Press Releases

April - June 2017

June 2017

• [19.06.2017] Can people live without religion? The renowned social and cultural anthropologist Thomas Hauschild will be the new Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professor at the Cluster of Excellence in Münster – Lecture series on the “Inevitability of Religion” – First lecture on 26 June about religiosity in Southern Italy beyond established clichés
• [14.06.2017] Scholars of Religious Studies Establish “European Academy of Religion”. Some 1,000 researchers expected at first international conference in Bologna beginning on Sunday – University of Münster’s Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” involved in foundation of academy – Presentation of research findings on increasing religious pluralism

 

May 2017

• [09.05.2017] “Those unaffiliated with any religion often are not strictly atheistic”. Blumenberg visiting professor Woodhead on the increasing group of those unaffiliated with religion

April 2017

• [28.04.2017] No Religion as a “New Religion”? Renowned sociologist Linda Woodhead assumes Hans Blumenberg Visiting Professorship at the Cluster of Excellence – Research on the growing number of non-religious people in Europe and the USA – Public lecture on 8 May, “Is ‘No Religion’ the New Religion?”
• [18.04.2017] “Music was a rather controversial issue in world religions”. New series “Music and Religion” of the Cluster of Excellence in Münster with lectures and concerts – Recital with renowned baritone Benjamin Appl, Orthodox vespers and concert with music of the Islamic tradition – Researchers analyse music from antiquity up to the present