Multiple Religious Identities -- EASR / IAHR Conference 2018, Bern -- Abstracts of keynote speakers (original) (raw)

The conference abstracts from the EASR/IAHR Conference 2018 in Bern provide insights into the complexities of religious identities in contemporary society. Key presentations explore the diversification of religious identities in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in the Baltic States, and the sociological impacts of transitioning from totalitarian to democratic regimes on individual religiosity. Additional discussions delve into the relationship between democracy and tolerance in Europe, examining cases from France and Britain. Further, the presentations analyze historical perspectives on religious identities, particularly in the Mediterranean and the significance of urbanization in shaping multiple religious identities. Finally, the ambiguity of religious selfhood in pre-and postnational contexts is examined, alongside the interplay of religious demarcation and deviance discourses in medieval religious groups.