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The Study of Religion (Values and Norms) in Hanover offers an academic, non-religious and critical examination of the phenomenon of religion, as well as the consequences arising from the separation of certain human actions and ideas from a social sphere defined as ‘religion’.

 

In doing so, our students acquire knowledge of a wide range of religious traditions, both from History and from the present. At the same time, they develop a critical, historical, discursive and postcolonial perspective on the construction of the category of ‘religion’, in order to understand how this gives rise to the phenomenon of ‘religions’.

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The Study of Religion (Values and Norms) in Hanover offers an academic, non-religious and critical examination of the phenomenon of religion, as well as the consequences arising from the separation of certain human actions and ideas from a social sphere defined as ‘religion’.

 

In doing so, our students acquire knowledge of a wide range of religious traditions, both from History and from the present. At the same time, they develop a critical, historical, discursive and postcolonial perspective on the construction of the category of ‘religion’, in order to understand how this gives rise to the phenomenon of ‘religions’.

Contact persons for students

Dr. phil. Steffen Führding
Department Student Advisors
Religionswissenschaft
Phone
+49 511 762 4024
Email
studienberatungirw.uni-hannover.de
Address
Schloßwender Straße 1
30159 Hannover
Building
1211
Room
112
Office hours
Wed. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP
Phone
+49 511 762 4024
Email
studienberatungirw.uni-hannover.de
Address
Schloßwender Straße 1
30159 Hannover
Building
1211
Room
112
Office hours
Wed. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP

Contact persons for prospective students

Dr. phil. Steffen Führding
Department Student Advisors
Religionswissenschaft
Phone
+49 511 762 4024
Email
studienberatungirw.uni-hannover.de
Address
Schloßwender Straße 1
30159 Hannover
Building
1211
Room
112
Office hours
Wed. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP
Phone
+49 511 762 4024
Email
studienberatungirw.uni-hannover.de
Address
Schloßwender Straße 1
30159 Hannover
Building
1211
Room
112
Office hours
Wed. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP

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