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Religion – Violence – Communication – World Order (Innsbruck)
RGKW (Religion-Gewalt-Kommunikation-Weltordnung) is an interdisciplinary centre of research based at the Faculty of Catholic Theology (Innsbruck). It conducts fundamental research in the field of religion-communication-violence-world order and particularly focusses on the relevance of revelation and (ecclesiastical) practice today in communication with other religions and “Weltanschauungen” in a plural society. Guided by a common topic (since 2014: Pope Francis and his reform process) the members of the group contribute from their respective main research areas.
Method
Two main approaches:
- Dramatic Theology
- Communicative Theology
Concerning Islam there are currently the following areas of research within RGKW:
- Developing a possible Christian approach towards Muhammad being a prophet
- Divine attributes from a Christian – Jewish – Muslim perspective
- Islam and the secular / Islam in a secular Europe
- Developing an interreligious model of religious education: a cooperation between the Institutes of Catholic Religious Education and Islamic Religious Education at the University of Innsbruck
Affiliation institution(s)
Group leader(s)
Group members
Martina Kraml
University Professor of Catechesis/Religious Education and Didactics at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Innsbruck
Wolfgang Palaver
Professor of social ethics, honorary dean of the faculty of catholic theology - Universität Innsbruck.
Michaela Quast-Neulinger
Professor of Fundamental Theology and Religious Studies, Institute of Systematic Theology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Roman Siebenrock
Professor of Systematic Theology - Universität Innsbruck.
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