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SUMMARY:Der Widerschein der Erleuchtung - Rezeptionen fernöstlicher neuer
  religiöser Bewegungen in der Bundesrepublik seit den 70er Jahren
DTSTART:20160915T070000Z
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DESCRIPTION:In the 1960s\, the religious landscape of Western Germany chan
 ged dramatically as result of what has been described as religious crisis 
 (Hugh McLeod). Both\, the massive increase of organized denominational Chr
 istianity (Protestant Church and Roman-Catholic Church) as well as the cha
 nging position of the Churches within society are only two bold illustrati
 ons for this. But whether this Church decline led to the arrival and expan
 sion of new forms of religions is still matter of vivid academic discussio
 n.\n\nThe workshop "Widerschein der Erleuchtung - Rezeptionen fernöstlich
 er neuer religiöser Bewegungen in der Bundesrepublik seit den 1970er Jahr
 en" (Reflex of Enlightenment – The Reception of the Asian New Religious 
 Movement in West Germany of the 1970s) is based on the assumption that new
  forms of religion were massively generated by the reception of imported r
 eligious traditions\, which themselves were conceived as ‘disruption’ 
 of the existing religious field and had to be somehow dealt with. The focu
 s is on Zen Buddhism\, the Hare Krishna movement the Transcendental Medita
 tion and the Bhagwan movement. These movements were partly scandalized and
  party banalised within the public sphere. The reactions of the Churches o
 scillated between offering an ‘interreligious dialogue’ and (even fier
 ce) activities of defense. Though politicians especially favored a strong 
 defence against the ‘secret seducers’.\n\nHowever\, it were especially
  the youth and the pop culture that adpoted these new religious forms. Asi
 an inspired religious movements found not only their links to the subject 
 orientation and inwardness proclaimed by the ‘alternative lifestyle’\,
  but also left traces in the pop music\, the arts\, and fashion of that ti
 me. The questions of how and which elements came to the cultural mainstrea
 m by influencing language and symbolic practices is yet to be unanswered. 
 Given that\, the workshop is designed to analyze and describe the density 
 and impact of these religious phenomena.\n\nProgramme of the workshop (in 
 German only)\n
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/erleuchtung-en/
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