On the origin of the history of religions. by Stroumsa, G

Understanding Hume's natural history of religion by Kail, P

“…Hume's 'Natural History of Religion' offers a naturalized account of the causes of religious thought, an investigation into its 'origins' rather than its 'foundation in reason'. …”

Cultural memory in early christianity: Clement of Alexandria and the history of religions by Stroumsa, G

‘What was the comparative history of religion in seventeenth-century Europe (and beyond)? Pagan monotheism/Pagan animism, from T’ien to Tylor’ by Levitin, D

“…When faced with the spectacular outpouring of seventeenth-century texts that seem to provide something that looks like the comparative history of religions, it is tempting to adopt one of two positions. …”

Madness, medicine, and religious identity in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world by Lee, M

Subjects: “…History of Medicine; History of Religion; History of Madness; History of Evangelicalism; History of Psychiatry…”

HUME'S NATURALISTIC CRITIQUE OF RELIGION by Kail, P

“…My paper addresses the senses in which Hume's naturalistic approach to religion can contribute to a critique of religion by discussing his 1757 Natural History of Religion. I compare Hume's approach with a recent paper of Raymond Geuss in order to show that Hume's approach to religion is not 'naïve' in the way that some (Geuss included) assume. …”

The well is not the world: William Golding's sense of reality in Darkness Visible by Mulhall, S

“…I understand this condition as one in which one’s relation to history has become an undismissable problem: in the case of Golding’s novel, this relationship is at once to the history of England, the history of religion, and the history of literature (specifically, its roots in classical Roman texts; in Shakespearean versions of pastoral; and in the fabular as presented in fairy tales). …”

The historical turn by Zachhuber, J

“…Early historicism saw history and religion as mutually related, and history as having a religious dimension. …”

Preludes and postludes to Gibbon: variations on an impromptu by J. G. A. Pocock by Young, B

“…That was marked by a desire to treat religion seriously as a driving force in history: and the same concern is applied here to further understanding an eighteenth-century controversy in which history and religion were dramatically involved, and which profoundly affected Gibbon's own historical and religious views. …”

The transition from shamanism to Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska by Mousalimas, S

Beauty and the Gods in Archaic Greece by Shakeshaft, H

Historians and the Church of England: religion and historical scholarship, c.1870-1920 by Kirby, J

“…At a time when both history and religion were central to cultural life, when history was becoming a modern academic discipline, and when the relationship between Christianity and advanced knowledge was under unprecedented scrutiny, this was a phenomenon of considerable intellectual significance.…”

For Christ and Germany: German Catholicism and the Second World War by Brodie, T, Thomas Owain Brodie

“…In addition to these overtly political themes, this dissertation analyses the social history of religion during this period. In order to focus its analysis on a manageable scale, this thesis focuses on the experiences and activities of Catholics from the Rhineland and Westphalia. …”

Doctrine, progress and history: British religious debate 1845-1914 by Bennett, J

“…In an intellectual movement approximately beginning with the 1845 publication of John Henry Newman's 'Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine', and powerfully spreading and developing until the earlier years of the twentieth century, British intellectuals came to treat the history of religion – both as a past and present process, and as a didactic genre - as a vital element of broader attempts to stabilise or reconstruct religious belief and social order.…”

The Parisian Jesuits and the Enlightenment 1700-1762 by Northeast, C

“…Natural and revealed religion <br/> Non-Christian religions: the theological premisses <br/> The Jesuits and deism <br/> The ‘natural history’ of religion <br/> 5. The Jesuits in Enlightenment thought <br/> ‘Molinism’ and secular literature <br/> Reflections on the Society’s social and political role <br/> The verdict of the Jesuit renegades <br/> Conclusion <br/> Bibliography <br/> Index…”

Hegel's Æsthetics and the end of art by Burke, J

“…It is in these texts that Hegel sets out the core of his philosophy- which, as we shall see, is grounded in the 'science experience' (i.e. phenomenology) and develops outward to encompass logic [the objective structure of thought (and experience itself)], nature, world history, geography, religion, political systems, and so on until everything finds its proper place and the expression of its genuine philosophical significance.…”

Andere Götter, andere Opfer: Debatten über Vegetarismus und Religion in der Türkei, am Beispiel der Werke von Hasan Ferit Cansever und Asaf Halet Çelebi by Mignon, L

“…In the case of Turkey, the study of dietary normativity offers the possibility of contributing to a different history of religions in Turkey.…”

Evolving epistemology: a reconsideration of evolutionary debunking arguments against religion by Bennett, C

“…Original facets of my thesis include my categorisation of various EDAs against religion, which illuminates common faults, as well as a new synthetic understanding of natural histories of religion. Moreover, I offer innovative critiques of discourse surrounding EDAs, and provide a more productive direction for debate on the evolved nature of religious belief, by offering my argument for evolutionary agnosticism.…”