
In Between
The Holy Beyond Modern Dichotomies
Espen Dahl(Author)
Hans-Günter Heimbrock(Editor)
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Publisher)
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Published on 6. April 2011
163 pages
978-3-647-60441-1 (ISBN)
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Thanks to the recent »return to religion«, the holy has become a relevant issue in public debate, as is suggested by concepts such as »re-sacralization« and »re-enchantment«. Holy war and religiously motivated terrorist attacks, the fascination in popular culture for subjects such as the Holy Grail (as in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code), new spiritual longings both within and outside institutional religion - all testify to the new religious climate. This situation calls for a reassessment of both classical and new theories about the holy.Espen Dahl offers a theoretical account of the holy. Central to its approach is the idea that the holy cannot be reduced to one stable essence, but is fundamentally composite and takes place »in between«. This means that the typical modern dichotomies between the holy and the profane, the pure and the impure, the pious and the violent, cannot be drawn as sharply as scholars once did. Instead, the manifestation of the holy takes place in the interstice between those spheres. Such a position is not strong - it attests to the weakness of the holy. Through a critical dialogue with the most influential recent contributions, various theories and responses to them are presented on the basis of the book's overall perspective.Espen Dahl deals with various theoretical perspectives, corresponding to the numerous dimensions of the holy. Phenomenology plays the principal role, because it offers the best means to preserve the experiential dimensions which are essential to the holy. From this perspective, the book discusses theories from religious science, theology, philosophy, and psychology.
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English
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Göttingen
Germany
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1,50 MB
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978-3-647-60441-1 (9783647604411)
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Author
Espen Dahl, PhD, ist Postdoc im Ethics Programme und Forschungsdirektor an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Oslo.
Editor
Dr. päd. Hans-Günter Heimbrock ist Professor für Praktische Theologie am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der J. W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt a. M.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Foreword
- 1. TheReturnof theHoly and LateModernity
- 2. The Holy and Modern Dichotomies
- 3. The Profane Revisited
- 4. Taboo and Impurity
- 5. The Sacred, the Uncanny, and Sacred Violence
- 6. Manifestations of the Holy : The Symbol, the Sacrament, and the Sublime in Art
- 7. Interstice and Weak Holiness
- References
- Index of Names
- Back Cover
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