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Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2025]
Description
Catholicism and esotericism seem to have hostile relations but in fact the opposite is true. In both traditions, we find stigmata, revelations, visions, "magic", spiritualistic contacts. We explore which are the theological and sociological concepts which make this possible. The porous transfer zone between "orthodox" theology and "heretical" ideas is central. For example, the legitimating structure of "scripture and tradition" allowed for the integration...
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies mirrors the annual activities of staff and visiting fellows of the Centre as well as scholars of the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the University of Hamburg and reports on symposia, workshops, and lectures. Although aimed at a wider audience, the yearbook also contains academic articles and book reviews on scepticism in Judaism and scepticism in general.