Religious Education is on trial in Germany and other European countries. The focal questions are whether teachers should communicate essential issues about religion and religions to their pupils in a neutral way or whether they should convey personal and individual convictions as well. How should public schools in civil societies deal with positions of truth in the context of cultural and lifeworld conditions? Are there pedagogical concerns about professional teachers expressing an individual commitment in class? What is the significance of denomination in RE? The articles of this volume offer new perspectives by means of empirical studies and theoretical consideration.

Flüssigprozessierbare, nanometerskalige Polymerschichten sind Bestandteil vieler technischer Anwendungen. Die Lösemittelstofftransportparameter sind oft unbekannt, aber entscheidend für die Bestimmung von Trocknungsdauer, Restlösemittelgehalt, Langzeitstabilität und Schichtdurchmischung. Durch Aufbau einer Messtechnik, experimentelle und numerische Untersuchungen wird das unterschiedliche Stofftransportverhalten in Polymerfilmen beim Übergang von Mikro- zu Nanoschichten aufgezeigt. Solution-casted polymer nanolayers are part of many technical applications. The solvent mass transport parameters are often unknown. However, they are a decisive factor for the determination of drying times, amounts of trace solvent, long-term stability and multilayer intermixing. By setting up a measurement system and conducting experimental and numerical investigations the difference in mass transport characteristics in micro- to nanoscale polymer layers is shown.