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“Moslem Feminists Do Exist”. An Interview with Susanne Schröter

Is Islam capable of accepting Western human rights standards? And what can the German debate learn from developments in Moslem countries?More ...
Boris Groys: Medium as Religion (2006); © Boris Groys

“We’re On the Way to Designing Religion”

The Internet has placed the religions of the Book before perhaps the greatest change in their history. This may be seen at an exhibition in Karlsruhe. An interview with curator Boris Groys on the faith in the omnipotence of images, medial culture wars, and TV broadcasts’ sense of mission.More ...
Rabbi students and rabbi at the annual conference of the Union of Progressive Jews in Berlin, preparing for the service; © Tobias Barniske

Reform Judaism in Germany: A Renaissance

In recent years, immigration has led to a more than six-fold increase in the number of Jews in Germany. For the first time since the Second World War, Liberal Judaism is once again becoming established in the land of the Holocaust, creating a link to a destroyed tradition.More ...
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Noah's Arc or the Beagle? Creationism, the Theory of Evolution, and Education

Criticism of the theory of evolution is nothing new. By Christoph LammersMore ...
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A discussion between Hubert Knoblauch (from the Technical University of Berlin) and Detlef Pollack (from the University Viadrina in Frankfurt an der Oder) about the supposed return of religion

Is religion enjoying a renaissance? The two sociologists of religion are at variance with each other. Interview conducted by: Jürgen KaubeMore ...

Religions Today

The interpenetration of diverse religions connected with globalisation is leading to the pluralization of life styles. By Michael von BrückMore ...
Pope benedict XVI greeting children in Rome; Copyright: picture-alliance/ dpa

Faith and Certainty

Pope Benedict XVI.

In spite of all his intellectual brilliance, the theology of Pope Benedict XVI cannot be explained without the heartwarming Catholicism of his Bavarian homeland. By Matthias DrobinskiMore ...

Spirituality in Modern Singapore (GI Singapore)

Foto/Copyright: Fiona Koh Foto/Copyright: Fiona KohYoung photo artists from Singapore dealt with this topic in a workshop run by Beat Presser.
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    The poster shows five leaders of major religious communities expressing their conviction that the peaceful cohabitation of different nationalities, cultures and religious communities in Berlin has long since become reality. Copyright: picture-alliance/ ZB

    Plea for a Politics of Inter-Religious Dialogue

    The present conflicts of religion can hardly be understood under the vague concept of a 'Clash of Civilisations', and are rather the expression of a loss of identity and power. By Michael von BrückMore ...
    Hans Belting `Florenz und Bagdad´; Copyright: Verlag C.H. Beck oHG

    Getting the Picture about the Power of Seeing: Hans Belting Writes a West-Eastern History of Vision

    In his most recent study, Hans Belting, a German art historian and image theorist, has produced a milestone work on the cultural history of perspective – a history that he has put through a thorough-going revision and expanded to include its Arabic influences.More ...