New Religions and New Religiosity (Renner Studies on New Religions, 4) - Softcover

Barker, Eileen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8772885521 ISBN 13: 9788772885520

Publisher: Aarhus University Press, 1998

Synopsis

RENNER Studies on New Religions is an initiative supported by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities. The series was established to publish books on alternative spiritual movements from a wide range of perspectives. The books will appeal to an international readership of scholars, students, and professionals in the study of religion, theology, the arts, and the social sciences. It is hoped that this series will provide a proper context for scientific exchange between these often competing disciplines. There have been periods in time, perhaps due to social changes or political or cultural upheaval, when people have been more inclined to turn to new religious ideas. Focusing on the situation in Europe, an international group of scholars present in this volume their studies on diverse topics ranging from Buddhism in Poland to differences in legal systems regarding the rights of minority religions. The volume will appeal to an international readership of scholars, students and professionals in the study of religion, theology, the arts and social sciences and anyone else who is interested in this fascinating and controversial subject.

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About the Author:

Hambourgeois de naissance et Italien de c1/2ur, Aby Warburg (1866-1929) entre a l Universite de Bonn en 1886 pour y etudier l histoire de l art a laquelle il consacrera sa vie. Ouvert a de nombreuses approches (philosophie, anthropologie, histoire de l'art, psychologie ), il est tenu pour fondateur de l iconologie, une nouvelle methode d analyse qui place les 1/2uvres qu elle etudie dans une perspective sociale et historique, s'interrogeant sur ses conditions de production ainsi que sur le message qu elles etaient susceptibles de vehiculer en leur temps. Il laisse derriere lui un heritage important, ainsi qu'une vaste bibliotheque qu il constitua tout au long de sa vie, comprenant 80 000 ouvrages, et situee a l Institut Warburg a Londres, suite au demenagement opere en catastrophe sous le nazisme.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 8772885521
• ISBN 13: 9788772885520
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 309