Religion in Philosophy and Theology (RPT)
Stefan Berg Spielwerk Orientierungshermeneutische Studien zum Verhältnis von Musik und Religion ["Spielwerk". Hermeneutical Studies of the Relationship between Music and Religion] Music, in its apparent immateriality, is often elevated to a position of closeness to God, an honour not bestowed upon most other phenomena. Using a hermeneutical method of orientation and taking into account works by Augustin, J.-J. Rousseau, and B.A. Zimmermann, Stefan Berg undertakes an analysis of the point where religion becomes relevant in the situation of music. (read more...) |
Philosophy of Religion
Präsenz im Entzug Ambivalenzen des Bildes Herausgegeben von Philipp Stoellger und Thomas Klie [Presence and Withdrawal. The Ambiguity of the Image] In this study, the authors deal with the question of whether and to what extent images act as forms of the intensification of presence (analogous to the sacrament) or if they in fact dispel or even endanger presence. Are they forms of fulfilled presence or do they have the opposite function? The ambivalences of the impact and the uses of images lead to iconic controversy, and the studies of image hermeneutics in this volume may well help to settle this. (read more...) |
History of Ancient Religions
Martin Hengel Die Zeloten Untersuchungen zur jüdischen Freiheitsbewegung in der Zeit von Herodes I. bis 70 n. Chr. Herausgegeben von Roland Deines und Claus-Jürgen Thornton [The Zealots. Studies of the Jewish Liberation Movement in the Era of Herod I to 70 AD] This new edition of Martin Hengel’s classic Die Zeloten (ET The Zealots, 1989) makes a seminal work in the field of Ancient Judaism available again, in German, fifty years after its first appearance. The new edition contains the original text with corrections and an additional appendix by Roland Deines, one of Professor Hengel’s students. (read more...) |
Religion in Philosophy and Theology (RPT)
Passion and Passivity Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Conference 2009 Edited by Ingolf U. Dalferth and Michael Rodgers Does religion have a single emotional center? Are there specific religious emotions or spiritual affects as Plato, Luther and Calvin, R. Otto or R. Rolland have thought? Or are religious fear, religious love, or religious joy only the normal emotions of fear, love, or joy directed to a religious object, as William James has argued? These and related questions were addressed at the 30th Claremont Philosophy of Religion Conference on Passion and Passivity, held in 2009 at Claremont Graduate University. (read more...)
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