New publication: Religion und Politik

Martin W. Ramb, Holger Zaborowski (eds.)
Religion und Politik oder: Was Europa zusammenhält
(series: Koordinaten Europas, Volume 3)
Wallstein Verlag, 2026
ISBN: 9783835359079
407 pages (paperback)
22 EUR

In this volume, the European coordinate "Religion und Politik" comes into focus and with it the pre-political and political significance of fundamental religious and philosophical convictions for Europe: it is not only because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that Europe finds itself in what is probably the greatest crisis since the end of the Second World War. In view of the dangers of renationalisation, populism and the resurgence of conflicts and tensions that were thought to have been overcome, there is a need to think anew about Europe: What are the coordinates that particularly shape European identity?

This volume discusses the complex relationship between the religious and the political, between church(es) and religious communities and the state, or between salvation and rule. In addition to the influences of Christianity, influences from Judaism, Islam, Eastern religions and secular philosophies are also important. In Europe, the political is not the ultimate framework, but rather is placed in a wider context. The focus is on people and their freedom, especially in religious and ideological matters. This gives Europe an anti-totalitarian basic character that protects human dignity – which is often ignored and violated even today.

The authors
Martin W. Ramb studied Philosophy, Andragogy and Theology in Vallendar and Bonn. He is head of the Department of Religious Education, Media and Culture at the Episcopal Ordinariate of Limburg and editor-in-chief of the educational magazine "Eulenfisch".

Holger Zaborowski holds the Professorship of Catholic Theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt. He was previously Professor of History of Philosophy and Philosophical Ethics at the Philosophical-Theological University of Vallendar and its Rector. He studied Philosophy, Theology, Latin and Greek in Freiburg i. Br., Basel and Cambridge and completed his doctorate in Oxford and Siegen. He has written numerous publications on modern philosophy, ethics, philosophy of religion and political philosophy.