Vocabulary for the Study of Religion
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Subject: Religious Studies
Edited by: Robert A. Segal & Kocku von Stuckrad.
The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion offers a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s). This first dictionary in English covers a broad spectrum of theoretical topics used in the academic study of religion, including those from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences.
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The Vocabulary for the Study of Religion offers a unique overview of critical terms in the study of religion(s). This first dictionary in English covers a broad spectrum of theoretical topics used in the academic study of religion, including those from adjacent disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, historiography, theology, philology, literary studies, psychology, philosophy, cultural studies, and political sciences.
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Objectivity
(2,451 words)
Abstract: Individuals interact with the world through different attitudes, e.g., artistic, scientific, religious. Different attitudes give rise to different ways of “practicing” the world and by doin…
Object Relations
(2,406 words)
Abstract: The entry describes psychoanalytic object relations theories and their application to religion, especially to the formation and function of the God image. These “relational” theories are di…
Occult / Occultism
(3,553 words)
Abstract: The term “occultism” was first used in the first half of the nineteenth century, but has its roots in a much older history. The adjective
occultus (Lat., “hidden”), from which it derived, was used to indicate beliefs…
Oceanic feeling
(1,153 words)
Abstract: This entry begins with the origin and usage of the term “oceanic feeling” in the context of modern spirituality, focusing on the debate between Sigmund Freud and Romain Rolland over its nat…
Date:
2014-09-16
Oedipus complex
(1,658 words)
Abstract: The Oedipus complex, a central concept in Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical clinical work and theory of culture, is used in religious studies to explain the origin and function of religion. …