Dynamics in the History of Religions
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Volkhard Krech
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The so-called world religions and other religious traditions are not, and have never been, homogenous, nor have they formed or evolved in isolation. Trying to overcome cultural stereotypes and their ideological misuse, the
Dynamics in the History of Religions book series focuses on the crucial role of mutual encounters in the origins, development, and internal differentiation of the major religious traditions. The primary thesis of the series consists in the assumption that interconnections of self-perception and perception by the other, and of adaptation and demarcation are crucial factors for historical dynamics within the religious field.
The series includes exemplary and comparative studies on the formation of the major religious traditions via diachronic and synchronic cultural contact, on interactions essential to the process of institutionalization and spread of religions, on interreligious encounters under the condition of colonialism and globalization, and on the stimulus provided by such contacts to the development of basic religious notions.
Presenting studies on such contact-driven dynamics of the history of religions and of its reflection, including case studies as well as those using a comparative perspective, the series creates systematic points of references which allow for the integration of diachronically and synchronically heterogenous material in a general history of religions. Theories and concepts are developed abductively in an interplay of hypothetical conceptualization and empirical studies, of object language and meta language. By bridging and reconciling scientific meta-discourse on religion with religious discourses and religious self-descriptions, both unempirical scientism and un-theoretical positivism can be avoided.
The series has published an average of one volume per year over the last 5 years.
The series includes exemplary and comparative studies on the formation of the major religious traditions via diachronic and synchronic cultural contact, on interactions essential to the process of institutionalization and spread of religions, on interreligious encounters under the condition of colonialism and globalization, and on the stimulus provided by such contacts to the development of basic religious notions.
Presenting studies on such contact-driven dynamics of the history of religions and of its reflection, including case studies as well as those using a comparative perspective, the series creates systematic points of references which allow for the integration of diachronically and synchronically heterogenous material in a general history of religions. Theories and concepts are developed abductively in an interplay of hypothetical conceptualization and empirical studies, of object language and meta language. By bridging and reconciling scientific meta-discourse on religion with religious discourses and religious self-descriptions, both unempirical scientism and un-theoretical positivism can be avoided.
The series has published an average of one volume per year over the last 5 years.
Impacts of Non-Buddhist Influences, Doctrines
Volume 14
978-90-04-68728-8
Volume 13
978-90-04-54931-9
Practices and Rituals, Visual and Material Transfer
Volume 12
978-90-04-50844-6
Patronage, Legitimation, Sacred Space, and Pilgrimage
Volume 11
978-90-04-41773-1
Volume 8
978-90-04-30743-8
Religious Formation, Transformation and Cross-Cultural Exchange between East and West
Volume 5
978-90-04-25530-2
Transformations and Transfers of Religious Discourses in Europe and Asia
Volume 4
978-90-04-25133-5
Volume 3
978-90-04-23229-7
Mobility and Exchange within and beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia
Volume 2
978-90-04-19458-8
Encounters, Notions, and Comparative Perspectives
Volume 1
978-90-04-22535-0
Series Editors
Volkhard Krech, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Carmen Meinert, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Kianoosh Rezania, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Advisory Board
Jan Assmann†, Heidelberg University, Germany
Rémi Brague, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
José Casanova, Georgetown University, USA
Angelos Chaniotis, Oxford University, UK
Peter Skilling, University of Sydney, Australia
Guy Stroumsa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Boudewijn Walraven, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Volkhard Krech, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Carmen Meinert, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Kianoosh Rezania, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Advisory Board
Jan Assmann†, Heidelberg University, Germany
Rémi Brague, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany
José Casanova, Georgetown University, USA
Angelos Chaniotis, Oxford University, UK
Peter Skilling, University of Sydney, Australia
Guy Stroumsa, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Boudewijn Walraven, Leiden University, The Netherlands