The basement of the publication Telling Stories of Hope is a
triple-conference from 25th to 30th May 2009 in Romania organized by the
Foundation Reconciliation in South East Europe Sibiu-Romania in
partnership with the World Council of Churches WCC. The first conference
part took place in the Brancoveanu Monastery in Sambata de Sus with the
focus on Intercontinantal Consultation on Healing of Memories -
Reconciliation between Peoples, Cultures and Religions. The second
conference part was realized as day-circle in Orthodox and Roman
Catholic Faculty and Great Jewish Synagogue of Bucharest to experience
the interreligious relations in a capital town of South East Europe. The
third and final conference part took place in Constanta at Black See as
a interreligious and intercultural Bulgarian-Romanian cross country
conference Religion - History - Culture - Society: The influence of
religion and ethnical identity on the development of values in culture
and society. The second and the third part was realized in cooperation
with the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (Office Bucharest) and the Romanian
Ministry of Culture, Cults and National Patrimony. For the third part we
are pleased of the cooperation with the Archdiocese of Tomis and the
collaboration with the Muslim Muftiates of Romania and Bulgaria and the
Jewish Community of Constanta.The editors hope that this book encourages
peoples to look into their respective generation remembering and address
the wounds that have been caused, in order to build towards a future
peaceful generation marked by peaceful coexistence of the peoples in
South East Europe and in the whole world.Die Publikation Geschichten der
Hoffnung erzahlen basiert auf einer Konferenz, die vom 25. bis 30. Mai
2009 in Rumanien von der Stiftung Versohnung in Sudosteuropa aus
Sibiu/Rumanien in Verbindung mit dem Okumenischen Rat der Kirchen
abgehalten wurde. Es ging dabei um das Heilen von Erinnerungen -
Versohnung zwischen Volkern, Kulturen und Religionen, um interreligiose
Beziehungen in Sudosteuropa und Einfluss von Religion und ethnischer
Identitat auf die Entwicklung von Werten in Kultur und Gesellschaft. Es
ist die Hoffnung der Herausgeber, dass dieses Buch Volker ermutigt, im
Gedachtnis ihrer jeweiligen Generation nach den Wunden zu fragen, die
verursacht wurden, um an einer zukunftigen friedlichen Generation
mitzubauen, die durch ein friedliches Zusammenleben der Volker in
Sudosteuropa und der ganzen Welt gepragt ist.
