Exploring Vienna's Religious Tapestry (from a interdisciplinary perspective) - a VDTR audio guide
Vienna has always been a place where different cultures and religions come together. Situated at the crossroads between Eastern and Western Europe and the former capital of the multi-ethnic Habsburg Empire, Vienna has a long and rich religious history. It has been marked by contacts between a Roman Catholic majority and Protestantism, Judaism and, relatively early on, Islam. Since the end of the Second World War, Vienna has been characterised by processes of religious diversification through migration and progressive secularisation, which have shaped the city's identity. The Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Religious Studies VDTR has produced an audio guide that explores the historical and contemporary religious characteristics of Vienna. The city tour invites visitors to learn about Vienna's religious history and present through the themes currently being researched in the theological and religious studies disciplines at the University of Vienna.
The audio guide (in English) will be available for download from 07 July 2025. If you would like to find out more about this project, please write to contact.vdtr@univie.ac.at
Production
We would like to thank the following colleagues for their contribution to the VDTR audio guide: Timo Amrehn, Jean Claude Attard, Dorothee Bauer, Martin Eleven, Christoph Hammer, Esther Heinrich, Bettina Graf, Blanka Misic (funded by Horizon EU MSCA Projekt CAMRIP, grant agreeement 101059938), Johannes Modess, Miriam Raffai, Mirijam Salfinger, Alisha Saikia, Dirk Schuster, Florian Vorisek, Julia Weingartler
Production Team: Jean Claude Attard, Verena Bartels, Christoph Hammer, Katharina Limacher
Speaker: Julie McCarthy
Photos & graphics: Stephan Erben
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