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Secret Societies
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[German Version]
I. Religious Studies The function of secret societies in traditional cultures (esp. African) is closely associated with a social structure based on age groups; the phenomena in question have therefore been the subject of anthropological and sociological as well as religious study. Traditional secret societies in indigenous cultures are closely linked to the structure of their religious and sociocultural life. These are often associations of men and to some extent women that are of great benefit to the entire society – morally, ¶ judicially, socially, and religio…
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Religion Past and Present
Enthusiasm
(1,527 words)
[German Version] I. Greco-Roman Antiquity – II. Bible – III. Dogmatics
I. Greco-Roman Antiquity In the Greek realm, enthusiasm refers to a person's special relationship to a god, as was made apparent to others. The term offers something like an implicit theory for those alterations of behavior and claim that would otherwise be described as
ékstasis or
manía (see also Ecstasy). Linguistically, the relationship is encompassed within the bounds of “to enter into a person” (
éntheon eínai), to inspire a person (
empnoeín), or to take possession of a person (
katochḗ, katokōchḗ, Lat.
posses…
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Religion Past and Present
Heresy
(7,453 words)
[German Version] I. Philosophy and Religious Studies – II. Christianity – III. Practical Theology – IV. Church Law – V. Judaism – VI. Islam
I. Philosophy and Religious Studies The word “heresy” derives from Gk αἵρεσις/
haíresis (“act of choice,” “decision”). In the Hellenistic period, when a plurality of philosophical schools had developed, the word was used to express the need of budding philosophers to choose between these schools. Hence it came to be used to denote both a philosophical school and the school's teaching; in…
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Religion Past and Present