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Religion in the Socio-Cultural Context of Europe

Religionswissenschaft – Religion im soziokulturellen Kontext Europas

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Religion in the Socio-Cultural Context of Europe at University of Graz

Language: GermanStudies in German
Subject area: humanities
Qualification: MA
Master of Arts, MA
4 Semester
120 ECTS
University website: www.uni-graz.at

Definitions and quotes

Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia.
Religion
There is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophesies, ethics, or organizations, that claims to relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.
Europe
Oui, c'est l'Europe, depuis l'Atlantique jusqu'à l'Oural, c'est l'Europe, c'est toute l'Europe, qui décidera du destin du monde!
Translation: Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.
Europe
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
Otto von Bismarck, speech to Reichstag, 14 May 1872
Religion
There are as many gods as there are ideals. And further, the relation of the true artist and the true human being to his ideals is absolutely religious. The man for whom this inner divine service is the end and occupation of all his life is a priest, and this is how everyone can and should become a priest.
Friedrich Schlegel, Philosophical Fragments, P. Firchow, trans. (1991) § 406.
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