Function within the Cluster:
- Principal Investigator
- Head of project C21 The Legitimacy of Religious Pluralism: Perception and Acceptance of Religious Diversity among the European Population
- Member of the study group Sociology of Religion
Curriculum Vitae and Publications:
| since 10/2008 | Professor (W3) of Religious Sociology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster |
| 10/1995-09/2008 | Professor of Comparative Cultural Sociology, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder |
| 10/1994-09/1995 | Professor of Religious and Ecclesiastical Sociology, Universität Leipzig |
| 05/1994 | Postdoctoral Degree (Habilitation) in Sociology, Universität Bielefeld |
| 04/1992-09/1992 | Substitute Professor of Social Ethics, Department of Theology, Philipps-Universität Marburg |
| 07/1984 | Doctorate (Dr. theol.) in Religious Sociology, Faculty of Theology, Universität Leipzig |
| 07/1981 | University degree in Theology, Universität Leipzig |
| 10/1976-07/1981 | Studies of Theology, Universität Leipzig |
Awards and Honours:
| 2011-2012 | Fellowship, Lichtenberg College, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| 2003-2005 | Max Weber Chair, New York University (USA) |
| 1996-1997 | Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg), Berlin |
| 1993 | Visiting Fellow, Department of Sociology, Princeton University (USA) |
Memberships:
| since 1995 | International Society for the Sociology of Religion (ISSR) |
| since 1994 | Executive Board, Section Religious Sociology, German Sociological Association (GSA) |
| since 1990 | German Sociological Association (GSA) |
Publications (Selection):
- Historische Analyse statt Ideologiekritik: Eine historisch-kritische Diskussion der Gültigkeit der Säkularisierungstheorie, in: Geschichte und Gesellschaft, Zeitschrift für historische Sozialwissenschaft (accepted, forthcoming in 2011).
- (ed. with Jan Wielgohs) Akteure oder Profiteure? Die demokratische Opposition in den ostmitteleuropäischen Regimeumbrüchen 1989, Wiesbaden 2010.
- Rückkehr des Religiösen? Studien zum religiösen Wandel in Deutschland und in Europa II, Tübingen 2009.
- Religious Change in Europe: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Findings, in: Social Compass, vol. 55, issue 2 (2008), pp. 168-186.
- (ed. with Daniel V. Olson) The Role of Religion in Modern Societies. New York et al. 2008.
- (with Gert Pickel) Religious individualization or secularization? Testing hypotheses of religious change – the case of Eastern and Western Germany, in: The British Journal of Sociology, vol. 58, issue 4 (2007), pp. 603-632.
- Support for Democracy in Eastern and Western Germany: an Attempt to Explain the Differences, in: European Journal of Sociology/Archives Européennes de Sociologie, vol. 45, issue 2 (2004), pp. 257-272.
- Säkularisierung – ein moderner Mythos? Studien zum religiösen Wandel in Deutschland, Tübingen 2003.
- (with Gert Pickel) Deinstitutionalisierung des Religiösen und religiöse Individualisierung in Ost- und Westdeutschland, in: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, vol. 55, issue 3 (2003), pp. 447-474.
- (ed. with Jörg Jacobs, Olaf Müller, and Gert Pickel) Political Culture in Post-Communist Europe. Attitudes in new democracies, Aldershot 2003.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Detlef PollackInstitute of Sociology
Chair of Sociology of Religion
Johannisstraße 1-4
Room 107
D-48143 Münster
Germany
Tel.: +49 251 83-23380
pollack@uni-muenster.de
Consultation hours : Dienstag 17 bis 18 Uhr, Raum 107, Johannisstraße
