Inhaltszusammenfassung

The first volume of the series "Dynamics in the History of Religions" reviews the opening conference of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg at the Ruhr-University Bochum. The first section concentrates on the formation of what later come to be termed "world religions" through inter-religious contact, the second part focuses on the significance of inter-religious contacts also during their expansive phase. Methodological problems of multi-perspective research and especially the lack of a general religio...The first volume of the series "Dynamics in the History of Religions" reviews the opening conference of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg at the Ruhr-University Bochum. The first section concentrates on the formation of what later come to be termed "world religions" through inter-religious contact, the second part focuses on the significance of inter-religious contacts also during their expansive phase. Methodological problems of multi-perspective research and especially the lack of a general religious terminology are discussed in the third chapter, while the final papers outline various aspects of secularization and (re-)sacralisation in the age of globalisation as an effect of multicultural contacts in a world wide web of religious interferences. » weiterlesen» einklappen

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DFG Fachgebiet:
Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Außereuropäische Kulturen, Judaistik und Religionswissenschaft

DDC Sachgruppe:
Allgemeines, Wissenschaft