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

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" “Religion” and “Science” within a Global Religious History "
Michael Bergunder

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064714
Doc. No	:	LA108343
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700593-01601004‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Michael Bergunder
Title & Author	:	“Religion” and “Science” within a Global Religious History [Article]\ Michael Bergunder
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Aries
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	16/1
Page No	:	86–141
Abstract	:	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 that arose because of scientific materialism and the challenge presented by conceptions of a general religious history. By focusing on the relationship of “religion” and “science” within a global religious history (globale Religionsgeschichte) from the late nineteenth century till today, the paper shows how “religion” and “esotericism” can be understood as constitutive parts of the same global 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 that arose because of scientific materialism and the challenge presented by conceptions of a general religious history. By focusing on the relationship of “religion” and “science” within a global religious history (globale Religionsgeschichte) from the late nineteenth century till today, the paper shows how “religion” and “esotericism” can be understood as constitutive parts of the same global history.
Descriptor	:	Buddhism
Descriptor	:	global history
Descriptor	:	Hinduism
Descriptor	:	Islam
Descriptor	:	postcolonialism
Descriptor	:	Protestantism
Descriptor	:	religion
Descriptor	:	science
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700593-01601004‬