Search
Your search for 'dc_creator:( "Biehl, Peter" ) OR dc_contributor:( "Biehl, Peter" )' returned 2 results. Modify search
Did you mean: dc_creator:( "biehl, peter" ) OR dc_contributor:( "biehl, peter" )Sort Results by Relevance | Newest titles first | Oldest titles first
Laying-On of Hands
(1,802 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament – IV. Practical Theology
I. Religious Studies The laying-on or imposition of hands is a physical gesture usually performed in the context of a ritualized series of actions or as a symbol by itself. It can be ascribed to a divine being conceived anthropomorphically. The ritual gesture is attested in many cultures, especially in the ancient Near East, but it is not universal – it is unknown, for example, in Buddhism and Islam. Its mean…
Source:
Religion Past and Present
Symbols/Symbol Theory
(9,049 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies Use of the Greek word σύμβολον/
sýmbolon in a sense relevant to religious studies is attested quite early in the history of European religions; Dio of Prusa (1st/2nd cent. ce), for example, used it in his speech on Phidias’s statue of Zeus in Olympia (
Oratio 12.59). In this context, the Greek term reflects the problem posed by images of the gods: what is intrinsically inaccessible to human vision (Vision/Intuition) is somehow to be represented visually. In religious studies, especially in the phenomenology of religion, the concept of sy…
Source:
Religion Past and Present