Laura Feldt
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 311896 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Laura Feldt |
| NOMBRES | Laura |
| APELLIDO | Feldt |
| FIRMA | FELDT L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7264-2542 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Religion as a Social Kind
This essay critically discusses Stanley Stowers’s History and the Study of Religion (2024) as a bold criticism of antirealist and constructivist approaches and therefore a contribution to a realist turn in the study of religions. It interrogates the validity of its theoretical cornerstone of “religion as a social kind” and its distinction of religious “subkinds”. Moreover, the essay highlights the methodological strengths of Stowers’s critique of…
Training for total devotion
This article analyses ideals of total devotion in the Hebrew Bible, concentrating on the book of Deuteronomy. Understanding total devotion as an intense, emotional, and total relationship between a god and the worshippers, the analysis spotlights Deuteronomy 6-7, investigating emotion expressions used of the relation between the deity and Israel, their narrative embedding, and how narrativity stimulates and sustains emotions. I argue that the ide…
Total devotion in the ancient world
Surveying the research field of radical religion, this article identifies major trends that have focused on radical beliefs, marginalisation, and societal relations. The article suggests that to understand radical religion in more depth, the focus on radical beliefs and exterior relations in radical religion research should be supplemented by addressing group-internal ideals of devotion and the role of emotionality and narrativity. I argue that t…
Forord
Forord
Vildmænd fra Gilgameš til Galliens skovhelte
Artiklen gennemgår aspekter af Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensens analyser af Gilgameš-eposets morale og analyserer aspekter af eposets introduktion, der peger i en anden retning. På den baggrund argumenterer jeg for at Gilgameš-eposets og Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensens formative kraft ligger i deres stadig afsøgen af nye horisonter
Jul og det øvrige kultsystem i Danmark
Denne artikels udgangspunkt er Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensens lille, men eminente strukturalistiske artikel “Jul, julefrokost og nytår - en ritualanalyse". På denne baggrund samt et lidt overset element i Émile Durkheims analyse af oprindelig australsk religion forsøger denne artikel at udvide Hans Jørgens analyse til at inkludere det samlede typiske danske sæt af ritualer inklusive familiefester som fødselsdage, dåb, konfirmation, bryllup og begra…
Destruction, Death, and Drama
This article analyzes active strategies for dismantling religion and discusses their role in religion demise. The aim is to throw light on how the dramatic and violent narratives of religion demolition stemming from different religious groups factor into processes and understandings of demise. I focus on religious change in the Hebrew Bible, analyzing aspects of two narratives that thematize an active dismantling of religious practices: (1) the s…
Total Devotion
The demise and disappearance of religions are processes rarely analysed or theorised in depth in the study of religions. This article engages the discussion of how religious traditions disappear by focusing on religious demise as an active process and suggests that this can also teach us about religious persistence. Using memory and emotion perspectives, I focus on processes of religious change in Judaism in the Persian-Hellenistic era by analysi…
Religion og medier i et religionsvidenskabeligt perspektiv
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The religion and media field has grown strongly as an academic subject in recent years, especially regarding studies of religion in contemporary mass media, TV, film, internet, social media etc., and in relation to popular culture. Scholars of religion have also begun to pay attention to the important role that media, mediation, and mediatization have played in the history of religions. It is this growing awareness that we wish …
Religion, fantasyfilm og fantastiske væsener
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article discusses the nexus of religion and media on the basis of an analysis of one example of religion in popular culture: the expansion of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001) and the subsequent film by the same title connected to the book (directed by David Yates, screenplay by J.K. Rowling 2016). I present a study of religion-based, media-focused approach to film…
Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in the History of Christianity
"Marginal figures, from heretics, ascetics and mystics to saints, visionaries and witches have played key roles in decisive mutations of religious authority in the history of different forms of Christianity. This book offers new theoretical perspectives on the theme of marginality in a series of in-depth case studies of marginal figures and forms of marginality. It presents a distinction between social marginality, often resulting from social exc…
Myth
A History of Pregnancy in Christianity
Religion, Nature, and Ambiguous Space in Ancient Mesopotamia
