englischThe connection between time and worrying is evident in the modern understanding of worrying as a forward-looking present concern. This volume's interdisciplinary contributions furthermore emphasise other relevant relations to the past and the present in this respect, as well as in relation [...]

englischHelping others and being sensitive to their needs and vulnerabilities is one of the classic characteristics of the pastoral profession. Pastors not only care for others in their professional practice, but they also care about others. Pastors practise a ‘caring profession’.

For the parish [...]

englischDespite digital mediation and physical distance, there are perceptions of closeness or shared atmospheres in video conferences. Such interactions can be theoretically deduced and empirically investigated with an expanded neo-phenomenological sociology in line with Hermann Schmitz. A grounded [...]

englischFaced with a variety of conflicts relating to concern and care, caregivers often find themselves in a difficult situation. On the basis of episodic interviews with nurses, which focus on caring for people living alone with dementia, this study develops a theory on caregivers feeling torn [...]

englischYoung people are interested in exploring their religiousness. However, conventional church formats offer them little incentive to do so. Youth churches start at this point. They aim to present attending church to adolescents in an age-appropriate way.

By means of qualitative social [...]

englischFuneral culture is changing rapidly. In recent years, graveyards and burial rituals in Germany have altered significantly. They no longer reflect mechanisms of collective sense-making; instead, they represent individual lifeworlds. Death and the decisions and actions surrounding it have, in [...]

englischIn the face of the overall state of affairs in society, which seems to be characterised by crises, (right-wing) populism, uncertainty and radicalisation, the concept of ‘concern’ appears to be a key idea in modern society. The underlying idea behind the discussion compiled in this book is to [...]

Digitalisierung wird im vorliegenden Band aus der Theorieperspektive der Philosophischen Anthropologie Plessners betrachtet. Damit geht es im Kern darum, ob und inwieweit sich das Verhältnis von Mensch und Welt im Zeichen von Digitalisierung verändert. Die Verwendung unterschiedlicher [...]

englischThe volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to address the question of how concern, as a fundamental existential constant, manifests in modern present-day societies. Conceptually, the articles in this book distinguish three dimensions of concern: concern for oneself, concern for others, [...]