The key visual of the annual theme 2023/24 is graphic artist Stefan Matlik’s “The digitalization of religion”, which combines numerous motifs from the interdisciplinary research at the Cluster of Excellence on the digitalization of religion. The photographs, images and writings show sources and methods from Cluster of Excellence projects that use digital tools or that deal with the issue of religion in digital worlds. Researchers will present this in workshop reports and webquests, in lectures, and in film and discussion evenings. The modular collage depicts and brings together the diverse programme of events in the Cluster of Excellence’s annual theme 2023/24.
Depiction of the late-antique church father Augustine of Hippo in a writing room. His letters are the subject of the workshop that opens the annual theme.
Diagram showing the distribution of intertextual references in the Old Testament (OT), New Testament (NT), and pagan texts (pagan) from Letter 137 by Augustine of Hippo
Miniature of the evangelist Luke in a 13th-century Greek manuscript of the New Testament (Werkstattbericht "Digital philology and the text of the New Testament" (Holger Strutwolf))
Inventory of vasa sacra: the project “Digitalization of the Christian cultural heritage in the diocese of Münster” uses current standards of digital photography to catalogue a chalice. (Workshop report "Digital religion? Theory and practice in the cataloguing of the Christian cultural heritage" (Norbert Köster, Carolin Hemsing))
A database entry is created for the liturgical device in HiDA (software for managing and documenting museum collections). The LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects) scheme is used as a standard in order to transfer the data to public databases at a later date. (Workshop report "Digital religion? Theory and practice in the cataloguing of the Christian cultural heritage" (Norbert Köster, Carolin Hemsing))
Database of the “Asking the Pope for Help” project, which is processing and digitally editing Jewish petitions to the Pope during the Nazi era (Workshop report "‘I turn to Your Holiness in bitter distress’: An insight into the digital factory of “Asking the Pope for Help”" (Hubert Wolf and Team))
Extract from the passport of Elisabeth Gerstmann, married name Einstein, who wrote a petition to the Pope on 27 May 1940 (Workshop report "‘I turn to Your Holiness in bitter distress’: An insight into the digital factory of “Asking the Pope for Help”" (Hubert Wolf and Team))
The Vatican Apostolic Archive (Workshop report "‘I turn to Your Holiness in bitter distress’: An insight into the digital factory of “Asking the Pope for Help”" (Hubert Wolf and Team))
Book page with an extract of the fourth book of Ezra in the Codex Sangermanensis. The project “Transcultural entanglements and disentanglements in Jewish apocalypticism” is creating a digital edition of the fourth book of Ezra. (Workshop report "Apocalypse goes digital: Digital edition and intertextual analysis of the fourth book of Ezra" (Lutz Doering, Florian Neitmann))
Book page with an extract of the fourth book of Ezra in the Codex Sangermanensis – The project “Transcultural entanglements and disentanglements in Jewish apocalypticism” is creating a digital edition of the fourth book of Ezra. (Workshop report "SpeechAreas: Religious texts as a resource in the colonial context“ (Ines Weinrich, Felicity Jensz))
Collection of Hebrew foundation myths in the form of a scroll. This collection was commissioned by David Rahabi in Kochi (South India) in 1781 and written down by the Iraqi scribe Yihya b. Abraham Halevi. (Workshop report "SpeechAreas: Religious texts as a resource in the colonial context“ (Ines Weinrich, Felicity Jensz))
Map showing the main distribution points of the foundation myths studied in the project: from the southwest coast of India (Malabar) to Florence in Italy. This will be turned in the course of the project into an interactive map showing the travel routes and locations described in the various founding myths. (Workshop report "SpeechAreas: Religious texts as a resource in the colonial context“ (Ines Weinrich, Felicity Jensz))
The illustrative motifs for the series "Religious practice in digital transformation"
Poster for the film “Ex Machina”, which can be seen alongside other films dealing with digitalization and transhumanism in the film series “Digital and transhuman?” at the Schloßtheater in Münster in the Cluster of Excellence’s annual theme.
The motif for the research project "Conspiracy theorists, esotericists and patchwork religions"
Photo of a so-called “tinfoil hat”. The term is used metaphorically for people who spread conspiracy theories. The photo illustrates the growth on the internet of ideological movements with religious overtones.
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Gesamtgrafik: Stefan Matlik,
Quellen: Digitale Gebetsuhren, Turjoy Chowdhury/KNA
Schwester Jordana im Live-Chat, Harald Opitz/KNA
Liveübertragung der Sonntagsmesse, Jean-Matthieu Gautier/KNA
Richterhammer auf Tastatur, Sasun Bughdaryan/Unsplash
Sankt Augustin, Wikimedia Commons
Bibel, Vol. 2, gallica.bnf.fr
Bittschreiben, L’Archivio della Curia Generalizia della Compagnia di Gesù/SMNKG - Jana Haack
Inventarisierung Kelch, Thomas Fusenig
Inventarisierung, Thomas Fusenig
Laptop mit Datensatz, SMNKG/Jana Haack
Reisepass Einstein, Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, F215 Bü 69, fol. 004
Aluhut, Tom Radetzki/Unsplash
Apostolisches Archiv, Matthias Daufratshofer/SMNKG
Grafik Brief 137, Jan Horstmann
Text Arabisch, Endangered Archives Programme (British Library)
Karte, Brian Atkin/Stamen Design CC
Rolle, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
Ex Machina Plakat, Universal Pictures Int.
Miniatur Lukas in GA2756, Bibelmuseum
