Cluster of Excellence 2060 - Religion and Politics: Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation

Link
Research Portal
Period
Status
In Process
Funding Source
DFG - Cluster of Excellence
Project Number
EXC 2060/1

  • Description

    The Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation” has been investigating since 2007 the complex relationship between religion and politics across eras and cultures. The 140 researchers from 20 disciplines in the humanities and social sciences focus in the funding phase (2019 to 2025) on the “dynamics of tradition and innovation”. They analyze in transepochal studies ranging from antiquity to the present day the conditions and factors that make religion an engine of political and social change, with their focus being above all on the paradox that religions often develop their innovative potential precisely by drawing on their traditions.

    The researchers concentrate on the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and on their polytheistic precursors. The focus of interest is on Europe and the Mediterranean region, as well as on their entanglements with the Near East, Africa, North and Latin America. The research network is the largest of its kind in Germany; and, of the Clusters of Excellence, one of the oldest and the only one to deal with the issue of religion.

  • Persons

    Administrative Manager

    • Judith Grubel, M.A.
    • Dr. Angela Marciniak

    Project Leaders

    • Professor Dr. Nils Jansen
    • Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald

    Principal Investigators

    • Professor Dr. Thomas Bauer
    • Professor Dr. Albrecht Beutel
    • Professor Dr. Wolfram Drews
    • Professor Dr. Regina Grundmann
    • Prof. Dr. Thomas Gutmann, M.A.
    • Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Johannes Hahn, M.A.
    • Professor Dr. Nils Jansen
    • Prof. Dr. Mouhanad Khorchide
    • Professor Dr. Katrin Kogman-Appel
    • Professor Dr. Angelika Lohwasser
    • Professor Dr. Ulrike Ludwig
    • Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski
    • Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack
    • Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Michael Quante
    • Prof. Dr. phil. Astrid Reuter
    • Professor Dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel
    • Prof. Dr. Johannes Schnocks
    • Professor Dorothea Schulz, PhD
    • Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald
    • Prof. Dr. phil. Sita Steckel
    • Professor Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Dr. h. c.
    • Professor Dr. Arnulf von Scheliha
    • Prof. Dr. Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf
    • Professor Dr. Ulrich Willems
    • Professor Dr. Fabian Wittreck
    • Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Wolf

    Speakers

    • Professor Dr. Nils Jansen
    • Prof. Dr. Michael Seewald

  • Publications

    • , and . . “Forschungsdatenmanagement an der WWU.” contribution to the eScience-Tags der WWU, Münster doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6424165.
    • . . “Krieg und Frieden – Der Atomkrieg in den Reden von Papst Pius XII.”

  • Scientific Talk

    • Hinkel, Sascha/Pfister, Michael : “War and Peace in the speeches of Pius XII”. Vortrag im Rahmen der Internationalen Tagung „European Academy of Religion“, Panel des Exzellenzclusters Religion und Politik, WWU: From Eugenio Pacelli to Pius XII – Research Results and New Perspectives on a Controversial Pope, WWU Münster, Münster, Deutschland, .