englischWhat are the main differences between Protestantism and the Catholic Church? Did the historical Jesus found Christianity? Which church is the oldest in the world? Based on these and similar questions and in a compact form, this textbook presents basic knowledge on the history and present of [...]

Religion und Politik bezeichnen ein besonderes Spannungsverhältnis. Das Lehrbuch klärt die gewandelte Bedeutung des Glaubens in der säkularen Gesellschaft, zentrale rechtliche, kulturelle und moralpolitische Aspekte sowie die ambivalenten Wirkungen, die religiöse Identitäten im Hinblick auf Gewalt [...]

englischAre religion and science compatible? The fact that this question has been highly controversial for centuries shows: Something important is at stake here. At stake is nothing less than the question of how certainties are established and who may legitimately speak to what. The textbook offers [...]

englischIn contrast to all religiously or ideologically motivated endeavours, the scientific criticism of religion assesses its objects from a position of normative distance. It refrains from religious or anti-religious essentialisations based on the so-called truth question. Religions are always [...]

englischMigratory movements have thoroughly transformed the 'religious landscapes' of many European countries. This textbook provides systematic and applied knowledge on the interplay between religion and migration from a religious studies perspective. It offers conceptual frameworks of religious [...]

englischCross-shaped gravestones, ideas about an afterlife, mourning practices or immortal deities: Dealing with dying and death is a fundamental part of religions. This textbook introduces the complex interaction between religion and death in a vivid way and underlines it with numerous examples, [...]

englischHow are Muslim concepts of God different from Christian or Hindu ones? What do they have in common? Comparing religious concepts, practices and objects is an everyday operation in religious studies research. But some comparative studies, especially cross-cultural ones, have also raised [...]

englischWhat is religion? Is it sensible to live according to a certain faith? Do science and religion contradict each other? Is there a god? Are we immortal? Questions like these are part of the philosophy of religion, to whose main problems and theories this book provides a comprehensive [...]