We Would Rather Dream It All Than Say It

Martin Walser We Would Rather Dream It All Than Say It A Conversation with Michael Albus Martin Walser will be 95 years old on 24 March 2022. This book of conversations with Michael Albus – including participation by Arnold Stadler – was created at the author's request. An exciting undertaking:...

How Did Jesus Become White?

Sarah Vecera How Did Jesus Become White? My Dream of a Church without Racism From the beginning, the Church was intended for all people. But it still also has racist structures, which white people usually don't even notice. Sarah Vecera draws attention to these structures and explains how every...

The Scent of the Divine

Martin Kämpchen The Scent of the Divine India in Everyday Life: 50 Years of Experience India is increasingly becoming the focus of public attention. The world’s most populous country is making a name for itself geopolitically, is developing more and more as a partner for the German economy and is...

Conspiracy Myths

Michael Blume Conspiracy Myths Their Origin, What They Can Do and How We Can Counter them Was the Covid-19 pandemic orchestrated by Bill Gates so that human beings could have nanochips injected into them with the vaccine? Are kidnapped children being tortured in secret underground factories to...

Everything Is Grace

Eugen Drewermann Everything Is Grace Paths to Paul’s Epistle to the Romans Like no other text in the New Testament, the Epistle to the Romans highlights the core themes of Christianity: Only when we feel fundamentally entitled to our existence are we capable of doing good. Laws and commandments...

The Meaning of Politics is Freedom

Winfried Kretschmann The Meaning of Politics is Freedom Why Hannah Arendt Gives Us Confidence in Difficult Times Winfried Kretschmann makes no secret of the fact that Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) has long been an inspiration to him. As combative as she was controversial during her lifetime, the...

Pope Leo XIV

Stefan von Kempis Pope Leo XIV Who He Is – How He Thinks – What Awaits Him and Us He is the first American to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics throughout the world: Robert Francis Prevost, born in 1955, was elected in a surprisingly short conclave to succeed Pope Francis and took the name of Leo XIV....

Total Strangers

Ulrich Merkl Total Strangers Autism in Pop Culture: Media, Myths and People Ever since Rain Man arrived at theatres in 1988, autism has become a pop-cultural phenomenon in novels, films and TV series. Characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Spock, Temperance Brennan, Sheldon Cooper or Ella Schön...

The End of a Dream

Andreas G. Weiss The End of a Dream Donald Trump and the 250th anniversary of the USA The United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding in 2026. Andreas G. Weiss already astutely outlined the profound erosion of American society in his 2019 book Donald Trump: Du sollst keine...

What Sustains Human Beings

Eugen Drewermann What Sustains Human Beings Approaches to St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians Jesus brought God back to us as a fatherly power that we do not need to fear but in whose unconditional love we can trust. Eugen Drewermann sees St. Paul as perhaps the first person to fully grasp this...