Rückkehr des Religiösen?

Zusatztext

Religion is back on the political agenda of Western societies, which is why more and more social scientists have abandoned secularization theories which treat religion and modernity as contradictory and assume the decreasing importance of religion in modern societies. Detlef Pollack questions whether and to what extent it is justified to give up the classical secularization theory. He asks which alternative models of accounting for the religious changes in modern societies are available and undertakes first steps in order to test the validity of various theoretical models empirically. In doing so, he focuses on the religious and ecclesiastical developments in Germany since 1945, but takes into consideration religious changes in Western and Eastern Europe as well. Special emphasis is placed on religious changes within German Protestantism in the West and the East.

Autorenportrait

Geboren 1955; Studium der Theologie; 1984 Promotion zum Dr. theol.; 1994 Habilitation; 1994 Professor für Religionssoziologie Leipzig; 1995 Professor für Kultursoziologie Europa-Universität Frankfurt (Oder); 1996/97 Fellow am Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin; 2003-05 Max Weber Chair an der New York University, USA; seit 2008 Professor für Religionssoziologie in Münster; 2011/12 Fellow am Lichtenberg-Kolleg Göttingen; seit 2015 Sprecher des Exzellenzclusters "Religion und Politik" Münster.

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