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Blessing and Curse
(3,866 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. Judaism – IV. New Testament – V. Historical and Systematic Theology– VI. Practical Theology
I. Religious Studies From the perspective of religious studies, blessing and curse are dense, complex terms, hard to summarize in a single concept that would include every religious symbol system. They should not be thought of primarily as opposites but as parallel polyvalent ter…
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Religion Past and Present
Holy Scriptures
(1,139 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Judaism – III. Christianity – IV. Islam
I. Religious Studies Any kind of written document relating to a religious symbol system (Symbols/symbol theory) can be considered a holy Scripture. The existence of a written text as a criterion is a convenient starting point for a systematic orientation within the variety of religious texts produced throughout history. The process of reducing something to written form always implies more or less distanced reflection on what …
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Religion Past and Present
Millenarianism/Chiliasm
(4,324 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. New Testament – III. Church History – IV. North America – V. Systematic Theology – VI. Islam – VII. China
I. Religious Studies Millenarianism (chiliasm) refers to the notion of a 1,000-year (Lat.
millenarius, Gk χίλια/
chília) period ¶ immediately preceding the Last Judgment and the end of the world. This conception of world history (see also II) derives from Jewish apocalypticism (III) and became widespread over time, being interpreted in various ways depending on the age and cultural environs: as a still future age or one that has already started, as an age of salvation for the elect, as an age of defeat for evil powers, or as an age of expectation ofperfect redemption. The duration of “1,000 years” was interpreted both lite…
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Religion Past and Present
Orientation (Space Perception)
(642 words)
[German Version] The concept of orientation of objects, persons, buildings, movements, etc. to the east (Lat.
oriens; Orientation [Prayer and architecture]), is used in religious studies with regard to representations and conceptions of space and time, but also in reference to religious actions and religious behavior. Orientation is predefined in each worldview that is constituted and mediated by a religious symbolic system.…
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Religion Past and Present
Settlements
(530 words)
[German Version] Generally speaking, settlements include various types of construction: individual…
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Religion Past and Present
Canon
(4,367 words)
[German Version] I. History of Religion – II. Church History – III. Fundamental Theology – IV. Orthodox Law – V. Eastern Poetry – VI. Islam – VII. Buddhism – VIII. Taoism
I. History of Religion The canon can be defined as a complex process of selection of documents regarded as authoritative; from the totality of the extant written tradition, documents are set apart according to certain criteria as holy or inspired (Inspiration/Theopneustia). Although the concept of the canon as a normative collection…
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Religion Past and Present
Paradise
(5,515 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Bible – III. History of Doctrine and Dogmatics – IV. Judaism – V. Islam – VI. Buddhism – VII. History of Art and Literature
I. Religious Studies The history of the term “paradise” is informative for determining its meaning. The word “paradise” is derived from the ancient Iranian *
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Religion Past and Present
Topography
(187 words)
[German Version] Topography is the representation and description of geographical areas (Geography of religion). As such it also plays a role in the treatment of religious symbol systems, which highlight territory in v…
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Religion Past and Present
Exegesis
(13,995 words)
[German Version] (Biblical Scholarship, Hermeneutics, Interpretation) I. Religious Studies – II. History of Religions – III. Greco Roman Antiquity – IV. Bible – V. Church History – VI. Practical Theology – VII. Biblical Scenes in Art – VIII. Judaism – IX. Islam
I. Religious Studies Exegesis (for etymology see III below) is the explanation, interpretation, or analysis of sacred or otherwise religiously central documents by experts; it enables and encourages the access of a particular religious community to its sacred scriptures through restatement, commentary, or other types of interpretation. From the perspective of the study of religion, the concept of exegesis is ambivalent. The fundamental methodological distinct…
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Religion Past and Present