Prolegomena of a Theory and History of Religious Evolution

宗教演化理论与历史序言

• 批准号: 333503049
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Volkhard Krech
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien (CERES)
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Reinhart Koselleck Projects
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/333503049?language=en
• 关键词: Prolegomena; Theory; History; Religious; Evolution

The project develops a theory of religious evolution that is firmly rooted in the Study of Religion. It will at the same time live up to both the general theory of evolution and the theory of societal differentiation.In doing so, the following aspects will be taken into account:• Religion is historicized without using periodization and teleological assumptions. Furthermore, it is understood as an emerging socio-cultural phenomenon – an understanding that helps avoid essentialization.• Particularities of individual religions are examined in the light of overarching characteristics of the history of religion, allowing the project to consider different religious forms and to unfold a generic understanding of the term religion, which opens up comparative perspectives.• The Study of Religion approach is part of the Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, while at the same time it is mediated with theories from the Natural Sciences. This opens up alleys of enquiry for the reconstruction of the development of religion, while ensuring due consideration for interactions with the socio-cultural, mental, biological, and physical evolution as its environmental correlates.Recourse to the structural sciences – particularly systems theory, semiotics and informational theory – will be taken to accomplish these goals.Work on the monograph is accompanied by a website. This online presence serves as a means for in-advance publication of individual chapters and allows for comments, which in turn provides valuable feedback to optimize the process of writing previous to publication in print.

该项目发展了一种宗教进化理论，该理论牢固地植根于宗教研究。它将同时符合一般进化论和社会分化理论。在此过程中，将考虑以下方面：•宗教被历史化，而不使用年代化和目的论假设。此外，它被理解为一种新兴的社会文化现象-这种理解有助于避免本质化。•根据宗教史的总体特征来考察个别宗教的特殊性，使该项目能够考虑不同的宗教形式，并展开对宗教一词的一般理解，从而开辟比较的视角。•宗教研究方法是文化研究和社会科学的一部分，同时它也以自然科学的理论为中介。这为重建宗教发展开辟了探索之路，同时确保适当考虑与社会文化、心理、生物和身体进化的相互作用，因为它与环境相关。利用结构科学-特别是系统理论，符号学和信息理论-将采取实现这些目标。专著的工作附有一个网站。这种在线形式可以作为个别章节提前出版的一种手段，并允许评论，这反过来又提供了有价值的反馈，以优化出版前的写作过程。