This edited volume offers solutions on the challenges of religious pluralisation from a European perspective. It gives special attention to interreligious dialogue and interfaith relations as specific means of dealing with plurality. In particular, the contributors describe innovative scientific approaches and broad political and social scopes of action for addressing the diversity of beliefs, practices, and traditions. In total, more than 25 essays bring together interdisciplinary and international research perspectives. The papers cover a wide thematic range. They highlight how religious pluralisation effects such fields as theology, politics, civil society, education, and communication/media. The contributors not only illustrate academic debates about religious diversity but they also look at the political and social scope for dealing with such. Coverage spans numerous countries, and beliefs, from Buddhism to Judaism. This book features presentations from the Herrenhausen Conference on "Religious Pluralisation - A Challenge for Modern Societies," held in Hanover, Germany, October 2016. This insightful collection will benefit students and researchers with an interest in religion and laicism, interreligious dialogue, governance of religious diversity, and religion in the public sphere.

Trotz zunehmenden Bedeutungsverlusts der kirchlich-institutionalisierten Religion nimmt das soziale Phanomen eines burgerschaftlichen Engagements fur Kirchengebaude zu. Am Beispiel backsteingotischer Stadtkirchen im Ostseegebiet analysiert Anna Kors die Bedeutung von Kirchenraumen aus der Nutzerperspektive. Unter Einbezug eines relationalen Raumverstandnisses und einer breit angelegten Mixed-Methods-Studie bietet sie eine empirische Anwendung und leistet einen Beitrag zur raum- und kultursoziologischen Theoriebildung."