24 études dans lesquelles les contributeurs abordent les aspects religieux, philosophiques et artistiques de l'initiation. Ils étudient notamment sa place dans le christianisme et sa représentation au théâtre ou dans la littérature européenne moderne. ©Electre 2026

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The present volume offers an interdisciplinary collection of twenty-four studies to readers interested in the religious, philosophical and artistic aspects of initiation. In itself, the concept of initiation presupposes that there is an initiator, someone to be initiated, and a secret rite or knowledge - in short, a mystery - into which the elect few would be admitted and which must not be revealed to the rest. Initiation is thus very personal, as it encompasses - in Christian theology at least - an encounter with God but also involves a communal experience.

While in a European context, initiation is an essentially Christian idea, not all the papers of the present volume turn to the Christian tradition for sources. Hermetism, Neoplatonism, pre-Christian paganism and Renaissance esotericism also find a place among the studies published here. Religion and philosophy are not the only viewpoints adopted by our authors, however ; the section on art and literature discusses initiation as it appears on stage, in novels, short stories, and drama as well as poetry, especially in modern European literature.

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Paru le : 14/09/2020

Thématique : Prières et liturgie Histoire des religions du monde, Dictionnaires

Auteur(s) : Non précisé.

Éditeur(s) : L'Harmattan
Kàroli Gàspàr University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

Collection(s) : Collection Karoli

Contributeur(s) : Directeur de publication : Aniko Daroczi - Directeur de publication : Enikö Sepsi - Directeur de publication : Miklos Vassanyi

Série(s) : Non précisé.

ISBN : 978-2-343-20654-7

EAN13 : 9782343206547

Reliure : Broché

Pages : 351

Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 16.0 cm

Épaisseur: 2.0 cm

Poids: 585 g