We do understand ourself as an open network of people…
- who are bond to the process of the European Union;
- who respect the intellectual history, the cultural and the spiritual roots of Europe, who respect especially the Christianity with all its roots and who wants to develop it in a critical way;
- who wants to learn from the European history which is full of wars and processes of expulsion and annihilation of human beings and from the experiences of the „iron curtain“ and who want to create the future of a union Europe;
- who take care for a good relationship between different churches, confessions and religious groups and different institutions of society;
- who wants to develop Bibliodrama as a independent movement of renewal and liberation inside and outside the churches.
European Bibliodrama Charta
Our principles:
- We respect the text of the bible which inspires, corrects and irritates the bibliodrama process.
- We respect the potential of the group and the different life and faith experiences of the participants.
- We take into consideration the ecclesiastical and social context and include actual conflicts and political topics.
- We inspire learning processes which concerne and possibly change people in body, soul and spirit and can possibly lead to a different lifestyle.
- We work with a multitude of methods: serious and jolly, creative and interactive.
- We consider it necessary to hold further studies for all the leaders of bibliodrama.
- We trust in the Spirit of God and his provocative energy.
We are in a process to adjust the charter. Here the version of 2004:
| Bibliodrama Charta 2004 (in german language) |
| ebn_charter_in_english.pdf |
| history of the EBN charter 2004-2024 |
The Aim of our Network
- We want to stimulate people to argue with the Christianity inside and outside of churches and with the history of the occident. We want them to get roots in this.
- We want to develop our Bibliodrama in a collegial counceling way and with the interchange of experts over national boarders. For example we will arranage international congresses and meetings for specialists and we want to translate special literature and reports of bibliodrama practice. For that we develop the „European Network of Bibliodrama“.
- We draw up quality-standards, which are oriented to the whole complex of bibliodrama-processes. We want to give our participants transparent marks of quality in our arrangements.
Our methods
- professional exchange of all members on national and european level
- annualy joint meetings to inform about and discuss new topics on bibliodrama
- information transfer
- group to coordinate annual meetings and to ensure information transfer
- discussion platform in internet
History of the European Bibliodrama Network
From August 2001 up to July 2004 people (teachers and students) from seven European countries (Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland) interesting in Bibliodrama met periodically in a project sponsored by the European Union (Sokrates- Grundtvig II) „Bibliodrama Longtime educational programs in Europe“.
The „European Network of Bibliodrama“ was founded by the members of the project for going on exchanging their experiences in Bibliodrama.
The European Network of Bibliodrama is an offer for all who are interested in working together, exchanging experiences, getting informations and the possibility of collegial counseling by experts.
The „European Network of Bibliodrama“ is organising himself by the engagement of its members. Annual meetings shall support the exchange of experiences, the collegial counseling and the qualifying in bibliodrama.
Last meeting in Gelnhausen, 21.-22. may 2004: Here the most important decision has been taken concerning the structure of the network.
The „European Network of Bibliodrama“ was founded by the members of the project for going on exchanging their experiences in Bibliodrama.
The European Network of Bibliodrama is an offer for all who are interested in working together, exchanging experiences, getting informations and the possibility of collegial counseling by experts.
The „European Network of Bibliodrama“ is organising himself by the engagement of its members. Annual meetings shall support the exchange of experiences, the collegial counseling and the qualifying in bibliodrama.
Last meeting in Gelnhausen, 21.-22. may 2004: Here the most important decision has been taken concerning the structure of the network.
| minutes of the 7th consultation - Gelnhausen 2004 |
What about Bibliodrama?
Bibliodrama is living as an experiment: Texts and themes of the holy bible get in between the contexts of the actual situation of the church and the society and into a relationship to the individual life experiences of the participants. It will come to a living meeting between the individual, the whole group and the text. It is a changing game of a creative play and an answer for reflection. Here the religious traditon will be carried on.
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