Curriculum Vitae

Peter Schreiner, born in Bad Bergzabern, Germany in 1955, is currently a senior researcher at the Comenius-Institut in Muenster, Germany, Protestant Centre for Research and Development in Education. He is president of the Intereuropean Commission on Church and School (ICCS), a nongovernmental organisation with participatory status at the Council of Europe and associated member organisation of the Conference of European Churches. He is also moderator of the Coordinating Group for Religious Education in Europe (CoGREE), a network of six organisations active in the field of religion and education in Europe.

Main working areas include Comparative Religious Education in Europe, intercultural and interreligious learning, alternative approaches in education philosophy, ecumenical learning, stewardship of Protestant churches in education; current research project on "Religion in the Context of a Europeanization of Education" (2006-2010).

Membership in scientific societies and international bodies

1998 - 2006
Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation of the World Council of Churches

1993 
International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV)

1994
Intereuropean Commission on Church and School (ICCS)

1998
International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE)

1999
European Network for Religious Education through Contextual Approaches (ENRECA)

2000
Coordinating Group for Religion in Education in Europe (CoGREE)

2000 - 2006
Steering Committee for Education; project group on "The new challenge of intercultural education, religious diversity and dialogue in Europe" of the Council of Europe

Invited international talks (selection)

1998
"Different Approaches to RE/RS in European Schools - the Scandinavian Approach in a European Context." Key note at the conference of the European Forum for Teachers of Religious Education.

2000
„Crossing Boundaries – Ecumenical Schools in Europe. Collegial Paper at ISREV XII, Jerusalem/Israel
 "Current Developments in Religious Education in Europe", CoGREE conference in Vienna / Austria

2001
"Religiöse Bildung in Europe. Ein Überblick." Key note at the International Consultation in Sarajevo /Bosnia-Herzegovina on "Culture of Religions" in the schools of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 "Through the Eyes of a Child – Living and Learning together in Faith." European Conference on Christian Education, Santa Severa/Italy

2002
The challenge facing religious education in Europe. Forum: "The new intercultural challenge to education: religious diversity and dialogue in Europe", Strasbourg, Steering Committee for Education, Council of Europe, Strasbourg,.

2003
"Models of religious education in schools in Europe." The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion and Belief, international Seminar in Oslo 

2004
Culture and Religion in school education, key note at the 104th European Seminar of the Council of Europe in Donaueschingen/Germany

2005
„Religious Education in Europe", lecture at the university of Oslo

"Towards Holistic Education, a challenge for education philosophy", lecture at MFO Oslo

2006
„The contribution of Religious Education to democratic Citizenship – theoretical and conceptual aspects to a comparative European perspective, collegial paper at ISREV in Driebergen / the Netherlands

2008
"Europeanization of Education, the Place of Religion and the Role of Religious Education, paper for the 14th International Seminar on Religious Education and Values ISREV, Ankara, Turkey

"Religious Education in Europe - Situation and Developments", Det Teologiske Menighetsfakultet 100 years, Oslo

Selected publications in English

New developments in religious education, in: Panorama 12.Jg., 2000, Nr.1, 49-51.

Concepts on teaching and learning in religions. Teaching christianity in dialogue with other faith traditions. In: EEF-NET o.Jg., 2000, Nr.6, S.10-11.

Germany. In: P. Schreiner (ed.): Religious Education in Europe. Münster: Comenius-Institut, 2000, 49-54.

Observation - Drawing a map on recent methodological developments in teaching of Christianity in Europe. In: EEF-NET o.Jg., 2001, Nr.7, 9-13.

Towards a European Oriented Religious Education. In: H.-G. Heimbrock et al. (eds.): Towards religious competence. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 2001, 253-267.

The challenge facing religious education in Europe. Forum: "The new intercultural challenge to education: religious diversity and dialogue in Europe", Strasbourg, Monday 30 September 2002, CD-ED Bureau, Steering Committee for Education, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2002, Online-Resource.

Different approaches - common aims? Current developments in religious education in Europe. In: P. Schreiner u.a. on behalf of Coordinating Group for Religious Education in Europe (CoGREE), Committed to Europe's Future. Contributions from Education and Religious Education. A reader. Münster: Comenius-Institut, 2002, 95-100.

Religious Education in the European context. In: L. Broadbent u.a. (Hg.), Issues in Religious Education. London, New York: Routledge, 2002, 86-98.

A Milestone for Religious Education in Europe: CoGREE consultation on "Learning about and Learning from Religion. The Role of Religious Education for Living Together in a Europe of Conflict". In: Panorama, Vol.14, 2002, No.2, pp.87-89.

Methodological developments in teaching Christianity in Europe. In: G. Rüppell u.a. (Hg.): Shared Learning in a Plural World, Ecumenical Approaches to Inter-Religious Education, Band 8 der Reihe Schriften aus dem Comenius-Institut. Münster: LIT, 2003, 84-92.

Models of religious education in schools in Europe. In: L. Larsen u.a. (Hg.): Teaching for tolerance and freedom of religion or belief. Oslo, 2003, 28-36.

Contributions to Holistic Education from different theories. In: P. Schreiner, E. Banev, S. Oxley (ed.): Holistic Education Resource Book. Learning and Teaching in an Ecumenical Context. Münster u.a.: Waxmann-Verlag 2005, 35-47.

The European Network for Religious Education through Contextual Approaches (ENRECA): its policy and aims (mit Siebren Miedema, Geir Skeie, Robert Jackson). In: Informationes theologiae Europae 13(2005), Frankfurt a. M. 227,232.

Holistic Education Resource Book. Learning and Teaching in an Ecumenical Context (mit Simon Oxley, Esther Banev). Münster: Waxmann-Verlag 2005.

Religious Education and Christian Theologies. Some European Perspectives (with Gaynor Pollard and Sturla Sagberg). Münster: Waxmann 2006.

Good Practice in Religious Education in Europe. Examples and Perspectives of Primary Schools (with Friedhelm Kraft and Andrew Wright). Münster, Berlin: LIT 2007.

Religious Education in the European Context. In: E Kuyk et al. (Eds) Religious Education in Europe. Situation and current trends in schools. Oslo 2007. Article: Religious Education in Germany, 81-87

Religious Education from a European Perspective. In: P. Kieran et al. (Eds) Exploring Religious Education. Dublin 2008, 109-123