Unexpected Encounters: Aristides the Philosopher, Friedrich Max Müller, and the Origins of Religion

Autor(en)

Nickolas Roubekas

Abstrakt

Typically, early Christian authors are not considered to be theorists of religion. In this article, by comparing the Apology of Aristides the Philosopher (second century CE) and the work of the ‘father of the science of religion’ Friedrich Max Müller, I argue that the early Christian author offers an early religionist theory of religion similar to the one formulated by Müller in the modern period. The core aim of the article is the demonstration of a procliv- ity to theorizing about religion that is not restricted to the Enlightenment onwards as most scholars in the field of religious studies maintain but also extends to the earliest Christian theologians.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Religionswissenschaft

Journal

NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion

Band

73

Seiten

1-16

Anzahl der Seiten

16

ISSN

2542-6583

DOI

https://doi.org/DOI:10.5117/NTT2019.1.001.ROUB

Publikationsdatum

03-2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603909 Religionswissenschaft, 603203 Christliche Philosophie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Religious studies

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/unexpected-encounters-aristides-the-philosopher-friedrich-max-muller-and-the-origins-of-religion(f2a6d849-fe85-40a1-a148-64873f6d7a06).html