Glaube in Potsdam

Between 2015 and 2017, various scholars from the University of Potsdam and the University of Lausanne contacted and interviewed religious, spiritual and humanistic communities in Potsdam. They operated with an inclusive concept of religion, referring also to groups and networks beyond the so-called world-religions such as freemasons, freethinkers and yoga-studios. This book contains an overview of the local history of religion, portrays each community individually and connects them in analytical comparisons by asking: How are religious services or meetings performed? What kind of infrastructures (buildings, offices, subgroups) do they use? How do communities maintain their membership in a post-socialist situation? The outcome is a unique and comprehensive work of reference about the religious landscape of a major city, with findings that also relate to Potsdam’s urban development as well as to larger religious contexts.