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"This book presents critical engagements with the work of Hent de Vries, widely regarded as one of the most important living philosophers of religion. Contributions by a distinguished group of scholars discuss the role played by religion in philosophy; the emergence and possibilities of the category of religion; and the relation between religion and violence, secularism, and sovereignty. Together, they provide a synoptic view of how de Vries's work has prompted a reconceptualization of how religion should be studied, especially in relation to theology, politics, and new media. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of religious studies, theology, and philosophy"--

"The publications of the interdisciplinary and internationally networked Research Platform "World Order – Religion – Violence" seek to improve our understanding of the relationship between religion, politics and violence. It therefore deals especially with the return of religious themes and symbols into politics, with the analysis of the link between political theory and religion, and finally with the critical discussion of the secularization thesis. At the centre of the research are questions concerning the causes of violent conflict, the possibilities for a just world order and the conditions for peaceful coexistence on a local, regional, national and international/worldwide scale between communities in the face of divergent religious and ideological convictions. Its task is to initiate and coordinate thematically related research-efforts from various disciplinary backgrounds at the University of Innsbruck. It creates a network between departments, research-teams and single researchers working on topics of religion, politics and violence. The overall aim of the research platform World Order-Religion-Violence is to promote excellence in social and human science research on religion and politics at the University of Innsbruck and to guarantee the diffusion of this particular competence on a national and international level."

Este artículo se encuentra disponible a texto completo en la siguiente URL: http://www.cuadernos.info/index.php/CDI/article/view/246/239 ; El humor periodístico -las denominadas viñetas de prensa- constituye uno de los más peculiares géneros periodísticos de opinión. Su componente gráfico, el habitual uso del humor y la apertura a la libre interpretación le proporcionan un carácter singular con un alto grado de eficacia persuasiva. El objetivo de este artículo es procesar esta modalidad comunicativa en relación con las distorsiones interculturales. Este estudio explora los elementos de análisis aplicables en el ámbito de la representación de la diferencia: las variables "origen", vinculada con la inmigración, y la denominada "religión" presentan usos contrapuestos cuando ponen el acento en los estereotipos y pierden la dimensión social. / The journalistic humor - called cartoons- is one of the most peculiar journalistic way to express opinions. Graphic elements, uses of the humor and the opening to the free interpretation provide a singular character with a high degree of persuasive efficiency. The aim is to process this communicative modality in relation with the intercultural distortions. This study explores the elements of significance in this area of the representation of the difference. The variables "origin" linked with the immigration and the "religion" present opposite uses when they focus in the stereotypes and loose the social dimension.

Este artículo se encuentra disponible a texto completo en la siguiente URL: http://www.cuadernos.info/index.php/CDI/article/view/246/239 ; El humor periodístico -las denominadas viñetas de prensa- constituye uno de los más peculiares géneros periodísticos de opinión. Su componente gráfico, el habitual uso del humor y la apertura a la libre interpretación le proporcionan un carácter singular con un alto grado de eficacia persuasiva. El objetivo de este artículo es procesar esta modalidad comunicativa en relación con las distorsiones interculturales. Este estudio explora los elementos de análisis aplicables en el ámbito de la representación de la diferencia: las variables "origen", vinculada con la inmigración, y la denominada "religión" presentan usos contrapuestos cuando ponen el acento en los estereotipos y pierden la dimensión social. / The journalistic humor - called cartoons- is one of the most peculiar journalistic way to express opinions. Graphic elements, uses of the humor and the opening to the free interpretation provide a singular character with a high degree of persuasive efficiency. The aim is to process this communicative modality in relation with the intercultural distortions. This study explores the elements of significance in this area of the representation of the difference. The variables "origin" linked with the immigration and the "religion" present opposite uses when they focus in the stereotypes and loose the social dimension.

