englischThis book deals with the processes of the drastically declining reproductive power of the Protestant Church in Germany, which is not only becoming smaller, but less significant. This affects its financing, charisma, the ‘vitality’ of its activities, the motivation of its employees—all in [...]

In welchem Wechselverhältnis stehen religiöse Überzeugungen und Kirchenmitgliedschaft mit politischen Einstellungen und Vorurteilen? Diese Fragestellung wurde in einem von der EKD finanzierten Forschungsverbund zum Verhältnis von Religion, Kirche, Vorurteilen, Populismus und Demokratie von 2019 bis [...]

englischIn the face of dwindling membership, declining financial resources and an increasingly secular environment, an ecclesiastical concept of ‘business as usual’ is no longer proving to be forward-looking. In many regional churches and dioceses there are therefore so-called trial rooms and [...]

In der Corona-Pandemie sind die Herausforderungen, denen die pastorale Rolle ausgesetzt ist, und die Veränderungen insbesondere im Blick auf digitale Kommunikationsformen, vor denen sie steht, wie unter einem Brennglas deutlich geworden. Die Kontexte, Formen und Fragen pastoraler Praxis und [...]

englischIn the Evangelical Church multi- and inter-professional forms of work are becoming more and more important. Multi-professional co-working is being progressively embedded into the structures of the member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany. The spectrum of this concept ranges from [...]

englischIn a research project by the SI (Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut), which started in 2018, civil society engagement in the context of the refugee crisis was studied with regard to the motives, world views, attitudes, goals and self-conceptions of the people involved. The project’s findings, [...]

englischWith regard to post-secular society, this book addresses two basic questions: To what extent can Christian communication und practice generate resources for social cohesion? And how can this contribution be empirically researched and identified from a sociological and theological [...]