Telling Stories of Hope - Reconciliation in South East Europe: Compared to World-Wide Experiences in Bloomington, MN

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.