"Macht des Heiligen" translated into French

This book, which is committed to a universalism of human rights, has now been translated into French. Despite the fact that France prides itself on its strict separation of state and religion, it has received a very positive response in the French press (e.g. in Le Monde). It was presented by Dr. Jean-Marc Tétaz, who is a Fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg of the University of Erfurt. Both the book and the translation were produced in the context of the Max Planck Research Prize on "Religion and Modernity" awarded to Hans Joas, which finances a corresponding research group at the Max-Weber-Kolleg.