06: Political trust and the role of religion
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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in englischer SpracheThe seminar will discuss the role of religion in contemporary society with a special emphasis on trust issues and the political dimension of religions. We will discuss questions like:
– What are religions?
– What does it mean to be “religious”?
– What does it take to understand a religious person?
– What is the influence of religion?
– What is the place of religions in a pluralistic society?
– Why do people trust or distrust religions?
– Is there a decline in the trust in religious institutions?
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Dr. Mélika OUELBANI
Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tunis
| 1974-1978 | Lehrerin an diversen Gymnasien, Tunis |
| 1978-1980 | Assistentin, Fakultät für Geistes- und Humanwissenschaften, Universität Tunis |
| 1980-1989 | Assistenz-Dozentin, Fakultät für Geistes und Humanwissenschaften, Universität Tunis |
| 1989-1993 | Dozentin, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften und Soziologie, Universität Tunis |
| seit 1993 | Professorin, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften und Soziologie, Universität Tunis |
| seit 2006 | Außerordentliche Professorin, Fakultät für Philosophie und Soziologie, Paris Sorbonne Universität - Paris IV |
MMag. DDDr. Clemens SEDMAK
FD Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Humanities, King's College London
| Studies in philosophy, Theology, Social Theory and Development Theory at the University of Innsbruck, the ETH Zurich, at Maryknoll, NY and the University of Linz | |
| 2001-2005 | Chair for Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion, University of Salzburg |
| since 2005 | FD Maurice Professor for Moral Theology and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Humanities, King's College London |
| He has been visiting professor at the Jomo Kenyatta University in Nairobi, at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana) and at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City |
