Abstract This inter­dis­ci­pli­nary sym­po­sium will explore the com­plex and dynam­ic entan­gle­ments of reli­gion with modes of life, mean­ing- and space-mak­ing and com­mu­ni­ty for­ma­tion in con­tem­po­rary cities across the world. With a spe­cif­ic ana­lyt­i­cal focus on glob­al and mega-cities – but also on oth­er met­ro­pol­i­tan areas, more gen­er­al­ly, the sym­po­sium will seek to expli­cate process­es of […]

This sym­po­sium from 10–12 Novem­ber 2025 brings togeth­er media schol­ars, the­olo­gians, soci­ol­o­gists, and reli­gious study schol­ars from the Nordic coun­tries and Switzer­land. The aim is to explore the impli­ca­tions of dig­i­tal­iza­tion with­in reli­gious insti­tu­tions across these diverse con­texts. A key theme of the sym­po­sium will be the­o­ret­i­cal and empir­i­cal dis­cus­sions sur­round­ing how dig­i­tal­iza­tion relates to—and con­trasts with—other sig­nif­i­cant […]