Dynamics in the history of religions between Asia and Europe : : encounters, notions, and comparative perspectives / / edited by Volkhard Krech, Marion Steinicke.

This first volume of the series “Dynamics in the History of Religions” reviews the opening conference of the \'Käte Hamburger Kolleg” at the Ruhr-University Bochum. The first section concentrates on the formation of what later come to be termed \'world religions\' through inter-religi...

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Superior document:Dynamics in the history of religions, v. 1
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
Year of Publication:2011
2012
Language:English
Series:Dynamics in the History of Religions 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (544 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Chiara Giorgetti
  • Introduction / Marion Steinicke
  • Dynamics in the History of Religions – Preliminary Considerations on Aspects of a Research Programme / Volkhard Krech
  • The Formation of the Major Religious Traditions Through Inter-Religious Contact Dynamic Approaches to Antique Religions in the East and West. Beyond Centres and Boundaries / Peter Wick
  • Religious Formations and Intercultural Contacts in Early China / Victor H. Mair
  • A comment on Victor H. Mair’s “Religious Formations and Intercultural Contacts in Early China” / Heiner Roetz
  • Kings, Ascetics, and Brahmins: / Patrick Olivelle
  • Did the Buddha Emerge from a Brahmanic Environment? The Early Buddhist Evaluation of “Noble Brahmins” and the “Ideological System” of Brahmanism / Jens Schlieter
  • The History of Religions as a Subversive Discipline: / Guy G. Stroumsa
  • Whirlpool Effects and Religious Studies. A Response to Guy G. Stroumsa / Sarah Stroumsa
  • Contacts Between the Major Religious Traditions During Their Expansion Contacts between the Major Religious Traditions during their Expansion. An Introduction / Nikolas Jaspert
  • The Jewish Reaction to the Islamic Conquests / Michael Lecker
  • Christian Reactions to Muslim Conquests (1st–3rd Centuries AH; 7th–9th Centuries AD) / Tolan John
  • Intercultural Encounter in the History of Political Thought Christian Wolff, Chŏng Yag-yong and Matteo Ricci / Eun-jeung Lee
  • Jesuit Mission in Korean Studies. A Response to Eun-jeung Lee / Michael Lackner
  • The Expansion of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia / Stephen C. Berkwitz
  • Response: / Sven Bretfeld
  • The Notion of Religion and Religious Semantics in a Cross-Cultural Perspective Religion to the Power of Three / Lucian Hölscher
  • World Religions and the Theory of the Axial Age / Jan Assmann
  • Chinese History and Writing about ‘Religion(s)’: / Robert Ford Campany
  • A Response to Robert Ford Campany’s “Chinese History and its Implications for Writing ‘Religion(s)’” / Russell T. McCutcheon
  • Terminology and Religious Identity: / Tim H. Barrett and Francesca Tarocco
  • Canon and Identity in Indian Esoteric Buddhism as the Confluence of Cultures / Ronald M. Davidson
  • The Christian Canon in a Comparative Perspective. A Response to Ronald M. Davidson / Markus Zehnder
  • The Christian-Muslim Encounters on the Question of Jihad / Muhammad Aslam Syed
  • Religion in the Age of Globalization Shrinking World, Expanding Religion? The Dynamics of Religious Interaction in the Times of Colonialism and Globalization / Marion Eggert
  • On Resilience and Defiance of the Īlamtamil Resistance Movement in a Transnational Diaspora / Peter Schalk
  • Observing Religion in a Globalized World: / Peter Beyer
  • Religion in a Globalised World: / Ian Reader
  • Religion, Secularization, and Sacralization / José Casanova
  • Multi-media Performance Reflecting Religious Dynamics. / Heinz Georg Held
  • Bibliography / Volkhard Krech and Marion Steinicke
  • Index / Volkhard Krech and Marion Steinicke.