Religious Innovation and Pluralism in 21 Century Europe
What is R.I.P.E. Network?

Religious Innovation and Pluralism in 21st century Europe (R.I.P.E) is as a network dedicated to contribute to the scholarly research of these topics.
This will be done:
• by forming common research groups and coalitions,
• by stimulating the exchange of students, teaching staff, scholars and other personnel,
• by developing common PhD courses and other interdisciplinary training facilities,
• by building databases allowing for comparative pan European comparative studies
• by forming an information hub and a resource for European policy makers and civil society institutions.

As seen from the attached Collaborative Agreement all the members of the network are dedicated to study and analyze the cultural diversity and religious pluralism that is the result of the changing cultural and religious landscape in Europe. The network takes its starting point in the fact that changes are happening and then want to explore the consequences for society, the individual persons and the established religious institutions.

• The consequences for society can be explored in relation to such questions as the role of religion in the public domain, including civil religion and the legal framework concerningfreedom of religion and the governing of the relationship between church and state and the recognition of religious minorities.

• The consequences for the individuals can be explored in relation to the so called “return of religion”. The reinvention of religion that is happening in contemporary Europe shows itself in many forms, in the emergence of different forms of fundamentalisms and in a more loose turn to spirituality. Individuals are often caught in between and we see a development of hybrid identities and multiple belongings.

• The changes in the religious landscape have consequences for the religious institutions. The established religious institutions in Europe, i.e. the churches, are undergoing dramatic changes as they try to accommodate the new realities. A top priority is to study how they develop strategies for building interreligious relations by way of a dynamic theology of religions. New ecclesial models are tried out adapted to the changing religious and cultural landscape. The Christian and other religious diasporic communities contribute immensely to the new religious landscape in Europe so important to study in order to face the challenges of building interfaith harmony.
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Dear Colleagues,
in the last period, thanks to the initiative of Janos Wildmann (Hungary) and the cooperation of Prof. Dr. Peter Herrmann (who attended the RIPE conference in Pecs, 2009) we are going finally to publish the book with the contribution of the participants which sent their work. Reading such documents is very stimulating: their value is intact and still of great interest and relevance. A sign of the high quality of the reflection we did in that occasion.[...]
Coniugando la profondità della dottrina a una narrazione avvincente, Yahya Pallavicini, ci invita a conoscere i profeti di Allah presentati nel sacro Corano e nella tradizione islamica...[...]
Yahya Pallavicini is the adviser to the Ministry of the Interior in the Council for Italian Islam, President of the Higher Council of ISESCO (Islamic Organization for Education, Science and Culture) for Education and Culture in the West and Vice-President and Imam of the CO.RE.IS (Comunità Religiosa Islamica  Italiana).[...]
The map of the religious landscape of Europe has developed into a complex matrix. The growing religious diversity challenges the European societies.[...]