Man, meaning, and mystery : 100 years of history of religions in Norway : the heritage of W. Brede Kristensen / edited by Sigurd Hjelde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kristensen, W. Brede (William Brede), 1867-1953.

Hjelde, Sigurd.

Series:

Studies in the history of religions ; 87.

Numen book series, 0169-8834 ; v. 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religions--Historiography--19th century--Congresses.

Religions.

Religions--Study and teaching--Scandinavia--History--19th century--Congresses.

Religions--Historiography--20th century--Congresses.

Religions--Study and teaching--Scandinavia--History--20th century--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At an international symposium in Norway, the 100 years’ anniversary of the academic study of religion was celebrated. This volume contains the papers that were presented at this conference. A major part of the papers deals with the situation of this discipline around the turn of the last century, focussing especially on the work of the Dutch-Norwegian scholar W. Brede Kristensen (1867-1953) and on other founding fathers in the Scandinavian countries. Other contributors discuss methodological questions relating to the idea of a phenomenology of religion. Furthermore, an attempt is made to compare the study of religion at the end of the twentieth century with the situation a hundred years earlier, and to trace some of the lines of development. The book includes a bibliography of publications by W. Brede Kristensen.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / W.J. Hanegraaff

Contributors / W.J. Hanegraaff

Introduction / Sigurd Hjelde

History of Religions in Europe Towards the End of the 19th Century

Expiaining Modern Facts by Past Religions: The Study of Religions in Europe Around the Year 1900 / Hans G. Kippenberg

At the Cross-Roads: Early Dutch Science of Religion in International Perspective / Arie L. Molendijk

Neoprotestantism in Stockholm in 1897 / Björn Skogar

W.B. Kristensen and the Study of the Ancient Religions

The Study of the Avesta and its Religion Around the Year 1900 and Today / Anders Hultgåad

Lieblein, Kristensen and Schencke and the Quest for Egyptian Monotheism / Saphinaz-Amal Naguib

W. Brede Kristensen and the Religions of Greece and Rome / Jan N. Bremmer

W. Brede Kristensen's Concept “Life Out of Death” / Jens E. Braarvig

Phenomenology of Religion: Programme and Problem

Modern Understanding of Ancient Insight: Distinctive Contributions of W.B. Kristensen's Phenomenology of Religion / John B. Carman

Phenomenology of Religion Versus Anthropology Of Religion? The “Groningen School” 1920–1990 / Willem Hofstee

The Phenomenology of Religion: An Ideal and Its Problems / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus

Scandinavian Pioneers of History of Religions

From Kristiansand to Leiden: The Norwegian Career of W. Brede Kristensen / Sigurd Hjelde

Wilhelm Schencke Norway's First Professor in History of Religions / Einar Thomassen

The Introduction of History of Religions as an Academic Discipline in Denmark / Tove Tybjerg

History of Religions Towards the End of the 20th Century

Progress in Research on Meanings in Religions (1898–1998) / Jacques Waardenburg

William Brede Kristensen: A Bibliography

Index of Names

Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.

Notes:

Consists chiefly of lectures given during an international symposium, held in Oslo Sept. 17-20, 1998.

"William Brede Kristensen: a bibliography": p. [287]-294.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46412-7

9786610464128

1-4237-0579-3

90-474-0026-7

OCLC:

171582947

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047400264 DOI