Center for
Religion and Modernity

The Center for Religion and Modernity (CRM) is an interdisciplinary research network at the University of Münster. It is dedicated to the study of religions, religious communities and actors, and their changing roles in modern and modernizing societies. The CRM supports interdisciplinary cooperation between its members and universities and research institutions in Germany here and abroad.

© Waxmann

New Publication: Beyond Boundaries

This Festschrift in honor of Perry Schmidt-Leukel on the occasion of his seventieth birthday brings together essays that constructively engage with his erudite and wide-ranging contributions to the fields of Theology of Religions, Interreligious Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Buddhist and Religious Studies, Buddhist-Christian Relations, and Interreligious Dialogue.

© Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG

New Publication: Religionsunterricht 4.0

Based on current religious constitutional law, Arnulf von Scheliha and Hinnerk Wißmann discuss the necessity and options for a future-proof further development of religious education in schools, which will do justice to the growing religious plurality as well as the religious development of the pupils.

© Privat

Collaborative Workshop: History, Reception, and Dissemination of Mother-Tongue Bibles in (post)Colonial Ghana

KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, 2 July 2024

The DFG-funded GloBil project organised a workshop in cooperation with the Department of Religious Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, on Tuesday, 2 July 2024. The workshop took place at the IDL Amonoo-Neizer Conference Centre and KNUST and was organised by Prof. J. E. T. Kuwornu-Adjaottor (Department of Religious Studies, KNUST), Dr. Michael Wandusim (CRM University of Münster) and PD Dr. Felicity Jensz (University of Münster).

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Panel discussion: The church membership survey under discussion

with PD Dr. Martin Fritz (EZW Berlin) andProf. Dr. Isolde Karle (RU Bochum)

The Institute for Ethics and Associated Social Sciences (IfES) and the CRM cordially invite you to a panel discussion on the occasion of the 6th Church Membership Survey (SME) on the 3rd of July 2024, 6 pm c.t.

The results of the 6th SME will be examined from a systematic-theological perspective by PD Dr Martin Fritz (EZW Berlin) and from a practical-theological perspective by Prof Dr Isolde Karle (RU Bochum).

If you are interested, you can find more information here...