BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ceres.rub.de//events//
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Lunchbox Lecture by Imke Rath
DTSTART:20180605T101500Z
DTEND:20180605T114500Z
DTSTAMP:20260504T155300Z
UID:lunchbox-lecture-imke-rath-4948@ceres.rub.de
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:Lunchbox Lecture presented by KHK Visiting Research Fellow Imk
 e Rath\n\nThe presentation will relate the presenter's research on an anci
 ent Philippine religion to the KHK concept of the transcendence/immanence-
 distinction (TID). It is led by the question on how to deal with descripti
 ons of transcendent phenomena of this Philippine religion produced by obse
 rvers who had a clearly different (Early Modern Catholic) idea of the TID.
  Based on three examples\, it will be shown how this distinct TID influenc
 ed not only the descriptions in the sources\, but in some cases even the c
 urrent understanding of certain phenomena of this Philippine religion. In 
 the first example\, it will be discussed how the classification of various
  religious figures and beings as witches equalized Philippine priests with
  transcendent mythological beings and anthropomorphized Philippine ghosts.
  The second example focuses on the liminal moment of transition from imman
 ence to transcendence by analyzing descriptions of rituals. This leads to 
 the third example on the understanding of death and the concept of soul. I
 n this regard\, it will be demonstrated how a comparative study of Oceanic
  ideas of the essence of mankind and life after death inspires to a new in
 terpretation of sources\, providing an alternative view to the Christian u
 nderstanding of the soul presented by the Early Modern observers.
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/lunchbox-lecture-imke-rath/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR