MOBILISATION OF RELIGION IN EUROPE

A project within the framework of the funding programme 'Humanities in Dialogue with Society' of the German Federal Ministry for Research and Education, theme complex 'Europe – Cultural and Social Expressions of Europe and the European.'

This project looks at the increasing importance of religion in Europe, posing severe challenges to politics and society. The long anticipated disappearance of religion does not occur, as evidenced by the long and intensive debate regarding inclusion of Christianity in the European Constitution or the current institutionalisation of Islam as a European religion. Not the least, Europe needs to react to the rise in religiously motivated terrorist acts.

This inter-disciplinary project brings together eleven professors from different disciplines (theology, religious studies, political studies, sociology and history.) Ten doctoral and three post-doctoral positions are equally funded through the project in support of young academics. Among the project participants, there is a strong commitment to bring their social scientific research into a fruitful dialogue with politics, management and society. It is therefore an aim of the project to exchange knowledge with those working practically in the field, to identify the advisory needs and communicate new insights.

The Research Consortium “Mobilisation of Religion in Europe” of the University of Erfurt, the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and the University of Applied Sciences of Jena is funded over three years with a total of € 1.5 Million. € 1.3 Million of these are earmarked for individual projects with their main locus at the University of Erfurt.  

Prof. Jamal Malik
1st Speaker

Prof. Hans G. Kippenberg
2nd Speaker

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