Published by De Gruyter

European Academy of Religion (EuARe) Lectures

ISSN: 2940-455X

e-ISSN 2940-4576

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The European Academy of Religion (EuARe) is an independent association supporting the study, research, and collaboration of religious topics across disciplines at the intersection of religion and social, cultural, and political issues. Its annual conference is a meeting place where researchers on religion of all academic disciplines are invited to share their research and contribute to the intellectual discourse. The variety of disciplines, methodologies and geographical approaches contributing to the life of EuARe is reflected in the lectures hosted. The EuARe Lectures series makes the papers available in digital – open access – format, as well as in print, aiming to disseminate current scholarship as widely as possible and weaving the fil rouge of the community’s debated topics.

Book Open Access 2024

Religion from the Inside

Sixth Annual Conference 2023

Herman J. Selderhuis

Volume 6 in this series

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Religion from the inside looks different in different religious traditions. Within some, the inside view is engaged mainly with questions of theology: the contemplation of the divine and all things in relation thereto. Within others, it is preoccupied with the conforming of human action to a more-than-human law. In yet other, an emic perspective focuses on the practice and experience of ritual. Reflection on sacred texts is common to many traditions, and often differs from external consideration of the same documents.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111454658
ISBN:: 9783111454658
ISBN:: 9783111455051
ISBN:: 9783111454634
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: General Topics and Biblical Reception
Subject:: General
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

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Religion and Diversity

Fifth Annual Conference 2022

Francesca Cadeddu

Volume 5 in this series

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Diversity characterises internal dynamics and external relations of all religious groups in their different dimensions: texts – in their origins, exegesis, hermeneutics, critical editions; cults – in their anthropology, aesthetics, adaptations; norms – in their sources, implementation, collection; doctrines – with their languages, narratives, transmissions; practices – in their motivation, evolution, connection or antagonism with other societal actors. A complex system with multiple variants which finds its most visible reasons and outcomes in the way societies transform and represent it into their political, juridical, social systems, but also in the ways that the faith communities generate dialogue or conflict within themselves and towards other communities (religious and non-religious).

The four lectures here presented offer insights on some of these outcomes: the power balances between majoritarian, privileged communities and minoritarian, discriminated ones; the role of religious education for today’s European society; the challenges faced by academia in understanding change in religion and theology; the chances that religions may offer in supporting agency and resilience for refugees.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111026176
ISBN:: 9783111026176
ISBN:: 9783111026114
ISBN:: 9783111026275
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Sociology of Religion
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Sociology of Religion
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2023

Religion and Change

Fourth Annual Conference 2021

Hans-Peter Grosshans

Volume 4 in this series

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Are religions like everything else in the world subject of permanent change – in their practices and their doctrines – or are they the perhaps only stable element for people in a world of permanent change? Within the wide field of this discourse alternative, the five authors – Rowan Williams, Judith Wolfe, Guy G. Stroumsa, Vassilis Saroglou and Azza Karam – of the book are discussing various constellations, in which the relation of religion and change with its diverse aspects is illuminated.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111241463
ISBN:: 9783111241463
ISBN:: 9783111241029
ISBN:: 9783111241777
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: General Topics and Biblical Reception
Subject:: General
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter

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The Power of Religion / Religion and Power

Third Annual Conference 2020

Herman J. Selderhuis

Volume 3 in this series

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How does the powerful effect that religion has on public and personal life relate to the various spheres of our culture? Is the relationship between power and religion always negative or can religion also affect individuals and societies positively? This volume of the EuARe Lectures, edited by Herman Selderhuis, collects the texts of the lectures delivered at the Third Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion (2020) on the topic “The Power of Religion / Religion and Power”. Scott Appleby explores the connection, in the religious imagination, among glorifying the divine, sanctifying the mundane and exercising political and cultural power. Cyril Hovorun addresses the issue of the politicization of religion, focusing in particular on Eastern Christian cases. Susanne Schröter offers an insight into the current debate on Islam in Germany. Finally, Kristina Stoeckl analyses the complex relationship among Europe’s new religious conflicts, Russian orthodoxy, American Christian conservatives and the emergence of a European populist right-wing.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111229102
ISBN:: 9783111229102
ISBN:: 9783111228051
ISBN:: 9783111230009
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: General Topics and Biblical Reception
Subject:: General
Subject:: Religious Studies
Subject:: Comparative Studies
Publisher:: De Gruyter