Protestant Academy Loccum

Protestant Academy Loccum – arranges events on socio-political debates in order to strengthen the civic engagement for democracy and dialogue from Christian responsibility.

What is the Protestant Academy Loccum?

The Protestant Academy Loccum has nationwide and international appeal as the most important socio-political forum of the church in Lower Saxony. It was founded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover in post-war Germany in order to strengthen the democratic reorientation in a society characterized by dictatorship and violence.

The Academy has remained faithful to this founding idea to this day. Democracy lives from the fact that every generation reflects on its socio-political possibilities of shaping and communicates its inner contradictions in dialogue. The Academy promotes these skills by arranging high-caliber events with scholarly expertise on socio-political debates for all interested citizens. In doing so, she is driving forward innovative solutions to societal problems.

As an ecclesial institution, the Academy understands its work for democracy and dialogue out of the Christian responsibility to serve peace and understanding in society. The academy works with its work into the Protestant church and theology: it confronts both with the current problems of social reality and supports them in giving their social and religious tasks a timely and appropriate version.