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I. Earthly Mediators – II. Mythological Mediators – III. The Mediator in Christianity

To the extent that religion is understood as the locus of mediation between God and humankind, the mediator, ¶ the instrument of this mediation, plays a central role in the study of religion. Here we are dealing not with a precise, clearly delineated concept with a defined place in scientific terminology, but with a gener…