Stephanie Klein

Michael Krüggeler

Karl Gabriel

Der Begriff Solidaritat hat in der katholischen Kirche an Aktualitat gewonnen. Im Gegensatz dazu werden Begriffe wie Selbststeuerung und Eigenverantwortung gegen solidarische Bindungen propagiert. Ist das Konzept der Solidaritat in der individualisierten Gesellschaft uberholt'. Der Band geht von drei empirischen Studien zur gelebten Solidaritat in Deutschland und der Schweiz aus. Darauf aufbauend beleuchten die Beitrage Grundfragen aus soziologischer und theologischer Sicht: Ist Solidaritat vereinbar mit dem universalen Anspruch der christlichen Nachsten- und Feindesliebe? Gibt es Solidaritat in der Bibel? Lassen sich von einer feministischen Theologie der Beziehungen Faden spannen zum Konzept der Solidaritat'. Mit Beitragen von Martin Ebner, Karl Gabriel, Christel Gartner, Stephanie Klein, Michael Kruggeler, Norbert Mette, Helmut Peukert, Ina Praetorius Fehle, Gunter Pruller-Jagenteufel, Christa Schnabl. Michael Kruggeler, Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1951, ist Projektleiter am Schweizerischen Pastoralsoziologischen Institut in St. Gallen. Stephanie Klein, Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1957, ist Privatdozentin fur Praktische Theologie an der Universitat Salzburg. Karl Gabriel, Dr. soz. Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1943, ist Professor fur Christliche Sozialwissenschaften an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultat der Westfalischen Wilhelms-Universitat Munster und Direktor des Instituts fur Christliche Sozialwissenschaften Munster. Edition NZN bei TVZ

soziologische und theologische Perspektiven

Solidarität - ein christlicher Grundbegriff?

Daniel Gerster

Throughout the history of religions, their holy texts and norms have been sources of images of men in societies around the world and have presented forms of masculinity that have found expression in religious acts and rituals. This volume examines how this reciprocal influence has shifted over time by bringing together research on different religious traditions from noted experts in the field, such as Björn Krondorfer, Yvonne Maria Werner and John Powers. It analyses similarities and differences in the interwoven relationships between specific religions and between concepts and practices of masculinity in different societies and cultures, such as Western forms of Christianity during the 19th and 20th centuries, European Judaism and Arabic Islam during the Middle Ages, and South Asian Buddhism and Hinduism. This book is the first to compare research on a variety of religions and forms of masculinity, and thereby contributes to the steadily growing field of interdisciplinary research on (critical) men's studies in religion.

Masculinities in World Religions

God's Own Gender?

Jörg Stolz

Judith Könemann

Mallory Schneuwly Purdie

Thomas Englberger

This landmark study in the sociology of religion sheds new light on the question of what has happened to religion and spirituality since the 1960s in modern societies. Exposing several analytical weaknesses of today's sociology of religion, (Un)Believing in Modern Society presents a new theory of religious-secular competition and a new typology of ways of being religious/secular. The authors draw on a specific European society (Switzerland) as their test case, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to show how the theory can be applied. Identifying four ways of being religious/secular in a modern society: 'institutional', 'alternative', 'distanced' and 'secular' they show how and why these forms have emerged as a result of religious-secular competition and describe in what ways all four forms are adapted to the current, individualized society.

Religion, Spirituality, and Religious-Secular Competition

(Un)Believing in Modern Society

Michael Krüggeler

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