Religiöse Vielfalt in Österreich

The publication provides a compact, up-to-date and easily understandable insight into Austria's religious diversity. In the introduction, the concept of religion is described, an outline of developments in the history of religions and legal history in dealing with religions is given, and developments in the demographics of religion in Austria are outlined. Then, the entire religious landscape of Austria is examined from the perspective of socio-cultural studies of religions. This includes small groups, agnostic and atheistic traditions. The focus is on internal diversity and the present. Finally, the relation of Austria's religions with different areas of society (education, art, media, politics, economy, law) is portrayed by scholars of the respective disciplines.

With contributions by
Moritz Bauer, Monica Maria Ender, Johann Figl, Anne Goujon, Frank Hinkelmann, Franz Höllinger, Horst Junginger, Yuval Katz-Wilfing, Gerhard Langer, Karsten Lehmann, Rüdiger Lohlker, Wolfgang Mayrhofer, Michael Meyer, Günther Oberhollenzer, Lukas K. Pokorny, Regina Polak, Michaela Potančoková, Wolfram Reiss, Claudia Reiter, Sieglinde Rosenberger, Martin Rothgangel, Stefan Schima, Kristina Stoeckl, Kerstin Tretina, Franz Winter, Robert Wurzrainer and Paul Wuthe.