21. April 2026

Foto: A. Körs

We are pleased to invite you to a digital lecture by Ass.-Prof. Ulla Schmidt on the topic of “Congregations in a Danish Urban Area: Organization – Activities – Cooperation” on Monday, April 27, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., as part of the lecture series “Religions in Transition: International Perspectives”.

In Denmark religious transition has among other things involved changing proportions between the majority evangelical lutheran church, minority religious groups of mainly Danish origin, and minority religious groups of mainly foreign origin: the former slowly declining, the middle more or less stable, and the latter growing. By focussing on Aarhus city (the second largest in Denmark) and urban area, this presentaton will analyse and discuss how these three congregational forms are linked to two other features, namely activities, and outreach and cooperation.

Ulla Schmidt is Associate professor in practical theology at the Aarhus University. Her research interests include churches and organisation, state – church-relations, rituals and practices related to death, practice theory and practice theory and practical theology.

The lecture series is organized by the Academy of World Religions at the University of Hamburg with support from the Udo Keller Foundation Forum Humanum.

For more information about the program, please click here: [PDF]

If you would like to attend, please register by email (awr"AT"uni-hamburg.de).