Vollenweider, Samuel (1995). Reinkarnation – ein abendländisches Erbstück. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie, 47:141-158.
This essay investigates reincarnation as one of the oldest parts of western intellectual history. The author focuses on the conceptions of the journey of the soul in late antique Platonism, in gnosticism, and in Origen and his school. He concludes by showing the differences between western and oriental reincarnation teachings as well as between reincarnation and the Christian message of the resurrection.
This essay investigates reincarnation as one of the oldest parts of western intellectual history. The author focuses on the conceptions of the journey of the soul in late antique Platonism, in gnosticism, and in Origen and his school. He concludes by showing the differences between western and oriental reincarnation teachings as well as between reincarnation and the Christian message of the resurrection.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, not_refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 01 Faculty of Theology > Institute of Theology |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 230 Christianity & Christian theology |
| Language: | German |
| Date: | 1995 |
| Deposited On: | 23 Dec 2013 09:49 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jan 2022 02:24 |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| ISSN: | 1437-7160 |
| OA Status: | Green |
| Free access at: | Related URL. An embargo period may apply. |
Vollenweider, Samuel