Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
Katharina von Schnurbein
Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism, European Commission
In December 2015, Katharina von Schnurbein, a German national, was appointed the first European Commission Coordinator on combating Antisemitism. Before, she was an advisor to Commission President José Manuel Barroso on the Commission's dialogue with Churches, religions, philosophical and non-c...
DR. MARIA REIS HABITO
International Program Director, Museum of World Religions, Taipei, Taiwan
Officer, Global Family for Love and Peace (GFLP)
Director, Elijah Interfaith Institute, USA
Board Member, Museum of World Religions, UK
Maria Reis Habito is the International Program Director of the Museum of World Religions, the Director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute USA, and a Zen Teacher authorized in the Sanbo Zen lineage. She has lived in Taiwan and studied the Chinese language (1979-1981), and in Kyoto, Japan, where she s...
REV. DR. SIMONE SINN
Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland (part of the World Council of Churches and attached to the University of Geneva)
Coordinator of the CAS, Interreligious Studies at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey
Managing Editor of Current Dialogue, the World Council of Churches journal on interreligious dialogue
Since 2013, Rev. Dr Simone Sinn serves as study secretary for public theology and interreligious relations at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Geneva (Switzerland). The LWF is a global communion of 145 churches in the Lutheran tradition, representing over 72 million Christians in 98 countries....
Most Rev. Dr. Dr h.c. mult. Antje Jackelén
Archbishop and primate of the Church of Sweden, Church of Sweden
Co-President, Religions for Peace, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Vice President, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran World Federation
Rev. Dr. Antje Jackelén is the archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden (Lutheran). She was previously the bishop of the Lund Diocese of the Church of Sweden as well as associate professor of systematic theology and director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science at the Luthe...
Rev. Prof. Dr. Margot Käßmann
Co-President, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
Margot Käßmann was born in Marburg in 1958. She studied theology and was the Secretary General of the German Protestant Kirchentag. From 1999 to 2010 she was Regional Bishop of the Protestant-Lutheran Church of Hanover, and the 2009/2010 Council President of the Evangelical Church in Germany. From...