Taking Seriously, Not Taking Sides : : Challenges and Perspectives in the Study of Religions / / edited by Lukas K. Pokorny, Astrid Mattes.

• Superior document: Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society ; 31
• TeilnehmendeR: Mattes, Astrid,; Pokorny, Lukas K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Paderborn : : Ferdinand Schöningh, Brill Deutschland,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society ; 31.; Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 pages)

“Taking seriously, not taking sides”: This statement about the positioning of Religious Studies as a reflexive, unbiased research approach, which must always recognise emic perspectives, is a central theme of the “Viennese Tradition of Religious Studies.” With his vast expertise and innovative research, Hans Gerald Hödl has shaped Austrian Religious Studies like few others. This book, which is dedicated to him and his work, brings together scholars who share his passion for the study of religions and have engaged with his perspectives. The contributions in this collection engage in disciplinary debates, explore different dimensions of ritual, and offer (religious) philosophical perspectives and aesthetic reflections.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Part I -- Religion at the Edge of the Field? A Qualitative Approach Towards Religious Aspects in Football Fandom / Georg Mattes-Zippenfenig -- Reflexivität als ritualisierte Praxis religionswissenschaftlicher Forschung / Katharina Limacher -- Religionsgeschichte(n) als Sprachgeschichte / Angelika Rohrbacher -- Bilder vom Leben danach. Jenseitsvorstellungen und Nahtoderfahrungen / Birgit Heller -- Jugendreligiosität als Lernort für die Religionswissenschaft / Astrid Mattes -- Branding Demons, Branding Gods: Economics of Religion Perspectives in Research on Contemporary Roman Catholic and Jewish Groups / Nicole M. Bauer -- Japanese Manga Culture and Western Esotericism / Franz Winter -- Gustav Mensching and Practical Religious Studies / Udo Tworuschka -- Part II -- Venenum , or venenum ? Tacitus, Magic, and Don Quixote’s Windmills: Some Remarks on the Methodology of the Study of Ancient Magic / Aleš Chalupa -- The Funerary Tradition of Kōfuku no Kagaku / Lukas K. Pokorny -- Phallizismus, Ehereform und ritualisierter Sex. Eine alternativreligiöse Konstellation des 19. Jahrhunderts / Karl Baier -- The “Religio-therapeutic Dimension” of Espiritismo in Brazil and Its Place within the Study of Religions / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Pathology or Transcendence? Kundalini’s Interpretation as Spiritual Emergency and Rebirth Process / Marleen Thaler -- Part III -- Kant on Peace and Conflict / Beatrix Himmelmann -- Kritik und „Selbstaufhebung“ der Religion. Perspektiven der genealogischen und komparativen Methodik Nietzsches / Johann Figl -- Vom griechischen Gott zum modernen Philosophen? Nietzsches Weg mit und zu Dionysos / Renate Reschke -- Religionsästhetik und die Vielfalt des ästhetischen Diskurses / Jakob Helmut Deibl -- Back Matter -- List of Contributors.