Dynamics in the history of religions between Asia and Europe : encounters, notions, and comparative perspectives / edited by Volkhard Krech, Marion Steinicke.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Chiara Giorgetti -- Introduction / Marion Steinicke -- Dynamics in the History of Religions - Preliminary Considerations on Aspects of a Research Programme / Volkhard Krech -- The Formation of the Major Religious Traditions Through Inter-Religious Contact Dynamic Approaches to Antique Religions in the East and West. Beyond Centres and Boundaries / Peter Wick -- Religious Formations and Intercultural Contacts in Early China / Victor H. Mair -- A comment on Victor H. Mair's "Religious Formations and Intercultural Contacts in Early China" / Heiner Roetz -- Kings, Ascetics, and Brahmins: / Patrick Olivelle -- Did the Buddha Emerge from a Brahmanic Environment? The Early Buddhist Evaluation of "Noble Brahmins" and the "Ideological System" of Brahmanism / Jens Schlieter -- The History of Religions as a Subversive Discipline: / Guy G. Stroumsa -- Whirlpool Effects and Religious Studies. A Response to Guy G. Stroumsa / Sarah Stroumsa -- Contacts Between the Major Religious Traditions During Their Expansion Contacts between the Major Religious Traditions during their Expansion. An Introduction / Nikolas Jaspert -- The Jewish Reaction to the Islamic Conquests / Michael Lecker -- Christian Reactions to Muslim Conquests (1st-3rd Centuries AH; 7th-9th Centuries AD) / Tolan John -- Intercultural Encounter in the History of Political Thought Christian Wolff, Chŏng Yag-yong and Matteo Ricci / Eun-jeung Lee -- Jesuit Mission in Korean Studies. A Response to Eun-jeung Lee / Michael Lackner -- The Expansion of Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia / Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Response: / Sven Bretfeld -- The Notion of Religion and Religious Semantics in a Cross-Cultural Perspective Religion to the Power of Three / Lucian Hölscher -- World Religions and the Theory of the Axial Age / Jan Assmann -- Chinese History and Writing about 'Religion(s)': / Robert Ford Campany -- A Response to Robert Ford Campany's "Chinese History and its Implications for Writing 'Religion(s)'" / Russell T. McCutcheon -- Terminology and Religious Identity: / Tim H. Barrett and Francesca Tarocco -- Canon and Identity in Indian Esoteric Buddhism as the Confluence of Cultures / Ronald M. Davidson -- The Christian Canon in a Comparative Perspective. A Response to Ronald M. Davidson / Markus Zehnder -- The Christian-Muslim Encounters on the Question of Jihad / Muhammad Aslam Syed -- Religion in the Age of Globalization Shrinking World, Expanding Religion? The Dynamics of Religious Interaction in the Times of Colonialism and Globalization / Marion Eggert -- On Resilience and Defiance of the Īlamtamil Resistance Movement in a Transnational Diaspora / Peter Schalk -- Observing Religion in a Globalized World: / Peter Beyer -- Religion in a Globalised World: / Ian Reader -- Religion, Secularization, and Sacralization / José Casanova -- Multi-media Performance Reflecting Religious Dynamics. / Heinz Georg Held -- Bibliography / Volkhard Krech and Marion Steinicke -- Index / Volkhard Krech and Marion Steinicke.

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This first volume of the series "Dynamics in the History of Religions" reviews the opening conference of the \'Käte Hamburger Kolleg" at the Ruhr-University Bochum. The first section concentrates on the formation of what later come to be termed \'world religions\' through inter-religious contact, the second part focuses on the significance of interreligious contacts also during their expansive phase. Methodological problems of multi-perspective research and especially the lack of a general religious terminology are discussed in the third chapter, while the final papers outline various aspects of secularization and (re-)sacralisation in the age of globalisation as an effect of multicultural contacts in a world wide web of religious interferences.