Press ReleasesApril - June 2024April [07.04.2025] “Debates about diversity need more nuance” – Public discussions about promoting diversity are often oversimplified according to researchers – Sociologist Ines Michalowski: “The effects of diversity measures vary greatly and depend on many factors, including in the area of religion” – New degree programme “Diversity and Social Inequality” at the University of Münster prepares students for diversity issues in organizations – Registration from 1 May [29.04.2025] "The human body in art and literature" – Organized by the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster, new lecture and reading series on aesthetic conceptions of the body from the Middle Ages to the present day – With readings from works by the imprisoned Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who gave the Droste reading at the Cluster of Excellence in 2024 – Starting with US art historian Taylor McCall on 6 May May [06.05.2025] Deborah Kapchan is the new Hans Blumenberg Professor – US ethnographer and translator speaks in Münster about religious subcultures in Morocco – research on the connection between body and imagination – evening lecture “Face to Face with the Spirits: Embodying the Imagination” on 13 May at the Cluster of Excellence June “Families play a key role in passing on religion – especially mothers” – International study by the University of Münster on processes of religious socialization in families – “Passing on non-religiosity is the norm in eastern Germany and is on the rise in other western societies, too” – Many new data and explanations on factors influencing religious socialization – “Religious socialization is successful when all generations work together” – Major East-West differences – New book: Families and Religion
