Fw: 5 doctoral scholarships "Religious non-conformism and cultural dynamics"
Kim Östman
The college conducts research on religious non-conformism in various regional and temporal contexts. The central thesis is that religious non-conformism is an essential element of the religious field and a potential resource of alternative meaning and orientation, constituting an element of cultural tension and dynamics.
The project is arranged along three lines of interest:
(1) The tension between religious non-conformism and conformity, i.e. the dominant forms of (religious) orientations and ways of life.
(2) The innovative potential and the transforming dynamics of religious non-conformism.
(3) The social structure, the interconnectedness, and the societal position of nonconformist groups and milieus.
The college places the study of religious non-conformism in an interdisciplinary and comparative context. The fields of research include Study of Religions, Sociology of Religion, African Studies, Old Testament / Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Arabic / Islamic Studies, History, Indology, Jewish Studies, Church History, Tibetology, East Asian Religions.
For further details see attachement and www.uni-leipzig.de/ral/nonkonformismus
Hubert Seiwert
The graduate college "Religious Non-conformism and Cultural
Dynamics" (Leipzig University) will award 5 doctoral scholarships for
a period of three years, beginning on 1 April 2010.
The college conducts research on religious non-conformism in various
regional and temporal contexts. The central thesis is that religious
non-conformism is an essential element of the religious field and a
potential resource of alternative meaning and orientation,
constituting an element of cultural tension and dynamics.
The project is arranged along three lines of interest:
(1) The tension between religious non-conformism and conformity, i.e.
the dominant forms of (religious) orientations and ways of life.
(2) The innovative potential and the transforming dynamics of
religious non-conformism.
(3) The social structure, the interconnectedness, and the societal
position of nonconformist groups and milieus.
The college places the study of religious non-conformism in an
interdisciplinary and comparative context. The fields of research
include Study of Religions, Sociology of Religion, African Studies,
Old Testament / Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Arabic / Islamic
Studies, History, Indology, Jewish Studies, Church History,
Tibetology, East Asian Religions.
For further details see attachement and www.uni-leipzig.de/ral/nonkonformismus
Hubert Seiwert