Taking seriously, not taking sides : challenges and perspectives in the study of religions / Lukas K. Pokorny, Astrid Mattes (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pokorny, Lukas, 1980- editor.

Mattes, Astrid, editor.

Hödl, Hans Gerald, honoree.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Religion and transformation in contemporary European society ; Bd. 31.

Religion and transformation in contemporary European society ; volume 31

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching.

Religion.

Religion--Study and teaching--Austria.

Ritual.

Religion--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Paderborn, Germany : Brill / Schöningh, [2024]

Language Note:

English and German essays.

Contents:

Front Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I Debates and Issues in Religious Studies

Religion at the Edge of the Field? A Qualitative Approach Towards Religious Aspects in Football Fandom

Reflexivität als ritualisierte Praxis religionswissenschaftlicher Forschung

Religionsgeschichte(n) als Sprachgeschichte

Bilder vom Leben danach. Jenseitsvorstellungen und Nahtoderfahrungen

Jugendreligiosität als Lernort für die Religionswissenschaft

Branding Demons, Branding Gods: Economics of Religion Perspectives in Research on Contemporary Roman Catholic and Jewish Groups

Japanese Manga Culture and Western Esotericism

Gustav Mensching and Practical Religious Studies

Part II Dimensions of Ritual

Venenum, or venenum? Tacitus, Magic, and Don Quixote's Windmills: Some Remarks on the Methodology of the Study of Ancient Magic

The Funerary Tradition of KMfuku no Kagaku

Phallizismus, Ehereform und ritualisierter Sex. Eine alternativreligiöse Konstellation des 19. Jahrhunderts

The "Religio-therapeutic Dimension" of Espiritismo in Brazil and Its Place within the Study of Religions

Pathology or Transcendence? Kundalini's Interpretation as Spiritual Emergency and Rebirth Process

Part III Philosophy of Religion and Aesthetics

Kant on Peace and Conflict

Kritik und "Selbstaufhebung" der Religion. Perspektiven der genealogischen und komparativen Methodik Nietzsches

Vom griechischen Gott zum modernen Philosophen? Nietzsches Weg mit und zu Dionysos

Religionsästhetik und die Vielfalt des ästhetischen Diskurses

List of Contributors

Back Cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: K. Pokorny, Lukas Taking Seriously, Not Taking Sides

ISBN:

9783657796601

3657796606

Publisher Number:

40032568464

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