This volume offers approaches to intercultural theology and international diakonia from various disciplinary perspectives, starting from biblical and ecumenical theology to religious education, social work, and trauma therapy. The authors pay tribute to Professor Drea Fröchtling, who passed away in 2021.

Wilhelm Richebächer is a Protestant theologian mainly working in ecumenical fields. He has served as a parish minister and obtained his ThD in 1987. He was a lecturer at Makumira University College in Tanzania and later became the Executive Secretary for Ecumenical Relations in Kassel. In 2001, he earned his Second ThD. Upon his retirement in 2022, he held the position of Professor of Systematic theology at the University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology Hermannsburg.

Tsitsi / Kenneth Mtata / Frieder Ludwig / Phuti Mogase : International Diakonia and intercultural theology between South Africa and Europe: Boldness, vulnerability and hope — Tinyiko Maluleke : Andrea Fröchtling: Treasure in a jar of clay — Erna Zonne- Gätjens : Dementia as a topic for Religious Education in vocational schools for caring professions — Johannes Weth : Doing theology as the praxis of international congregations and intercultural church development: A Panel discussion — Gabriele Beckmann / Bianca Dümling : Diaconal engagement in Germany and worldwide: The practice of international congregations — Katharina Kleine Vennekate : Religious belief as a factor of resilience in life- threatening situations: a biographical and theological topic of Drea Fröchtling — Andreas Kunz- Lübcke : “I am like a deaf man who hears nothing, …” Ps. 38: 14: Towards a theology of abandonment by God – A dialogue with Drea Fröchtling — Moritz Fischer : “Those who sow in tears, shall reap in joy”: Mission in processes of migration, intersectionality, spirituality, and liberation — Wilhelm Richebächer : Prophetic dialogue: A chance for intercultural ecumenical cooperation and the reform of missiology — Hanns Lessing : Memorial service (online) for Drea Fröchtling on 30 December 2021 Reflection on Hebrews 13:12 — Hanns Lessing : Ansprache (über Ps. 36,10) bei der Trauerfeier für Drea Fröchtling am 14. Januar 2022/ Petrikirche Hannover- Kleefeld — Andrea Fröchtling : Let’s be dreamers… : Meditation in a chapel devotion at the University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology (FIT) – 26 October 2021 — Andrea Fröchtling : “Each and everyone of you can be a star to somebody …”: Meditation in the chapel devotion at the University of Applied Sciences for Intercultural Theology (FIT) 6 December 2021