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Die Religionswissenschaft und das Christentum
Eine historische Untersuchung über das Verhältnis von Religionswissenschaft und Theologie
Series: - Numen Book Series, Volume: 61
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What are religious studies? What is theology? And what is their relationship to each other? In the light of such theoretical and methodological questions this historical inquiry asks what characterizes the study of Christianity within comparative religionâas distinguished from that of Christian theology? In the three main sections of the book representative texts from the history of comparative religionâincluding Schleiermacher and some other theological forerunners in the 19th centuryâare analyzed from a methodological and a material point of view. On this basis an answer is sought to the following questions: What has been the place of the study of Christianity within this discipline? On which methodological principles has it been based? And what kind of picture of Christianity has it presented?
Sigurd Hjelde, Ph.D., Professor of History of Religions at the University of Oslo. Co-editor of a Norwegian Luther translation (Oslo 1979-1983) and author of a comprehensive work on the concept of eschatology (Das Eschaton und die Eschata, München 1987).
'An excellent, judicious, overview of the topic, the author clarifies and questions assumptions of Christian theology and Religionswissenschaft alike.'
Leo D. Lefebure, Religious Studies Review, 1995.
Leo D. Lefebure, Religious Studies Review, 1995.
All those interested in the history of religious studies, in their relationship to Christian theology and in the study of Christianity in general.