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Hare Krishna, ufologists, Scientology: Away from the major faith communities there is an enormous variety of religious movements. Their publications, the Institute of Religious Studies at the University of Leipzig collected. It is the nation's only university of its kind Archive
The Documentation Center "religious and ideological pluralism in Germany" is not easy to find. At the entrance on Schiller Street is not a sign and the staff of the library on the mezzanine floor can not help you. After some searching and questioning we find the basement room, where under wide brick arches in four rows of shelves publications with promising titles such as "sheltered by love," "The road to health" and "True Light" store - published by different ideological and religious groups, including Prophet Healers and Christian fundamentalist splinter groups as well as atheist organizations. There
three computer workstations are available in the narrow space. In a tiny window on the wall a map, are highlighted on the whiteboard using needles, the branches of three dozen religious communities in the city. "The plan does not show everything but the date," says Jörg Albrecht. The 32-year-old doctoral student in religious studies was in charge of the Documentation Center during his master's degree.
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