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Hubert, Henri
(195 words)
[German Version] (Jun 23, 1872 – May 26, 1927, Paris). Hubert was a French historian and sociologist from the school of É. Durkheim. In the work
L'Année sociologique, he and his friend and colleague M. Mauss addressed the topic of the sociology of religion. He ta…
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Religion Past and Present
Sacrifice
(13,083 words)
[German Version]
I. Religious Studies The word
sacrifice denotes both the living creature or offering sacrificed and the ritual action (e.g. destruction) through which that creature or object is dedicated to a supernatural being. If a distinction needs to be made, English and the Romance languages can use
sacrifice (Eng. and Fr.;
sacrificio Ital. and Span.) for the ritual action while using
victim (Fr.
victime, Span.
víctima, Ital.
vittima) for the creature sacrificed. Etymologically
sacrifice suggests an action in which the sacrificed object is “made holy/sacred” (Lat.
sacrum fac…
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Religion Past and Present
Dietary Laws
(4,404 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. New Testament – IV. Christianity – V. Judaism – VI. Islam – VII. Buddhism – VIII. Indian Religions
I. Religious Studies A human society's dietary laws and prohibitions give us an excellent insight into its symbolic and ritual practices. The choic…
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Religion Past and Present
Feasts and Festivals
(7,156 words)
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Old Testament – III. Judaism – IV. Early Christianity – V. Church History – VI. Liturgica…
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Religion Past and Present
Eating and Drinking,
(553 words)
[German Version] in the comparative study of religion. Nourishment is both a symbol-laden reality and a biological necessity. Every human society chooses from among the available foods by making a traditional distinction between those that are fit for consumption and those that are not. Culinary habits and table manners have cultural implications that go far beyond anything that a purely …
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Religion Past and Present
Speisegebote/Speiseverbote/Speisegesetze
(3,798 words)
[English Version]
I. ReligionswissenschaftlichAnhand der Speisegebote (S.) und -verbote einer menschlichen Gemeinschaft läßt sich der Zusammenhang zw. symbolischen und rituellen Handlungen ablesen. Die Wahl der Nahrung (Vorlieben und Verbote) ist eng verbunden mit dem…
Opfer
(11,705 words)
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I. ReligionswissenschaftlichDas Wort »O.« bez. im Deutschen sowohl das geopferte Lebewesen bzw. die Opfergabe als auch diejenige rituelle Handlung (z.B. Zerstörung), durch die das Lebewesen oder Objekt den übernatürlichen Wesen zugeeignet wird. Im Engl. sowie in den romanischen Sprachen werden diese beiden Phänomene dagegen begrifflich differenziert. Engl./franz. »sacrifice« (ital./span. sacrificio) bez. die rituelle Opferhandlung, während engl. »victim« (franz. victime, span. vi…
