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Fundamentalism
(5,667 words)
[German Version] I. Terminology – II. Religious Studies – III. Systematic Theology – IV. Social Sciences – V. Practical Theology
I. Terminology The term
fundamentalism was used originally as a self-description by a coalition of c…
Source:
Religion Past and Present
Superstition
(3,603 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies
1. Terminology. Like the equivalent German term
Aberglaube, the word
superstition is pejorative in tone and so is inherently critical and polemical: to speak of superstition as a perverted belief implies that the speaker is doing so from the perspective of correct belief or knowledge.
2. Semantic history. The normative, judgmental character of the term shaped its semantic history. In ancient Rome,
superstitio was used to describe an exaggerated religious anxiety, just as Greek δεισιδαιμονία/
deisidaimonía meant anxious servility toward …
Source:
Religion Past and Present
