Evolutionism and Early Nineteenth-Century Histories of Religions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4779537 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur Mccalla (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-40 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1006/reli.1997.0086 |
| OpenAlex | W2062035523 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
Evolutionism influenced the study of religion long before Darwin. Histories of religions feature prominently in the metaphysical philosophies of history of the Romantic period; these philosophies of history, in turn, draw on an essence-and-development concept of evolution constructed within eighteenth-century biological preformationism and theosophy.1Preformationist and theosophical evolutionisms posit physiological and spiritual development of humanity. Ballanche and Schelling show how Romantic philosophers of history applied essence-and-development evolutionisms to history, to humanity and to God. For both Ballanche and Schelling, history is the unfolding in time of the essence of humanity; for both, the history of religions provides empirical corroboration for the metaphysical order underlying history. Eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century essence-and-development evolutionism historicized, and thereby reconceptualised, Christian providentialism, soteriology and theodicy. Historians of the study of religions have insufficiently appreciated this fact, both historiographically and methodologically
Epistemology · Evolutionism · History of religions · Humanity · Intellectual history · Metaphysics · Soteriology · Theology · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |