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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Mysticism and Ethics in the Theology of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue: Re-Reading Paul Tillich and Jacques-Albert Cuttat

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In today’s plural and global context, the Theology of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue play a decisive role in fostering mutual understanding and a genuine culture of encounter.
Santiago García Mourelo   +1 more
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Analysis of the Philosophical Foundations of William James' Criticism of Reductionism in Religious Studies: The Transition from Medical Materialism to Neurotheology [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت و فلسفه
In this article, with the aim of filling in the gaps between the lines, an attempt is made to explain the transition from extreme reductionism to a non-reductionist explanatory approach. James's method is usually considered pragmatism, but the background
Ali Sanaee
doaj   +1 more source

Divine Self‐Placement, Sacred Placemaking: The Virgin of El Rocío and Territorial Custodianship in Early Modern Spain

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This essay argues that the Rocío hallazgo legend employs divine self‐placement to turn territorial uncertainty into sacred stewardship. The Virgin's miraculous refusal to move establishes the marshlands of Las Rocinas as a communal religious site, transforming a marginal and legally ambiguous area.
Adriano Duque
wiley   +1 more source

The Obligations of Exempt Monasteries: The Practice in England

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This note draws on the extensive sources surviving from the fourteenth century to examine, in the light of debates about the medieval papacy, the observance by English houses of papal obligations imposed on exempt monasteries. It concludes that these arrangements, reflecting the complex history of exemption, were more fluid, negotiable and ...
Peter McDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Contestant Theology: Toward a Play Theology of Religions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
How can a Christian theology of religions navigate the interreligious dialogical problems of 1) the inability to fully articulate faith, 2) the lack of persuasive religious language, 3) the reality of violence among religions, and 4) the liquescent ...
Jones, Greg
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The Doctrine of Siyāḥah and Its Detailed Reexamination with Emphasis on Quranic Interpretations, Hadith Texts, and Mystical Literature [PDF]

open access: yesقرآن فرهنگ و تمدن
Siyāḥah is one of the key traditions associated with Jesus (PBUH) and a fundamental pillar of Islamic Sufism. However, despite scholarly efforts, a precise definition of this doctrine remains elusive.
Sayyid Hossein Biriyai
doaj   +1 more source

Sri Lankan chronicles, Chinese pilgrims and the nineteenth‐century hierarchy of texts in the construction of early Buddhist geography

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how nineteenth‐century scholars reconstructed the geography of early Buddhism through a historically contingent hierarchy of texts that privileged Chinese monastic travelogues over Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles. Focusing on the relationship between the Pāli vaṃsa literature—especially the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa—and Chinese ...
Bhadrajee Hewage
wiley   +1 more source

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