in Germany. He edits the blog netzpolitik.org.

The renowned lawyer, author and women’s rights activist Seyran Ateş is in the process to establish a liberal mosque in Berlin.

He reformed the Oberammergau Passion Play. As director of the Volkstheater Munich he founded the theater festival „radikal jung“.

Enkhbat Rozoon is one of the leading publishers, booksellers, and intellectuals in Mongolia.

“Successful experiment” or “grandiose self-deception”? Opinions on the success of the events to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation vary tremendously.

Interview with Peter Weibel, since 1999 Chairman and CEO of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe about Faith in Images; the ordinary and the sublime; and The dream of Universalism.

According to Dacia Maraini, Martin Luther represents the revolutionary side of Christianity, which is also associated with names like Saint Francis and Saint Clare of Assisi. Instead of taking the chance of constant renewal, the church answered to all reformatory tendencies with the power of ecclesiastical dogma.

Starting with various scenarios of secularization, Giacomo Marramao describes the current surrogate function of religion. The philosopher proposes a universalism of differences and a politics consisting in the translation of various ethics and ways of life.

Martin Luther is to be considered as a hero of moral conviction. He proclaimed the necessity of reciprocal responsibility and of thinking with conviction about all things new.

Leading off this medley of ideas by doers, thinkers, and innovators is Christian Stückl, who is, among many other engagements, director of the Oberammergau Passion Play and artistic director of the Münchner Volkstheater.
 

The anniversary of the Reformation is coming up in 2017 and Martin Luther is the subject of much debate. Can you celebrate Luther and at the same time maintain  a critical distance to him?

The selling of indulgences, the 95 Theses – what was all that again? A short animated film celebrating the Reformation will whet your appetite for more information about Luther.