This article explores the origins of certain theories of fascism, notably political religions theory, in the gendered intellectual milieu of the late nineteenth century. It suggests that political religions theory owes much to Gustave Le Bon's collective psychology (or crowd theory), a discipline that depended on a distinction between the feminised, racialised mass and the active male elite, and which saw women as trapped in the traditional phase of history. The article shows the influence of collective psychology in Durkheimian sociology and Freudian social psychology, and details its transmission to political theory via Talcott Parsons's account of the origins and nature of Nazism. The unacknowledged influence of collective psychology means that advocates of political religions theory either ignore women, or depict them as passive creatures defined by their need for the domination of a male elite.

"First delivered in 1974 as one of the Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion, this book considers and compares traditional or pre-modern and post-traditional or post-modern religions. It assesses the processes as well as the images of change in various cultures - principally Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism - and examines how these religions handle the dialects of rejection, appropriation and integration."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Scholars in International Relations concerned with religion and its relations to world politics are rhetorically constructing a powerful modern myth. A component of this myth is that religion is inherently violent and irrational unless controlled by the secular state, which is inherently rational and only reluctantly violent. Timothy Fitzgerald discusses how, in this modern myth, 'religion' appears as a force of nature which either assists or threatens the sacred secular order of things, and how religion is portrayed as a kind of universal essence which takes many forms, its recent most danger

Das vorliegende Referat hielt Prof. Dr. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Titularprofessorin für Religionswissenschaft und Leiterin des Zentrums für Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik (ZRWP) der Universität Zürich, anlässlich der Vorstandssitzung der Schweizerischen Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften (SAGW) vom 21. Februar 2014. Bilder spielen eine zentrale Rolle in religiösen Symbolsystemen der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Sie sind wichtige Träger von Bedeutungen, gestalten Weltbilder, vermitteln Normen und Werte. Bilder interagieren mit weiteren von Religion genutzten Medien, weisen aber spezifische Eigenschaften auf. In der Reihe der SAGW-Akademievorträge liefert Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati einen Überblick zu der religionswissenschaftlichen Untersuchung von visuellen Quellen, präsentiert insbesondere die Funktion der visuellen Quellen in religiösen Symbolsystemen und zeigt auf, wie man die Produktion der Bedeutung in Bildern analysieren kann. Der Vortrag stellt drei Grundaspekte dieses Forschungsfeldes vor: Nach einer einführenden Präsentation des Themas wird die Frage nach den Bildern behandelt: Was verstehen wir darunter? Welche Quellen und Materialien stehen im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit? Es folgt das Thema des Blicks, der fundamentalen Beziehung zwischen Bildern und Betrachtenden. Der Beitrag wird schliesslich mit einigen Überlegungen über die hermeneutischen Herausforderungen der Erforschung von Visualität und Religion abgeschlossen. ; Cite as: Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria (2016): Sichtbare Religion: Bilder, Blicke und Visualität als Grundthemen der Religionswissenschaft (Akademievortrag 25 / Swiss Academies Communications 11, 6). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.891167

"Religion and World Politics provides a short, accessible, and practical introduction to how we can understand the place of religion in world politics in a more comprehensive, contextually relevant way. Is religion central or irrelevant, positive or negative in world politics today? So much political commentary and analysis focuses on these issues. But these are the wrong questions to be asking. Designed for practitioners, policymakers, and newcomers to the topic of religion and global politics, this book emphasises that religion is not something clear, identifiable, and definable, but is fluid and shifting. Consequently, we need analytical frameworks that help us to make sense of this ever-changing phenomenon. The author presents a critical, intersectional framework for analysing religion and applies this to case studies of three core areas of IR analysis: (1) conflict, violence, and security; (2) development and humanitarianism; and (3) human rights, law, and public life. These cases highlight how assumptions about what religion is and does affect policymakers, theorists, and activists. The book demonstrates the damage that has been done through policies and programmes based on unquestioned assumptions and the possibilities and insights to be gained by incorporating the critical study of religion into research, policymaking, and practice. This book will be of great interest to students of global politics, IR, religion, and security studies, as well as diplomats, civil servants, policymakers, journalists, and civil society practitioners. It will also benefit IR scholars interested in developing their research to include religion, as well as scholars of religion from disciplines outside IR interested in a deeper understanding of religion and world politics"--