Faculty of Catholic Theology

Mensch sein. Existenz im Ausnahmezustand

Date
8. Feb 2024, 8.00 pm
Location
Bildungshaus St. Martin (Farbengasse 2, Erfurt)
Organizer
Faculty of Catholic Theology
Speaker(s)
Carel van Schaik and Kai Michel
Event type
Discussion/Forum
Event Language(s)
German
Audience
Public

Public discussion event with anthropologist Carel van Schaik and historian Kai Michel. The event, hosted by the Faculty of Catholic Theology, will be moderated by Professor Dr Julia Knop.

"Mensch sein. Von der Evolution für die Zukunft lernen" (Rowohlt 2023), the latest book by bestselling authors Carel van Schaik and Kai Michel, is a passionate plea for justice and evolutionary enlightenment, a blueprint for our future and an urgently needed compass in times of upheaval, crisis and depression. Of particular interest to religious people is how the authors integrate biblical traditions and religious concepts of meaning into their studies of evolutionary and cultural history. Also in "Das Tagebuch der Menschheit. Was die Bibel über unsere Evolution verrät" (Rowohlt, 2016) and "Die Wahrheit über Eva. Die Erfindung der Ungleichheit von Frauen und Männern" (Rowohlt 2020), they enter into dialogue with religious worlds and cultural influences. These imprints are made comprehensible through multi-perspective awareness. And what we understand, we can also shape. So that humanity has a future.

Poster "Mensch sein"