Press Releases

April - June 2022

April

May

• [18.05.2022] Dramatic secularization in the USA and in previous religious strongholds in Europe. Sociologists of religion present one of the most comprehensive empirical studies of religious trends worldwide – Expanded new edition of the standard work Religion and Modernity – Detlef Pollack: Rapid de-churching in the USA, Italy, Poland – “Secularization theory confirmed” – Trend towards belief in a “higher power”.
• [31.05.2022] In the Quran, men and women are equal. Islamic theologian Dina El Omari presents first comprehensive feminist exegesis of the Quran – “Quran is a text of its time” – Illuminates patriarchal verses within their historical context – Equal instead of hierarchical creation of the first human couple – “Women in Paradise are equal partners” – Podcast episode 12.

June

• [29.06.2022] Theologian Seewald new speaker at Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics”. University of Münster Cluster elects Catholic theologian Michael Seewald as its speaker – “Continue interdisciplinary, international, and publicly visible research on religion” – Research on religion at University of Münster to be further strengthened by new “Campus of Religions”.