The role of religions in today’s globalized world is ambivalent. They do not only serve to promote meaning, orientation and cohesion, but also act as a driving force of conflicts that often culminate in violence. The interdisciplinary LOEWE research cluster “Religious Positioning” is devoted to the question under which conditions
 religious antagonisms in today’s multi-religious and multicultural societies can be less destructively resolved. The project relies on the assumption that
 religions are fundamentally positional in character and thus potentially conflictual. At the same time, a religion’s approach to religious plurality and difference does not necessarily have to assume aggressive forms. The LOEWE project is dedicated to the study of modalities of religious positioning that are capable of including a pluralistic view and investigates which historical, political and
 cultural constellations either promote or hinder such an approach. The project thus aims to contribute to the public discourse concerning migration, multireligiosity, the encounter between of religions and the managing of religious conflicts.