“Religion” and “Science” within a Global Religious History

The paper argues that the final forging of our current understanding of “religion” and “esotericism” did not take place before the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and that it was a global endeavor right from the beginning. Previous research has not fully appreciated the new situation...

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Main Author: Bergunder, Michael 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Aries
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-141
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Esotericism / Historiography of science / World history
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Further subjects:B Religion science global history postcolonialism Buddhism Hinduism Islam Protestantism
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