August 20 - 26 from 9am to 12am
(Except for Sunday, August 23: 11am to 2pm)

Location: Hauptschule Alpbach
Language: English

Melika OUELBANI, Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tunis
Clemens SEDMAK, FD Maurice Professor of Moral and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, School of Humanities, King's College London

Content:
The seminar will discuss the role of religion in contemporary society with a special emphasis on trust issues and the political dimension of religions. We will discuss questions like:

- What are religions?
- What does it mean to be "religious"?
- What does it take to understand a religious person?
- What is the influence of religion?
- What is the place of religions in a pluralistic society?
- Why do people trust or distrust religions?
- Is there a decline in the trust in religious institutions?