This article discusses the nexus of religion and nature by means of an investigation of the mountain wilderness space in ancient Mesopotamia. Drawing inspiration from theories of social space and the field of religion and nature, it pays special attention to the mediality of the sources embedding the wilderness space by analyzing the literary-narrative form of a set of Old Babylonian, Sumerian religious narratives related to the deities Inana and…
Contemporary fantasy fiction and representations of religion
Often fiction and religion have been seen as separate moments or genres, but recent encounters between the two fields – such as fiction-based religions or religious controversies with regard to works of fiction – show that a thorough discussion of the religious in the fictional and the fictional in the religious is important. It may be consequential for what we understand religion to be in the study of religions today. The fantasy genre, with its…
Ancient Wilderness Mythologies—The Case of Space and Religious Identity Formation in the Gospel of Matthew
This article discusses the nexus of religion and wilderness by analyzing the reception and transformation of wilderness mythology from The Hebrew Bible in early Christian literature. It focuses on the impact of the Torah wilderness space on religious identity formation in the gospel of Matthew. Drawing on theories of social space and narrativity, the article compares the Torah wilderness space with that of Matthew and argues that wilderness mytho…
Harry Potter and Contemporary Magic
This article discusses the reasons for the religious reactions to the Harry Potter novels, arguing that the books contribute to, and reflect, the reconfiguration of religion in contemporary society. The article analyses the media qualities of fantasy literature and the specific representation of magic in the novels and argues that these aspects form an important part of the reasons for the religious reactions. Fantasy literature and other popular…
Wilderness in mythology and religion
Wilderness mythology is one of the most abiding creations in the history of religions, and yet it has not previously been subject to scrutiny or theorizing from a cross-cultural, "study-of-religions perspective". This book addresses the need for cross-cultural anthropological and history of religions analyses by offering in-depth case studies of the use and functions of wilderness spaces in diverse religions. It offers new theoretical perspective…
Religious narrative and the literary fantastic
This paper presents a perspective for the analysis of the literary form of myth drawn from literary-critical theories of the fantastic and fantasy. The aim is to demonstrate the value of such analyses for understanding what a religious narrative is and what it does – as an addition to existing approaches (phenomenological, historical, structuralist, formalist, and so on.) To achieve this aim, the paper presents a fantasy-theoretical case study of…
Monstrøsitet som kulturel og religiøs diskurs
The present contribution attempts to understand and interpret the significance of monstrosity, a well-attested phenomenon in the history of religions. First, monstrosity is interpreted as a mode of cultural discourse pertaining to boundaries and the construction of cultural categories. Its social function is understood along the theories of Girard. The presented view, however, suffers from a lack of adequacy. It neither explains the use of monste…
Contemporary fantasy fiction and representations of religion
Often fiction and religion have been seen as separate moments or genres, but recent encounters between the two fields – such as fiction-based religions or religious controversies with regard to works of fiction – show that a thorough discussion of the religious in the fictional and the fictional in the religious is important. It may be consequential for what we understand religion to be in the study of religions today. The fantasy genre, with its…
Harry Potter and Contemporary Magic
This article discusses the reasons for the religious reactions to the Harry Potter novels, arguing that the books contribute to, and reflect, the reconfiguration of religion in contemporary society. The article analyses the media qualities of fantasy literature and the specific representation of magic in the novels and argues that these aspects form an important part of the reasons for the religious reactions. Fantasy literature and other popular…
Religious narrative and the literary fantastic
This paper presents a perspective for the analysis of the literary form of myth drawn from literary-critical theories of the fantastic and fantasy. The aim is to demonstrate the value of such analyses for understanding what a religious narrative is and what it does – as an addition to existing approaches (phenomenological, historical, structuralist, formalist, and so on.) To achieve this aim, the paper presents a fantasy-theoretical case study of…
Total devotion in the ancient world
Surveying the research field of radical religion, this article identifies major trends that have focused on radical beliefs, marginalisation, and societal relations. The article suggests that to understand radical religion in more depth, the focus on radical beliefs and exterior relations in radical religion research should be supplemented by addressing group-internal ideals of devotion and the role of emotionality and narrativity. I argue that t…
Training for total devotion
