The Torment of Secrecy
Ethical and Epistemological Problems in the Study of Esoteric Traditions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3973841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hugh B Urban (0000-0003-1514-7817, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 209-248 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2710 • E-ISSN: 1545-6935 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/463503 |
| OpenAlex | W2079859560 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
Folklore · Legitimacy · Political science · Secrecy · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Chinese history and philosophy · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Classics · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious Studies
The Place of Devotion
State Secrecy
From Tumor to Trophy
Signifying the Street in Outbound Rites
For the Love of Language
The Rhetorical Devices of the Keepers of State Secrets
Conclusion
What Is Candomblé
Secret Sits in the Middle
Public Candomblé
Slaves and Secrets
Public Space to Secret Place
Extraction of Mantras
New Approaches to the Study of Esotericism
Making Sense of Karāmāt
Esoteric Theravada Buddhism in Burma/Myanmar
Conserving the ‘Container’ of Tantric Secrecy
Issues in Accessing a Gurdjieffian Tradition
Orientalism in Iamblichus' The Mysteries
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, But Oaths are for Horses
Regulating Visibility
Hidden or Forbidden, Elected or Rejected
Making a Place To Take a Stand
Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective
Esoteric Practices in a Reflexive and Critical Perspective
Esotericism and Religious Studies
Explaining the Unknowable’
Terrorism
Songs of Ecstasy
Dis/unity of Knowledge
Secrecy and Display in the Quest for Transcendence in China, ca. 220 BCE–350 CE
The Genre, Games, and Gender
Hiding in Plain Sight
A Secret both Sinister and Salvific
Fair Game
Secrets, Gossip, and Gods
Harun al‐Rashid and the Terrorists
The Place of Devotion
Secretism and the Apotheosis of Duvalier
States of secrecy
Latter-Day Saint Liturgy
Allah has spoken to us
Reverse-engineering 'esotericism
ReimaginingTaqiyya
The Marketplace and the Temple
"Establishing Lineage Legitimacy and Building Labrang Monastery as "the Source of Dharma
I Am Afraid of Telling You This, Lest You'd Be Scared Shitless
Spiritual Capital
| Unique citing works | 48 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,85 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 46 |