January, 2011

The special exhibition Religious Energy comes at a time when the public perception of religion and faith has undergone a great change. The role of faith in modern society and the relationship between religion and democracy are issues that confront individual believers, the various faith communities, and society as a whole. The exhibition examines the phenomenon of religion from three perspectives:
– How do religions appear in today’s society, and how do believers see the society around them?
– What holds religious communities together, and what are they like on the inside?
– How do the faithful experience their relationships to God, to gods, or to what they believe in, and what is it like to live without such relationships?
About 300 historic-cultural objects, art pieces and religious objects from international lenders illustrate the history and current issues, similarities and differences of religions. Opinions and point of views about current religious questions of believers and non-believers can be selected from numerous monitors in the exhibition. In addition different computer animations explain facts, terms and statistics around the theme religion.
The exhibition can be seen until the 5th June 2011 in Dresden.