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Record Nr.

UNINA9910558201203321

Titolo

Dynamics in the history of religions between Asia and Europe : encounters, notions, and comparative perspectives / / edited by Volkhard Krech, Marion Steinicke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-35695-3

9786613356956

90-04-22535-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Collana

Dynamics in the history of religions, , 1878-8106 ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

KrechVolkhard

SteinickeMarion

Disciplina

201/.5

Soggetti

Religions - Relations

Religion and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The formation of the major religious traditions through inter-religious contact -- pt. 2. Contacts between the major religious traditions during their expansion -- pt. 3. The notion of religion and religious semantics in a cross-cultural perspective -- pt. 4. Religion in the age of globalization.

Sommario/riassunto

This 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 interreligious 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.