Religionskontakte in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Aspekte eines Forschungsprogramms

Abstract

Religious traditions form, establish and develop in mutual dependency. This, at least, is the main assumption of the Dynamics in the History of Religions international research consortium at Bochum University, Germany. Thus, religious contacts and transfers are its main topic. The special issue of Religion covers selected case studies of the consortium’s work. In the following, I will give a short introduction into some aspects of its research programme. The original text in English is available as Krech 2012a.