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Research Center for Religion and Education

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Welcome at the FZRB

The 'Research Center for Religion and Education' (FZRB; formerly Research Center for Religious Education Research, ZRB), founded in 2011, is dedicated to accompanying, stimulating and conducting scientific research on the connection between religion and education. The center's work focuses on past and present educational processes and its historical, systematic as well as empirical methods. At the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, the FZRB is assigned to the profile line "Liberty"External link as a structure-forming center; within the Faculty of Theology of the University of Jena, it shapes the profile-forming focus "Religious Education in the Context of Social Change".

The FZRB explicitly focuses its work on current challenges of religious education in order to be able to contribute to a contemporary religious education work in society, media, school, community and family.

Latest News

  • Congratulations!

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    Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Thomas Heller on his new position as Professor of Religious Education at the Martin Luther Institute at the University of Erfurt. We wish him all the best and much success in his future work.

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  • Successfully Secured EU Project Funding

    We are pleased to announce that the new project VIRTU-PEACE has successfully secured funding and began on February 1st, 2025, with a duration of three years.

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  • FORUM differenzsensible Religionspädagogik #2: RaumBuilder

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    The second FORUM on Diversity-Sensitive Religious Education will take place on April 23-24, 2026, in Siegburg, with the theme "Images of Space." The focus will be on the question: Are spaces simply what they are, or is there more to them? Physical spaces can either encourage or hinder interactions and communication. But what about other types of spaces?

    The forum is organized by the Comenius-Institut in cooperation with various partners.

    The FZRB will participate and offer a workshop on "space-sensitive parental work in the post-migration society" as part of the forum.

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Updates

  • ‘It's Christmas now. But now you have to!’

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    By Dorothea Siegle

    It all started with ‘#heimkommenExternal link’, Edeka's advert for Christmas 2015, which has since been watched over 70 million times on YouTube. Dr Heller, you have analysed these films - what do they have in common?

    You can find the link to the full article here: ‘Now it's Christmas. But now you have to!’

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The FZRB at a Glance!

  • About us

    The FZRB and its Members

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  • Departments

    The FZRB is structured into 3 departments and 3 working units

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  • Events

    The FZRB warmly invites you to its events!

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  • Publications

    Here you find the FZRB´s publications

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Contact

Research Center for Religion and Education