"And God became human": conversations within the humanities

Relocation implies recontextualisation. If the academic study of religion is to exploit its full potential, it needs to engage in conversation operating with similar terminologies. In this article it is argued that a critical awareness be developed for totalising terminologies; vestiges from a confe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Religion & theology
1. VerfasserIn: Vorster, Johannes N. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2005
In: Religion & theology
Jahr: 2005, Band: 12, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 239-261
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Religionswissenschaft / Humanwissenschaften / Interdisziplinarität
RelBib Classification:AA Religionswissenschaft
ZB Soziologie
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Zusammenfassung:Relocation implies recontextualisation. If the academic study of religion is to exploit its full potential, it needs to engage in conversation operating with similar terminologies. In this article it is argued that a critical awareness be developed for totalising terminologies; vestiges from a confessional or theological approach, that a sensitivity should be cultivated which could move away from a sui generis attitude. Guidelines for such a conversation are proposed.
Beschreibung:Rubrikentitel: Redescribing Graeco-Roman antiquity
ISSN:1023-0807
Enthält:In: Religion & theology