Publications 2014

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Limits of Tolerance

Sociologist Detlef Pollack analyses the perception and acceptance of religious diversity in Europe.

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Religion and Gender

In the past, the monotheistic world religions have traditionally subordinated woman with respect to man. Historian Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” of the German University of Münster has edited a German book on the relationship between religion and gender under the title “Als Mann und Frau schuf er sie” (Man and woman he created them).

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Dying beyond death

This book explores political, social and religious forms of exclusions in premodern societies.

“Religion had great influence on welfare states”

According to a new study from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”, religious communities had a much greater influence on the formation of European welfare states than has previously been known.

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Prophethood and Authorship

The volume analyses these models of the divinely inspired and legitimized author in their specific contextual versions and changing functions.

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Introduction to Psalms

Catholic theologian Johannes Schnocks presents primer on the Book of Psalms. Psalms are poetical texts, which bring before God the questions of mankind and the relationship of God and man in a meditative, complaining or enthusiastically praising fashion.

“Religions subordinate woman with respect to man”

In the past, the monotheistic world religions have traditionally subordinated woman with respect to man, says Historian Prof. Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”.

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Portrayals of Islam in German News Television

Given widespread anti-Muslim discriminations in the West, the need for critical research on media portrayals of Islam is beyond dispute. However, this book argues that in order to deepen our understanding of Islam in the media, we have to review some of the terminology, theoretical assumptions, and methods that are prevalent in the research field and find alternative approaches that go beyond one-dimensional concepts like ‘stereotyping’ and ‘bias’.

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The Old Testament and Violence

A new book by Prof. Johannes Schnocks, a Catholic theologian at the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics’, examines divine and human violence in Old Testament texts and their reception. “Violence is mentioned repeatedly in the Old Testament.

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Legal Perspectives on Genetic Enhancement

The author discusses the current legal permissibility of procedures aiming
at improving the human genome and analyzes options for future legal ruling taking into account various, not only legal, aspects.

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Religion in a Juridified Society

A new study by the Religious Studies scholar Dr Astrid Reuter, from the Cluster of Excellence ‘Religion and Politics’, examines legal conflicts over religion in Germany and the public controversies about them.

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Religious Pluralism in Indonesia

Simone Sinn studies religious pluralism in Indonesia, a country in which after Suharto's resignation in 1998 religio-political issues were discussed exhaustively in public.

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Ways of Freedom

A new anthology edited by the protestant theologian Prof. Dr. Reinhard Achenbach from the Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” presents new research on the evolution and theology of the Book of Exodus.

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The others and the self

Based on the sociological theory that descriptions of the “other(s)” and the “self” are correlated and situational parts of construction processes, the study examines the narrative and legal texts of the biblical Book of Deuteronomy, which regulate and arrange Israel’s contact with foreign peoples, gods and (ritual) practices.