RT Article
T1 "Religion" in Medieval Missionary Accounts about Asia
JF Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
VO 82
IS 2
SP 571
OP 592
A1 Valtrová, Jana 1980-
LA English
PB Morcelliana
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1850783993
AB The article strives to contribute to the discussion about medieval development of thinking about "religion" by exploring selected Christian missionary accounts about non-Christians in Mongolian empire and India. The contact with religious plurality in these areas, together with missionary zeal, encouraged new ways of thinking about "religion", which challenged the existing terminology concerning "religion" (terms lex, secta, fides, ritus). Analyses of missionary terminology and descriptions of various "religions" reveals a tendency to implicitly accept general comparability of Christianity with non-Christian traditions. Not in terms of truthfulness, however in terms of typology -- Christianity comes to replace and upgrade previous ways of life. In this context the question of relationship between religious practice (religion as worship) and faith (religion as system of beliefs) becomes very important. The question of (non)reception of missionary thinking about "religion" within European audience is also briefly outlined. (English)
K1 Christian Missions
K1 Faith
K1 History of Christian missions
K1 History of religion
K1 Interment
K1 Middle Ages
K1 Religion
K1 Typology (Theology)
K1 Burial Customs
K1 Culto
K1 Fede
K1 medioevo
K1 missioni cristiane
K1 pratiche di sepoltura
K1 religione
K1 Worship