Christel Gärtner

Dr. Christel Gärtner is a professor of religion and politics at the University of Münster. She holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Frankfurt.

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The Well

Why has every postwar generation since the 1950s become less religious?

Adolescents actively shape the transformation of religion and become the bearers of new religious patterns, worldviews, and values.