Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe

Volkhard Krech, Professor of Religious Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, is Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe". Krech’s main research interests are related to the theory of religion and history of religions, religious pluralization and globalization, religion and violence, and history of the science of religion.Marion Steinicke, Ph. D. in Religious Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, is Science Manager of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg at Ruhr-University Bochum. She has published on Medieval European travels to the Far East and ritual inventions of the Italian Trecento. Her current research regards the Jesuit Mission in China.

"[..] the theoretical part of this book [..] can be thought provoking [for] both scholars of religion and those with a more general interest in contextual comparative studies [..] [T]he empirical chapters of this book should not be neglected. The wide range of approaches, themes and geographical areas covered make an engaging read for area scholars as well as anthropologists, ensuring a diverse and inspiring read." - Carolina Ivanescu, independent scholar, in: Comparative Sociology 14 (2015), 715–719

• Contributors include: Marion Steinicke, Volkhard Krech, Peter Wick, Victor H. Mair, Heiner Roetz, Patrick Olivelle, Jens Schlieter, Guy Stroumsa, Sarah Stroumsa, Nikolas Jaspert, Michael Lecker, John Tolan, Eun-jeung Lee, Michael Lackner, Stephen C. Berkwitz, Sven Bretfeld, Lucian Hölscher, Jan Assmann, Robert Ford Campany, Russell McCutcheon, Tim H. Barrett, Francesca Tarocco, Ronald M. Davidson, Markus Zehnder, Aslam Syed, Marion Eggert, Peter Schalk, Peter Beyer, Ian Reader, José Casanova, Heinz Georg Held