Religiöse Vielfalt ist nicht erst eine Erscheinung der westlichen Moderne.

This volume is a collection of interdisciplinary contributions concerning a number of case examples of religious deviance and the cultural dynamics inherently found in such deviance. It is complemented by systematic inquiries with empirical case studies. Even in early times there were many instances of places on the planet where any number of religions existed side by side. Yet the religion of others was often deemed deviant or even stigmatized as nonconformist. The contributors to this volume come from many different fields such as religious studies, sociology, Sinology and Jewish studies. They report from their respective research vantage points and use case examples from the past and present to determine how, under what circumstances, for what reasons, and with what consequences religious plurality was considered a problem.

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Dr. Edith Franke ist Professorin für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft an der Universität Marburg. Dr. phil. Christoph Kleine ist Professor für Religionsgeschichte am Religionswissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Leipzig. Dr. Heinz Mürmel ist Lehrbeauftragter für Religionssoziologie am Religionswissenschaftlichen Institut der Universität Leipzig.