This article analyses ideals of total devotion in the Hebrew Bible, concentrating on the book of Deuteronomy. Understanding total devotion as an intense, emotional, and total relationship between a god and the worshippers, the analysis spotlights Deuteronomy 6-7, investigating emotion expressions used of the relation between the deity and Israel, their narrative embedding, and how narrativity stimulates and sustains emotions. I argue that the ide…
Total Devotion
The demise and disappearance of religions are processes rarely analysed or theorised in depth in the study of religions. This article engages the discussion of how religious traditions disappear by focusing on religious demise as an active process and suggests that this can also teach us about religious persistence. Using memory and emotion perspectives, I focus on processes of religious change in Judaism in the Persian-Hellenistic era by analysi…
Religion og medier i et religionsvidenskabeligt perspektiv
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The religion and media field has grown strongly as an academic subject in recent years, especially regarding studies of religion in contemporary mass media, TV, film, internet, social media etc., and in relation to popular culture. Scholars of religion have also begun to pay attention to the important role that media, mediation, and mediatization have played in the history of religions. It is this growing awareness that we wish …
Religion, Nature, and Ambiguous Space in Ancient Mesopotamia
This article discusses the nexus of religion and nature by means of an investigation of the mountain wilderness space in ancient Mesopotamia. Drawing inspiration from theories of social space and the field of religion and nature, it pays special attention to the mediality of the sources embedding the wilderness space by analyzing the literary-narrative form of a set of Old Babylonian, Sumerian religious narratives related to the deities Inana and…
Destruction, Death, and Drama
This article analyzes active strategies for dismantling religion and discusses their role in religion demise. The aim is to throw light on how the dramatic and violent narratives of religion demolition stemming from different religious groups factor into processes and understandings of demise. I focus on religious change in the Hebrew Bible, analyzing aspects of two narratives that thematize an active dismantling of religious practices: (1) the s…
Monstrøsitet som kulturel og religiøs diskurs
The present contribution attempts to understand and interpret the significance of monstrosity, a well-attested phenomenon in the history of religions. First, monstrosity is interpreted as a mode of cultural discourse pertaining to boundaries and the construction of cultural categories. Its social function is understood along the theories of Girard. The presented view, however, suffers from a lack of adequacy. It neither explains the use of monste…
Religious narrative and the literary fantastic
This paper presents a perspective for the analysis of the literary form of myth drawn from literary-critical theories of the fantastic and fantasy. The aim is to demonstrate the value of such analyses for understanding what a religious narrative is and what it does – as an addition to existing approaches (phenomenological, historical, structuralist, formalist, and so on.) To achieve this aim, the paper presents a fantasy-theoretical case study of…
Wilderness in mythology and religion
Wilderness mythology is one of the most abiding creations in the history of religions, and yet it has not previously been subject to scrutiny or theorizing from a cross-cultural, "study-of-religions perspective". This book addresses the need for cross-cultural anthropological and history of religions analyses by offering in-depth case studies of the use and functions of wilderness spaces in diverse religions. It offers new theoretical perspective…
Ancient Wilderness Mythologies—The Case of Space and Religious Identity Formation in the Gospel of Matthew
This article discusses the nexus of religion and wilderness by analyzing the reception and transformation of wilderness mythology from The Hebrew Bible in early Christian literature. It focuses on the impact of the Torah wilderness space on religious identity formation in the gospel of Matthew. Drawing on theories of social space and narrativity, the article compares the Torah wilderness space with that of Matthew and argues that wilderness mytho…
Harry Potter and Contemporary Magic
This article discusses the reasons for the religious reactions to the Harry Potter novels, arguing that the books contribute to, and reflect, the reconfiguration of religion in contemporary society. The article analyses the media qualities of fantasy literature and the specific representation of magic in the novels and argues that these aspects form an important part of the reasons for the religious reactions. Fantasy literature and other popular…
Religion, Nature, and Ambiguous Space in Ancient Mesopotamia
This article discusses the nexus of religion and nature by means of an investigation of the mountain wilderness space in ancient Mesopotamia. Drawing inspiration from theories of social space and the field of religion and nature, it pays special attention to the mediality of the sources embedding the wilderness space by analyzing the literary-narrative form of a set of Old Babylonian, Sumerian religious narratives related to the deities Inana and…
Contemporary fantasy fiction and representations of religion
