Cross Border Faith

Today Friday night we have planned with a small group of friends to explore a little place called Karlsteine or Charlemagne's Stones in Osnabrück . According to legend, the place is haunted by dead spirits of the ancient times and it has been many times listed as one of the most haunted places in Germany . We are going to stay up the night with a small tent and record any paranormal activity we might encounter. As crazy as it may sound, we are going for a real ghost hunt! The narrative of this place is quite interesting. In the early Middle Ages, Charles the Great or Charlemagne was King of the Franks who conquered most of western and central Europe from the pagans and turned the regions under a Christian rule. It is said that one of these bloody battles took place in Osnabrück-Haste where the Karlsteine is located. Until the appearence of Charlemagne's army, the monolithic structure was apparently used for many blood rituals and sacrifices among the pagan worshipp...

With all the time and money I've spent here on traveling and socializing during my exchange, some people have developed (unnecessary) concerns about the time that's left for my studies. However, I can assure you that life here in Göttingen has treated me better than ever so far, and it holds true even in terms of my studying. Everything has been so well lined up here that I've had time for (almost) everything. Besides, life is really the most important subject that you can study. And for me, theology only offers the best window to structure and interpret all the different aspects of life. Here in Georg-August-University of Göttingen , I'm taking some classes of intercultural theology that are taught in English. It contains a lot of discussions about religious and intercultural dialogue and ecumenism, so the classes cover a lot of those topics that this blog is fundamentally about. A couple of weeks ago we had an interesting conversation in the class about Christ...