Religion and axiality: theological reflections on Robert N. Bellah's Axial Age hypothesis

The article addresses controversial questions related to Robert N. Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age (2011), and the sequel, The Axial Age and its Consequences (2012). Discussed is the difference between the macro-historical hypothesis of an axial age a...

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Main Author: Gregersen, Niels Henrik 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-73
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bellah, Robert N. 1927-2013 / Religion / Rise of / Development / Axial Age
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
TA History
Further subjects:B canonicity
B Robert N. Bellah
B axiality
B Ritual
B Religious Evolution
B Axial Age
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