Numen (journal)

Numen (journal)
Numen: International Review for the History of Religions  
Discipline religion
Language English
Edited by Olav Hammer
Publication details
Publisher Brill Publishers (The Netherlands)
Indexing
ISSN 0029-5973 (print)
1568-5276 (web)
Links

Numen is an academic journal on the history of religions, published by Brill Publishers in Leiden, The Netherlands. It publishes non-confessional articles on the history of all religions, of all regions and times, as well as papers discussing theoretical innovations in the study of religion and reflective studies on the history of the discipline. The journal also publishes review articles and book reviews.

The current editors (2009) are Olav Hammer, University of Southern Denmark, and Greg Alles, McDaniel College. The book review editor is Ingvild Gilhus, University of Bergen.



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Numen — For the academic journal, see Numen (journal). Numina redirects here. For the musician, see Jesse Sola. Not to be confused with Noumena. Ancient Roman religion …   Wikipedia

  • Хаммер, Олаф — В Википедии есть статьи о других людях с такой фамилией, см. Хаммер. Олаф Хаммер Olav Hammer Дата рождения: 1958 год(1958) Место рождения: Гангофен …   Википедия

  • Glossary of ancient Roman religion — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Ancient Roman religion …   Wikipedia

  • Imperial cult (ancient Rome) — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …   Wikipedia

  • Quintus Valerius Soranus — (b. circa 140–130 B.C.?, [Conrad Cichorius, “Zur Lebensgeschichte des Valerius Soranus,” Hermes 41 (1906), p. 67; American Journal of Philology 28 (1907) 468.] d. 82 B.C.) was a Latin poet, grammarian, and tribune of the people in the Late Roman… …   Wikipedia

  • Jesus myth theory — The Resurrection of Christ by Noel Coypel (1700). Jesus myth theorists see this as one of a number of stories about dying and rising gods. Description The …   Wikipedia

  • Mithraic Mysteries — Top: Mithras killing the bull, being looked over by the Sun god and the Moon goddess. Bottom: Mithras banqueting with the Sun god.] The Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras (also Mithraism) was a Roman mystery religion which became popular… …   Wikipedia

  • Human sacrifice — is the act of homicide (the killing of one or several human beings) in the context of a religious ritual (ritual killing). Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals (animal sacrifice) and of religious… …   Wikipedia

  • Mithraic mysteries — Double faced Mithraic relief. Rome, 2nd to 3rd century AD. Louvre Museum The Mithraic Mysteries were a mystery religion practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The name of the Persian god Mithra, adapted into Greek… …   Wikipedia

  • Herbert of Cherbury (Lord) and the Cambridge Platonists — Lord Herbert of Cherbury and the Cambridge Platonists Sarah Hutton The philosophy of Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1582/3–1648) and of the Cambridge Platonists exemplifies the continuities of seventeenth century thought with Renaissance philosophy.… …   History of philosophy

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”