englischA new movement is on the scene: effective altruism—the combination of love and efficiency, making the world a better place not just with a bleeding heart and empathy but with a radical focus on reason and evidence and never losing sight of the goal of maximal impact. Its adherents typically [...]

englischDigitalisation encompasses all areas of life and is thus also relevant for theology and the Church. This is not just about the possible uses of social media; in this anthology, digitalisation is understood as a phenomenon that shapes society, the Church and theology with the help of various [...]

englischA large part of the global workforce is said to be Christians, but what does it mean to be a Christian at work? This study offers a review of relevant research from management and organisation studies as well as from theology; it reports on fieldwork among business managers in Switzerland [...]

englischNegative expectations saturate the current debates about the future, and apocalyptic images are omnipresent. Are there other reasons for this than mere facts? The interdisciplinary studies by the fellows of the ZRWP’s Basler Forschungskolleg (Basel Research School) that are collated here [...]

englischReligions are increasingly being regarded as relevant partners in international development cooperation due to their special attributes. However, to date there has been little research into what the special attributes of religious development agencies actually are or how such organisations [...]

Gegenwärtige Selbstverständigungsdebatten westlicher Gesellschaften sind von Krisendiskursen geprägt, die sich oftmals religiös-apokalyptischer Symbolik bedienen. Die Zukunft, so scheint es, kann, zumindest in europäischen Diskursen, oft nur noch im Modus des Katastrophischen gedacht werden. Ein [...]

englischThis book addresses the heated debate on whether politics has to care only about the question of justice, rights and tolerance or open up to a teleological concept like the common good. Long considered the central feature of the public sphere, the common good was progressively sidelined [...]

englischNew rules of engagement are emerging in the financial industry. In addition to financial returns, non-economic elements are becoming increasingly important: investors are demanding sustainable investments, banks are claiming to be caring and environmentally aware, and those working in the [...]

englischThe third volume of the findings of the research into REGIE (“Religion und gesellschaftliche Integration in Europa”) provides an interdisciplinary review of questions relating to identity and religion, and to present and recent conflicts which have resulted from them. How is religion [...]

englischReligions can be both a resource and an impediment for social participation. The social contexts and conditions that enable and evoke potentialities of integration by religion and religions are at the focus of the systematic, historic, and empirical studies. The book is about the [...]