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Documentation centre and archives

The archives at the REMID office in Marburg contain source marterial and papers from about 400 religious groups and institutions concerned with religions. Also available are more than 160 incoming periodicals and 40 electronic newsletters from religious groups as well as important academic journals.
 

Publications

Books:
- research methods in religious studies
- specific religions in Germany
- religions in the area Marburg-Biedenkopf
- religions celebrating
- conference documentations

Articles:
- specific religions and religious movements

Short info-sheets:
- living religions in Germany
 

Internet

Information on REMID and its activities
à www.remid.de

Membership of religions in Germany (current statistics)
à www.remid.de/remid_info_zahlen.htm

Information platform on religions in Germany
à www.religion-online.info
 

Courses

- 2002 (planned again in 2004) Photography in fieldwork
 

Field trips

- 2002 Jewish aspects of Berlin
 

Research assignments

- 1995 Research on interreligious dialogue in Germany, for the churches’ preparation for the Expo 2000
 

Conferences

1995 Criticizing religions. Religious studies dealing with criticism of religions
1997 Conflicts about new religions. Comparing international perspectives from religious studies
2001 Religions and the law. An interdisciplinary conference
2003 Religions: right here. Local research on religions in Germany

2001 Panel "Popularization of Religious Studies" as part of the DVRG (Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionsgeschichte, German Association for the History of Religions) conference in Leipzig
 

Currently employed at the Marburg office:

Dipl.-Pol. Steffen Rink (information platform)
Anja Badouin, M. A. (informatin platform)
 

Current members of the executive committee, elected for a period of two years by the general assembly:

Dr. Gritt Klinkhammer (first chairperson)
Kirsten Holzapfel (second chairperson)
Benita von Behr (treasurer)
Anja Badouin
Frank Neubert
Ingo Weidenkaff
 

Current members of the academic advisory committee:

Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Antes (University of Hannover)
Prof. Dr. Eileen Barker (King's College London)
Prof. Dr. Martin Baumann (University of Luzern, Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Bochinger (University of Bayreuth)
Prof. em. Dr. Karl-Fritz Daiber (Hannover)
Prof. Dr. Hans G. Kippenberg (University of Bremen)
Prof. Dr. Michael Pye (University of Marburg)
 

REMID e. V.
Universitätsstraße 55
D-35037 Marburg
Germany
Tel. and Fax.: + 49 - 64 21 - 6 42 70
à www.remid.de - à info (at) remid.de