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The Study of Religion Under the Impact of Fascism
Addressing the European study of religion in the interwar-period, these proceedings tackle one of the most problematic epochs of its history. The commonplace that understanding the present requires learning from the past is particularly true, as this case well illustrates.
Occult Roots of Religious Studies
The historiographers of religious studies have written the history of this discipline primarily as a rationalization of ideological, most prominently theological and phenomenological ideas: first through the establishment of comparative, philological and sociological methods and secondly through the demand for intentional neutrality. This interpretation caused important roots in occult-esoteric traditions to be repressed. This process of “purification” (Latour) is not to be equated with the origin of the academic studies. De facto, the elimination of idealistic theories took time and only happened later. One example concerning the early entanglement is Tibetology, where many researchers ...
The Ascent of John Tyndall
John Tyndall was a leading scientific figure in Victorian Britain, who established the physical basis of the greenhouse effect, and why the sky is blue. This rich biography describes the colorful life and achievements of this brilliant communicator, physicist, and mountaineer, who ascended from humble beginnings to the heart of Victorian society.
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Die Lehre vom »arischen« Christentum
Am 6. Mai 1939 wurde durch den Beschluss mehrerer protestantischer Landeskirchen das »Institut zur Erforschung und Beseitigung des jüdischen Einflusses auf das deutsche kirchliche Leben« gegründet. Ihm gehörten weit über 150 Mitarbeiter an, die eine »Entjudung« des Christentums anstrebten. Das Institut wird als Teil der umfangreichen antisemitischen »Judenforschung« im Dritten Reich verstanden. Die beteiligten Mitarbeiter nutzten eine religionsvergleichende Methode, die man als Religionswissenschaft bezeichnete, um nachzuweisen, dass Jesus »arischer« Herkunft gewesen und dass deswegen eine »Entjudung« des Christentums nötig sei. Anhand der Arbeiten von sieben Universitätsmita...
Antik - Modern
Von philologischer Nüchternheit und humanistischem Engagement ... Der Band dokumentiert exemplarisch die Verbindung von Altertumswissenschaft und moderner Kulturwissenschaft auf hohem philologischem und kritisch reflektierendem Niveau.
Fasti Sacerdotum
This magisterial volume, indispensable to the study of Roman religion, presents yearly lists of religious office-holders of various kinds, followed by 4,000 individual biographies. Introductory essays cover the documentary sources for pagan, Jewish, and Christian cults; concluding chapters explore the relationship between religion and the state.
2013
Every year, the Bibliography catalogues the most important new publications, historiographical monographs, and journal articles throughout the world, extending from prehistory and ancient history to the most recent contemporary historical studies. Within the systematic classification according to epoch, region, and historical discipline, works are also listed according to author’s name and characteristic keywords in their title.
Religion Past & Present: A-Bhu
Truly worldwide in its coverage, this English version of the 4th edition of the RGG, makes this gold standard of encyclopedias accessible to the English-speaking world. Taking into account the latest research developments, it offers a wide-ranging and multi-denominational approach to all aspects of the study of religion and theology.
