Wem gehört die Welt?

Julia Knop (author) and Meike Töpperwien (illustrator)
Whoowns the world?
Ethics for children – the big questions of life
Herder-Verlag, 2024
ISBN: 978-3-451-71711-6
96 pages
18 EUR

What is freedom? Do I need the others? And when will there finally be peace? Readers young and old are invited to join in and think about the big questions of humanity. Concrete examples from everyday life, history, Philosophy and religions make it easy for children to understand how people should behave and act. A book for curious children who enjoy questioning things and looking for their own answers.

The author
Julia Knop has been a professor of dogmatics at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt since 2017. She is a member of the Central Committee of German Catholics and the plenary assembly of the synodal path and the synodal forum ‘Power and Separation of Powers’.

The illustrator
Meike Töpperwien studied design at the University of Arts in Braunschweig. She lives there with her family and works as an illustrator and graphic designer for various publishers, journals and cultural institutions.