Often fiction and religion have been seen as separate moments or genres, but recent encounters between the two fields – such as fiction-based religions or religious controversies with regard to works of fiction – show that a thorough discussion of the religious in the fictional and the fictional in the religious is important. It may be consequential for what we understand religion to be in the study of religions today. The fantasy genre, with its…
Myth
A History of Pregnancy in Christianity
Marginality, Media, and Mutations of Religious Authority in the History of Christianity
"Marginal figures, from heretics, ascetics and mystics to saints, visionaries and witches have played key roles in decisive mutations of religious authority in the history of different forms of Christianity. This book offers new theoretical perspectives on the theme of marginality in a series of in-depth case studies of marginal figures and forms of marginality. It presents a distinction between social marginality, often resulting from social exc…
Total Devotion
The demise and disappearance of religions are processes rarely analysed or theorised in depth in the study of religions. This article engages the discussion of how religious traditions disappear by focusing on religious demise as an active process and suggests that this can also teach us about religious persistence. Using memory and emotion perspectives, I focus on processes of religious change in Judaism in the Persian-Hellenistic era by analysi…
Religion og medier i et religionsvidenskabeligt perspektiv
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The religion and media field has grown strongly as an academic subject in recent years, especially regarding studies of religion in contemporary mass media, TV, film, internet, social media etc., and in relation to popular culture. Scholars of religion have also begun to pay attention to the important role that media, mediation, and mediatization have played in the history of religions. It is this growing awareness that we wish …
Religion, fantasyfilm og fantastiske væsener
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This article discusses the nexus of religion and media on the basis of an analysis of one example of religion in popular culture: the expansion of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2001) and the subsequent film by the same title connected to the book (directed by David Yates, screenplay by J.K. Rowling 2016). I present a study of religion-based, media-focused approach to film…
Destruction, Death, and Drama
This article analyzes active strategies for dismantling religion and discusses their role in religion demise. The aim is to throw light on how the dramatic and violent narratives of religion demolition stemming from different religious groups factor into processes and understandings of demise. I focus on religious change in the Hebrew Bible, analyzing aspects of two narratives that thematize an active dismantling of religious practices: (1) the s…
Forord
Forord
Vildmænd fra Gilgameš til Galliens skovhelte
Artiklen gennemgår aspekter af Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensens analyser af Gilgameš-eposets morale og analyserer aspekter af eposets introduktion, der peger i en anden retning. På den baggrund argumenterer jeg for at Gilgameš-eposets og Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensens formative kraft ligger i deres stadig afsøgen af nye horisonter
Jul og det øvrige kultsystem i Danmark
Denne artikels udgangspunkt er Hans Jørgen Lundager Jensens lille, men eminente strukturalistiske artikel “Jul, julefrokost og nytår - en ritualanalyse". På denne baggrund samt et lidt overset element i Émile Durkheims analyse af oprindelig australsk religion forsøger denne artikel at udvide Hans Jørgens analyse til at inkludere det samlede typiske danske sæt af ritualer inklusive familiefester som fødselsdage, dåb, konfirmation, bryllup og begra…
Training for total devotion
This article analyses ideals of total devotion in the Hebrew Bible, concentrating on the book of Deuteronomy. Understanding total devotion as an intense, emotional, and total relationship between a god and the worshippers, the analysis spotlights Deuteronomy 6-7, investigating emotion expressions used of the relation between the deity and Israel, their narrative embedding, and how narrativity stimulates and sustains emotions. I argue that the ide…
Total devotion in the ancient world
Surveying the research field of radical religion, this article identifies major trends that have focused on radical beliefs, marginalisation, and societal relations. The article suggests that to understand radical religion in more depth, the focus on radical beliefs and exterior relations in radical religion research should be supplemented by addressing group-internal ideals of devotion and the role of emotionality and narrativity. I argue that t…
Religion as a Social Kind
This essay critically discusses Stanley Stowers’s History and the Study of Religion (2024) as a bold criticism of antirealist and constructivist approaches and therefore a contribution to a realist turn in the study of religions. It interrogates the validity of its theoretical cornerstone of “religion as a social kind” and its distinction of religious “subkinds”. Moreover, the essay highlights the methodological strengths of Stowers’s critique of…
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