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Basics of relationship between religion, politics, and the public sphere.

The growing religious pluralism in modern societies necessitates a new relationship between religion, politics and the public sphere. Neither a state church nor a laicistic privatization of religion match with the needs of our current situation. Which models enable religions to be present in the public sphere and are at the same time compatible with religious pluralism?

Discussion of different texts and student presentations.

Seminar paper.

J. Casanova: Europas Angst vor der Religion, Berlin 2009; M. Nussbaum, Die neue religiöse Intoleranz. Darmstadt 2014; J. Maclure/C. Taylor: Laizität und Gewissensfreiheit, Berlin 2011.

For Bachelor's Programme Catholic Religious Education (2021): positive evaluation of compulsory module 1 of the first part of the study programme.

For Diploma Programme Catholic Theology (2021): positive evaluation of compulsory module 1 of the first part of the study programme.

Link to the lecture series State, Religion, Society:

State · Religion · Society – University of Innsbruck (uibk.ac.at)

Participation

All lectures are accessible online on the platform Zoom.
Links and access codes available in due course.