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Our symposium was not a stage for success narratives but for contradictions and illusions, obstacles and fears associated with sustainable action. We addressed them in a multi-perspective, discursive and interactive way. Everyone could feel that inter- and transdisciplinary experiences are borderline experiences, in finding roles and ways of working, communication and language, and in implementing ideas and insights. This is associated with uncertainty, ambiguity and disagreement, which require a holistic and equally sensitive approach to transitions and differentiation processes. With our symposium, we ventured into these border crossings. Everyone was a visible seeker, there were handshakes across disciplinary boundaries and shared stuttering. Making the blind spots visible also revealed that sustainability is not an abstract objective or method so much as a process for personal and existential maturation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present edition of Theo-Web documents an English-language symposium on the topic "Exploring and Engaging Ambiguity in Religious Education" at the last ISREV conference in Gothenburg. The thematic section discusses the significance of ambiguity in religious education and notes that many topics in religious instruction can challenge previous certainties. The edition also includes six contributions in the field of research and discourse that have successfully undergone the double-blind review process. In addition, reviews, a conference review, and conference announcements are presented. The edition was supervised by Karlo Meyer and supported by various contributors. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a report from a November 21-22, 2014 conference in Essen, Germany on ambiguity and the social order of the Middle Ages hosted by the Brackweder Arbeitskreis für Mittelalterforschung Middle Ages research society. Topics of presentations delivered included the role of ethnicity in migrations to and from Lucca, Italy in the eighth to tenth centuries, an analysis of Scandinavian names in the records of the Benedictine abbey in Reichenau, Germany, and the role of gender differences and ambiguous sexuality in determining social roles in Bologna, Italy.

The article reports on a conference on ambiguity in medieval civilization, held in Greifswald, Germany, from April 11-13, 2013. Topics of discussion included the concept of ambiguity in medieval Arab rhetoric, ambiguity in medieval literature such as the epic "Parzival" by Wolfram von Eschenbach, and minnesang.