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Change of Religion
(333 words)
[German Version] While the phenomenological approach in religious studies (Phenomenology of religion) placed the supposed “essence” and immutability of religion at the center of its considerations, contemporary systematic approaches to religion emphasize the transformations and the nature of religion and religions as a process. Religious traditio…
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Religion Past and Present
Tradition
(8,661 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies In general usage,
tradition (from Lat.
transdare/
tradere, “hand on, transmit”) connotes retention and safeguarding, understood as a conservative handing down of mores, customs, norms, rules, and knowledge. The emphasis is on continuity with the past. Jan Assmann interprets tradition as an exemplary case of “cultural memory,” an enduring cultural construction of identity. In religions appeal to tradition is a prominent element justifying interpretations, practices, clai…
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Religion Past and Present
Diaspora
(2,671 words)
[German Version] I. History of Religions – II. Jewish Diaspora – III. Christian Diaspora
I. History of Religions The Greek noun διασπορά/
diasporá derives from the compo…
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Religion Past and Present
Minorities
(3,414 words)
[German Version] I. Social Sciences – II. Religious Studies – III. Christianity – IV. Judaism – V. Islam
I. Social Sciences Minorities are groups whose members perceive themselves or are perceived by others …
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Religion Past and Present
Boundary
(886 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Philosophy – III. Fundamental Theology
I. Religious Studies The term “boundary” is used spatially, temporally, and metaphorically. Spatially, a boundary separates localities and territories, signaled by boundary markers (cf. OE mearc, “boundary, landmark”). In certain cases, boundaries must not be crossed; in sacred sites only certain persons (priests, Brahmins, etc.) are permitted access …
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Religion Past and Present
Turner, Victor Witter
(156 words)
[German Version] (May 28, 1920, Glasgow – Dec 18, 1983, Charlottesville, VA), British ethnologist. After doing fieldwork among the Ndembu in Africa in the 1950s, he turned his attention to pilgrims and pilgrimages. He developed a theory of comparative symbolism and an analysis of ritual processes (Rite and ritual: I; Cult/Worship: II, 4) and coined the term
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Religion Past and Present
