Why do religions exist? ⛪ | »Good Question« on faith & gods
84 percent of the world’s population adhere to a religion. But how much societal and political influence do religions have? What do they contribute to the development of society – or do they prevent it? Do people tend to find substitute religions if they do not believe in one or several gods? In the new episode of our series »Good Question«, Karl takes a closer look at these issues. He meets experts from various science areas of TU Dresden, who provide answers to the questions above and more.
More information on our protagonists
Chair of Ancient History 👉 https://tud.link/qro7
Institute of Protestant Theology 👉 https://tud.link/hqk4
Institute of Political Science 👉 https://tud.link/qbxp
Institute of Sociology 👉 https://tud.link/0xyt
Shownotes:
Religious affiliations in Germany 👉 https://fowid.de/meldung/religionszug...
Numbers of people leaving the church in Germany 👉 https://www.kirchenaustritt.de/statistik
Contents
00:00 Intro
01:07 History: The beginnings of religion
05:31 Theology: Religion and human rights
10:34 Political Science: Religion and politics
15:26 Sociology: Substitute religions
20:07 Summary and outro
Edited & moderated by: Karl J. Donath
Production: Birgit Nockenberg, Julie Thiele, Philipp Schulze
Music credit for organ music at beginning of video 👉 https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot/pr...
Video credit for "The March on Washington" 👉 https://archive.org/details/gov.archi...