"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 70 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, History, Philosophy and Education, Evolutionary Biology).
Since our founding in 2010, we explore the reciprocal relationship between religion, religiosity and transformation processes in contemporary global contexts. The RaT research centre considers itself an academic contribution to a dialogue between the large religious traditions on the one hand and religion and the secular world on the other.
News
RaT member Eva Synek has passed away
Eva Synek, Assistant Professor at the Department of Legal Philosophy and long-standing RaT member, passed away on August 21, 2024 as a result of a long-term illness. Eva Synek enriched the work of our center with her commitment. Our condolences go out to the relatives of the deceased.
A detailed obituary can be found at the website of the the Department of Legal Philosophy.
Upcoming Events
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 32, Das Böse in Gott? Ontologie des Bösen und des Leidens in der Philosophie Luigi Pareysons
by Mattia Coser
New Issue: JRAT Supplementa Volume 4, Parting of the Ways. The Variegated Ways of Separations between Jews and Christians
edited by Markus Tiwald, and Markus Öhler
New Issue: RaT Series Volume 29, East Asian Religiosities in the European Union. Globalisation, Migration, and Hybridity
edited by Laurence Cox, Ugo Dessì, and Lukas K. Pokorny
Most recent articles published "in advance":
Tiziano Ferraroni: La Blessure de l’Autre : la Vulnérabilité comme Clé Anthropologique et Théologique de la Pensée de Michel de Certeau
Akif Tahiiev: Understanding the ‘Spirit’ of Qurʾānic Laws in Contemporary Shīʿī Islamic Thought
Margit Eckholt: Pratiques spirituelles et prière incarnée chez Michel de Certeau. La théologie en dialogue avec les sciences culturelles
Isabella Guanzini: The Speaking Body. Philosophical Approaches to the Song of Songs
Sandra Lehmann: Divine Violence Suffered: Another Reading of Walter Benjamin’s Toward the Critique of Violence
To access more articles currently published "in advance", click here.
RaT Features
In this category, we present a selection of recent books and projects by our members. Currently:
Appel, Kurt (2024): The Eighth Day. Biblical Time as Openness of Chronological Times. In: Ines Testoni, Fabio Scardigli et al.(eds.), Eternity Between Space and Time. From Consciousness to the Cosmos, De Gruyter: Berlin/Boston, pp. 163-172.
Gabriele Palasciano (ed.), "Christianisme, cancel culture et wokisme. Quel rapport au passé en société contemporaine?" Avec une note introductive de Noam Chomsky. L'Harmattan: Paris 2024.
Ikenna Okafor, Josee Ngalula Nicholaus Segeja, Stan Chu Ilo (eds.): Toward a Synodal Church in Africa: Echoes from an African Christian Palaver. Orbis Books 2024.