"Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society"

brings together research on religion at the University of Vienna and makes it internationally visible. The centre currently involves around 60 researchers from 7 faculties and 14 disciplines (Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox and Islamic theology, Jewish Studies, Islamic Studies and Religious Studies, Social Sciences, Law and Cultural Studies, Philosophy and Education).

Since our foundation in 2010, we explore the reciprocal relationship between religion, religiosity and transformation processes in contemporary global contexts.

News


 Events

In this column you can find an overview of current events:

Workshop:

(Queer) Sexuality – Religion – Colonialism

When: March 12, 2024, 3-6:30 p.m.

Where: Dean’s office at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1 (staircase 8, 2nd floor)

Organized by the Research Platform GAIN - Gender: Ambivalent In_Visibilities in cooperation with RaT.


Book launch:

The Christian Right in Europe: Movements, Networks, and Denominations

When: March 14, 2024, 05:30-07:00 p.m.

Where: Vienna Campus of the Central European University, Quellenstrasse 51, Room: D-001

Zoom link available upon request


Conference:

Religionskunde im Ethikunterricht – Anfragen aus Theorie und Praxis

Organized by the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Religionswissenschaft (ÖGRW)

If you are interested in participating, please register via mail at: religionswissenschaft@univie.ac.at by March 11.

When: March 15, 2024, 09 a.m.-01 p.m.

Where: Otto-Mauer-Zentrum, Währinger Straße 2-4, 1010 Vienna


Conference:

Second Austrian Hebrew Bible colloquium

When: April 5, 2024, 08:30 a.m. - 03:45 p.m.

Where: University of Vienna, Main Building, Deans Office at the Faculty of Catholic Theology
(Universitätsring 1, staircase 8, 2nd floor)

Those interested are asked to register via mail at: annette.schellenberg@univie.ac.at.


VDTR Public Lecture:

Die christliche Recht in Europa: Inhalte, Akteuer und transantionale Verknüpfungen

Lecture by Kristina Stoeckl

When: April 10, 2024, 5 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.

Where: Dekanatssaal at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Universitätsring 1 (staircase 8, 2nd floor)


Book Presentation:

Book Presentation and Panel Discussion of: "Where two or three are connected" by VDTR PhD candidate J. J. Warren

When: April 18, 2024, 05:30 p.m.-08 p.m.

Where: Dekanatssitzungssaal of the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Main Building of the University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, staircase 8, 2nd floor.


Conference:

Wissen als Machtinstrument: Kontinuität von Antimuslimischem Rassismus in Österreich

When: April 19-20, 2024

Where: Campus University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna; Veranstaltungsraum Türkenstraße 3 (former. AAI), Türkenstraße 3, 1090 Vienna


Lecture:

Missionary Ethnography: Indigenous Knowledge and/or African Christian Modernity?

A lecture by Prof. Lize Kriel, University of Pretoria

When: May 7, 2024, 05 p.m.-07 p.m.

Where: Department of African Studies, Campus of the University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, courtyard 5, seminar room 1


Workshop:

Komparative Theologie aus islamisch-theologischer Perspektive

When: May 22, 2024, 09 a.m.-01:30 p.m.

Where: Deans office, Faculty of Catholic Theology, Universitätsring 1 (stairway 8, 2nd floor), 1010 Vienna

In cooperation with the Paderborner Institut für Islamische Theologie

 Publications

Here you can find an overview of the latest scientific publications of the research centre. This includes our journal JRAT, the Supplementa belonging to the journal and the RaT book series:



New Issue: RaT Series volume 26, Zeiten wenden?! Konstellationen von Gottesreden nach der Postmoderne

edited by Anne-Kathrin Fischbach and Stephan Tautz


New Issue: RAT Series volume 27, Jesus, Josefs Sohn. Der Messias als Tor des Bundes

edited by Wolfgang Treitler


Article published "in advance":

Strube, Julian: Religious Comparativism, Esotericism, and the Global Occult: A Methodological Outline

This article will be integrated in our upcoming issue JRAT 10 (1/2024) "Global Religious History: Perspectives for Religious Comparativism"


Article published "in advance":

Maltese, Giovanni: Phallogocentrism, Global Entanglements and Comparison in the Study of Religion. Mysticism and Gender as Category of Knowledge among Muslim Intellectuals (1938–41)

This article will be integrated in our upcoming issue JRAT 10 (1/2024) "Global Religious History: Perspectives for Religious Comparativism"


Article published "in advance":

Schmidt, Bettina E. and Stockly, Kate: The Fruits of Spiritual Experiences during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Effects of Non-Ordinary Experiences

 RaT Features

In this category, we present a selection of recent books and projects by our members. Currently:

 

 

Religion in Austria. Volume 7. Edited by Hans Gerald Hödl and Lukas Pokorny. Vienna: Praesens 2022.

Eleven, Martin (2023): Politischer Nihilismus. Alain Badiou und das Denken der Gegenwart. Turia + Kant Verlag

Link to publication

Kuran, Daniel (2023): Religion and the Expressionless—A Religious Perspective on Art in Benjamin. In: Religions 2023, 14(6), 703.

Link to Publication.