There are twenty individual projects, involving researchers from the faculties of humanities,  linguistics, literature, cultural sciences, and architecture at the Technical University of Dresden, the Italian universities of Turin and Matera, and the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Within the framework of an integrated PhD program, the SFB 804 also directly promotes young academics.

• Joint Project A
  Constituting Religious Communities in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
  • Research Project A1
    Separation and Integration. Constituting Israel in Post-Exilic Discourses
    Prof. Dr. Maria Häusl, TU Dresden
    Separation and Integration. Constituting Israel in Post-Exilic Discourses
  • Research Project A2
    Meal and Canon. Constituting Community in Early Christianity
    Prof. Dr. Matthias Klinghardt, TU Dresden
    Meal and Canon. Constituting Community in Early Christianity
• Joint Project B
  Focusing on the Community in Ancient Rome
  • Research Project B1
    Investing Private Resources in the Community. From the Middle Republic to the High Empire
    Prof. Dr. Martin Jehne, TU Dresden
    Investing Private Resources in the Community. From the Middle Republic to the High Empire
  • Research Project B2
    Tradition, Reason, God. Varying Foundations for Community-Oriented Action from the End of the Republic to the Crisis of the 3rd Century AD
    Prof. Dr. Fritz-Heiner Mutschler, TU Dresden
    Tradition, Reason, God. Varying Foundations for Community-Oriented Action from the End of the Republic to the Crisis of the 3rd Century AD
• Research Project C
  Dynasty, Suitability, Transcendence. Comparative Studies on the Later Middle Ages
  Dr. Cristina Andenna (Prof. aggr.), Università degli studi della Basilicata, Matera; Prof. Dr. Gert Melville, TU Dresden
  Dynasty, Suitability, Transcendence. Comparative Studies on the Later Middle Ages
• Research Project D
  Constructing the Church. Urban Sacred Buildings in the Middle Ages
  Prof. Dr. Bruno Klein, TU Dresden
  Constructing the Church. Urban Sacred Buildings in the Middle Ages
• Research Project E
  The Subversive Image. Religious and Profane Patterns of Interpretation in Early Modern Art
  Prof. Dr. Jürgen Müller, TU Dresden
  The Subversive Image. Religious and Profane Patterns of Interpretation in Early Modern Art
• Research Project F
  “Gottlosigkeit” and “Eigensinn”. Religious Deviance in the Early Modern Period
  Prof. Dr. Gerd Schwerhoff, TU Dresden
  “Gottlosigkeit” and “Eigensinn”. Religious Deviance in the Early Modern Period
• Research Project G
  Discourses on Common Sense and Religious Imprints Between Enlightenment and “Vormärz” (c. 1770-1848)
  Prof. Dr. Winfried Müller, TU Dresden
  Discourses on Common Sense and Religious Imprints Between Enlightenment and “Vormärz” (c. 1770-1848)
• Research Project H
  Democracy Between Transcendence and Common Sense
  Prof. Dr. Hans Vorländer, TU Dresden
  Democracy Between Transcendence and Common Sense
• Research Project I
  Transcendence and Common Sense as Resources for the Construction of Political Order
  Prof. Dr. Werner Patzelt, TU Dresden
  Transcendence and Common Sense as Resources for the Construction of Political Order
• Research Project K
  The Sacralization of Fine Arts and Common Sense
  Prof. Dr. Karl-Siegbert Rehberg, TU Dresden
  The Sacralization of Fine Arts and Common Sense
• Research Project L
  The Feasible and the Intangible. Models of Transcendence and Common Sense in Architecture and Urban Design in the 20th Century
  Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Lippert, TU Dresden
  The Feasible and the Intangible. Models of Transcendence and Common Sense in Architecture and Urban Design in the 20th Century
• Research Project M
  Technology’s Promise of Progress and the Engineers’ Assertion of Altruism in “High Modernity” (c. 1880-1970)
  Prof. Dr. Thomas Hänseroth, TU Dresden
  Technology’s Promise of Progress and the Engineers’ Assertion of Altruism in “High Modernity” (c. 1880-1970)
  • Ausstellung
    "Ein Funken Wahrheit: Energievisionen in der technokratischen Hochmoderne"
    "Ein Funken Wahrheit: Energievisionen in der technokratischen Hochmoderne"
• Research Project N
  The Construction of Transcendence and Common Sense in Technology and Theology in the 20th Century
  Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarke, TU Dresden
  The Construction of Transcendence and Common Sense in Technology and Theology in the 20th Century
• Research Project O
  Transcendence and Common Sense in Personal Relationships
  Prof. Dr. Karl Lenz, TU Dresden
  Transcendence and Common Sense in Personal Relationships
• Research Project P
  Transcendence and Common Sense in Historical and Contemporary Philosophy
  Prof. Dr. Thomas Rentsch, TU Dresden
  Transcendence and Common Sense in Historical and Contemporary Philosophy
• Research Project Q
  The Sacralization of the “Kulturnation” in the Italian Risorgimento
  Prof. Dr. Pier Paolo Portinaro, Università di Torino
  The Sacralization of the “Kulturnation” in the Italian Risorgimento
• Research Project R
  The Contingency of the Intangible. The “Willensnation” Switzerland
  Prof. Dr. Georg Kohler, Universität Zürich
  The Contingency of the Intangible. The “Willensnation” Switzerland
• Research Project S
  The Ethos of Friendship. The spirit of community in medieval discourses and narrations.
  Prof. Dr. Marina Münkler, TU Dresden
  The Contingency of the Intangible. The “Willensnation” Switzerland
• Project Section IG
  Integrated Research Training Group
  Prof. Dr. Gerd Schwerhoff, TU Dresden
  Integrated Research Training Group