Canonization and Decanonization : Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997. /

Canonization and Decanonization : Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR) held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997. /

This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious...

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Corporate Authors: Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions. International Conference, Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions.

Other Authors: Kooij, Arie van der, 1945-, Toorn, K. van der., Snoek, Joannes Augustinus Maria, 1946-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.

Series: Numen Book Series 82.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Bible > Canon > Congresses.
Sacred books > Congresses.

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Call Number: BL71 .I58 1997

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Summary:This volume contains the papers read at the Leiden Conference on Canonization and Decanonization of 9-10 January 1997. The emphasis in this rich and wide-ranging contribution to the subject is on the processes of canonization and decanonization in several religions and on the phenomenon of religious canons as well. It has two sections: (De)canonization and the History of Religions, and (De)canonization and Modern Society. In the first section processes out of which canons eventually emerge are highlighted in contributions devoted to particular religions, viz. African religions, Judaism and Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. The articles of the second section are of particular relevance to the contemporary situation in the western world, dealing with aspects such as forms of the survival of a canon in processes of modernization, canonization and the challenge of plurality, and canonization and hermeneutics. The reader may benefit even more from this volume as it contains also An Annotated Bibliography on the subject.
Item Description:"Papers presented to the International Conference of the Leiden Institute for the Study of Religions (LISOR), held at Leiden 9-10 January 1997."
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-506) and indexes.
ISBN:9789004379060
ISSN:0169-8834 ;