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Contradictory Concepts: An Essay on the Semantic Structure of Religious Discourses
Ist Teil von
Contributions to the history of concepts, 2015-06, Vol.10 (1), p.69-88
Ort / Verlag
Oxford: Berghahn Journals
Erscheinungsjahr
2015
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The widespread opinion among conceptual historians is that political concepts are always contested in their actual usage. Religious concepts in modernity are also not only contested; they are constructed on an ontological contradiction. They imply that the object to which they refer exists, and at the same time that it does not. I demonstrate this idea using four religious concepts: religion, God, the beyond, and spirit. I conclude with discussion on the reality status of religious concepts in modern historiography and religious studies.