Transformation of Religion : : Interdisciplinary Perspectives / / Christian Danz, Helmut Jakob Deibl.

• VerfasserIn: Danz, Christian,; Deibl, Helmut Jakob,
• TeilnehmendeR: Deibl, Helmut Jakob,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn : : Brill | Schöningh,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: Erste Auflage.
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 pages).

This volume presents different approaches to the concept of religion. Religion in modern societies is undergoing accelerated change. Traditional religious forms are dissolving and being overlaid with or replaced by new ones. This poses particular challenges for analyses of the current religious situation, which already presuppose an understanding of religion. But it is precisely this that is disputed in academic discourse about it. Against the background of this complex situation, this volume turns to the transformations of religion. It brings together inter- and transdisciplinary approaches to religion and its definition. In this way, it takes into account the fact that the transformations of religion can only be grasped by incorporating diverse methodological approaches.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Transformation of Religion: An Introduction -- The Dimensional Model of Religion: Its Use in History of Religions, Comparative Religion, and in Defining Religion -- Historicizing and Deconstructing "Religion": A Short Overview of a Persisting Problem -- Differentiating the Social Dimension of Religion: On the Heuristic Potential of a Three-Level Concept of Religion -- Transformation Processes in the Religion of Ancient Israel -- Religion, dīn, and Islam: A Complex Web -- Post-Secular Feminist Research: The Concept of "Lived" Religion and Double Critique -- An Account of Behavioural Biology on the "Concept of Religion" -- Religion and Communication: On the Foundation of a Concept of Religion in the Philosophy of Religion -- The Concept of Religion in the Context of Aesthetics -- Political Religion: Transformation of a Political Concept and Its Ethical Consequences -- List of Contributors -- Index.