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[German Version] 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 today is usually motivated in a variety of ways. The Sophist Protagoras of Abdera ( On the Gods, DK 80B4), who bases the uncertainty of knowledge concerning the gods not only epistemologically, but also on the brevity of life, provides a standard example of Western agnosticism. From the history of Indian religions, the Buddha, who denied information concerning metaphysical questions (existence of a soul, …