Medieval Rabbinic Responsa as a Practice of Religious Decision-Making (C16 [C01])

• Subject Area: Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252080619

The project examines responsa written by American and Israeli respondents in the 20th and 21st centuries as a practice of religious decision-making. In the process, the constitution and social relationships of decision-making, as well as the relationship between deciding and knowledge will be analysed. The key aim is to create a theoretical approach regarding the change and diversity in responsa from the second half of the 20th and from the 21st centuries as a practice of religious decision-making.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1150: Cultures of Decision-Making
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Regina Grundmann