Press ReleasesJuly - September 2025September [25.09.2025] Theologian Seewald takes over editorship of church magisterial texts – The ‘Denzinger’ compendium brings together the most important magisterial decisions from antiquity to the present day – Editorship passes from Peter Hünermann to Michael Seewald – New CREDENZ project combines editorial work with research on doctrinal development – ‘Including more historical texts: Work that can help solve contemporary questions to do with synodal structures in the Catholic Church’ – ‘We will continue to edit according to principles of independence, accuracy and textual fidelity’ – Funding from the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2025 July [01.07.2025] “Importance of religion has declined dramatically across the world” – Sociologists of religion present a new edition of one of the most comprehensive empirical studies of religious trends across the world – Detlef Pollack: the importance of religion has declined dramatically across the world, even in former religious strongholds – “Even predominantly Muslim countries such as Iran and Turkey are not spared from the decline in religion” – Updated and expanded new edition of the standard work “Religion and Modernity”