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Piety
(3,477 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies Piety (recently often also “spirituality”) is understood, first, as the forms of expression of lived religiosity; research in this area is particularly the subject of folklore studies and church history for the idividual, secondly, piety has to do with particular qualities of feeling, such as reverence, with which the psychology of religion (Gruehn, Sundén) is concerned. Objective and subjective components are combined in various ways in the historical developme…
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Religion Past and Present
Alchemy
(1,700 words)
[German Version]
I. Alchemy denotes a particular craft knowledge used first of all for transforming metals; however, its goal was not only the perfecting of the material but also of the human being (e.g. healing or immortality). The origins of Western alchemy are found in Antiquity; in the earliest literary sources (3rd cent. ce) Greek philosophy of nature played as much a part as Hellenistic astrology, Gnosis and mythology. Reciprocal contacts and influences between comparable …
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Religion Past and Present
Elite
(1,367 words)
[German Version] I. Sociology – II. Comparative Study of Religions – III. Ethics
I. Sociology “Elite” – from Lat.
eligere “to elect” – designates a select group of persons who stand out from the crowd by virtue of distinctive features such as consanguinity, age (Old age), power, wealth, knowledge, technical, organizational or artistic skills (Competence), …
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Religion Past and Present
Functionalism
(1,146 words)
[German Version] I. Science of Religion – II. Philosophy – III. Practical Theology…
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Religion Past and Present
Humility
(4,021 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. Judaism – IV. New Testament – V. Church History – VI. Dogmatics and Ethics
I. Religious Studies Humility is an attitude of conscious abasement (Humiliation) and submission. Some modes of expressing humility, such as postures or gestures, can be traced to biological roots; others are conventional, for example a “humble glance” or foot washing. In many cases we encounter an inversion of what is culturally normal, for example nakedness in the poverty (IV) movements o…
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Religion Past and Present
Jealousy of God
(292 words)
[German Version] Divine jealousy is especially evident in Greek mythology (ϕϑόνος ϑεῶν/
phthónos theōn) and is a psychological and anthropomorphic characterization of the gods who are anxious to preserve their privileges. The jealousy relates not only to the gods in their relationships to each other, but, in a narrowe…
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Religion Past and Present