They see themselves as a movement for truth and enlightenment, appear at lateral thinking demonstrations and fill social networks with their alarming messages. They live on self-sufficient farms and work as natural healers. In these uncertain times, their messages are falling on fertile ground and finding more and more believers.
Dr. Matthias Pöhlmann, a worldview expert from the Evangelical Church of Bavaria, is an excellent expert on this scene. He shows that what is initially seen as the harmless spinning of a minority contains enormous social explosives.
About the speaker:
PD Dr. theol. habil. Matthias Pöhlmann, Church Councillor and Commissioner for Sectarian and Worldview Issues of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, religious scholar at the LMU Munich and publicist. Numerous publications on religious and ideological issues, most recently: Rechte Esoterik. Wenn sich alternatives Denken und Extremismus gefährlich vermischen, Freiburg/Breisgau: Verlag Herder 2021.
Date: Saturday, 16.11.2024
Time: 16.00 – 18.00 hrs
Place: House of Generations, Heiliggeistgasse 3
Photo: ©ELKB, McKee
