I. History of Religions – II. Philosophy of Religion – III. Practical Theology – IV. Missiology
I. History of Religions
The term “agnosticism” originally referred to the impossibility of attaining certain metaphysical knowledge or, with reference to transcendent questions, to gain grounded judgments. The term stems from T.H. Huxley (1869; see also II). While for Huxley, agnosticism was epistemologically justified, the use of the term tod…
Cite this page
Löhr, Gebhard,
Byrne, Peter,
Ven, Johannes van der and
Ustorf, Werner,
“Agnosticism”, in:
Religion Past and Present.
Consulted online on 20 August 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_00253>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013