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Ezoterismul occidental: între conceptualizare şi metodologie
Western Esoterism: between Conceptualization and Methodology

Author(s): Rodica Biriş
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Fondul Europa
Keywords: religion; tradition; definition; domain; history; the western thinking

Summary/Abstract: Western esotericism as a clearly circumscribed field of scientific enquiry is a relatively recent achievement. Consequently scholarly debates regarding an academically rigorous definition of esotericism as well as the most pertinent methodological approaches to this domain are far from being settled. This brief study attempts a survey of the most important contributions to this area of research.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 28-29
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Romanian