Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Interfaculty Programme for the Study of Religion

2018

Yelle, Robert A. (November 2018): Sovereignty and the sacred. Secularism and the political economy of religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Forthcoming]

2016

Stiegler, Kathrin (30. September 2016): Sport und Judentum. Differenzprozesse dargestellt am Beispiel Gretel Bergmann 1936. Bachelor, Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. [PDF, 508kB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2016): Semiotics. In: Stausberg, Michael; Engler, Steven (eds.) : The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press.

2015

Koch, Anne; Binder, Stefan (16. November 2015): Holistic Medicine between Religion and Science. A Secularist Construction of Spiritual Healing in Medical Literature. In: Journal of Religion in Europe, Vol. 6, No. 1: pp. 1-34 [PDF, 892kB]

Yelle, Robert A. (26. May 2015): Corporate veil or wall of separation?

Yelle, Robert A. (2015): Imagining sacrifice. Secular politics and the invention of a religious phenomenon. International Association for the History of Religions, August 2015, Erfurt.

Yelle, Robert A. (2015): Integrating the material, bodily, and sensual into the study of religion. International Association for the History of Religions, August 2015, Erfurt.

Yelle, Robert A. (2015): Social transcendence. Connecting anomie and sovereignty. Interpreting Transcendence: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, 18.06.2015 – 19.06.2015, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.

Yelle, Robert A. (November 2015): The Nay Science. A history of German Indology. Review Symposium on Adluri and Bagchee, November 2015, Dharma Association of North America.

Yelle, Robert A. (2015): Imagining the Hebrew republic. Christian genealogies of religious freedom. In: Fallers Sullivan, Winnifred; Shakman Hurd, Elizabeth; Mahmood, Saba; Danchin, Peter (eds.) : Politics of Religious Freedom. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. pp. 17-28

2014

Exner, Sabine (9. July 2014): Sexuelle Identitäten im orthodoxen Judentum der Moderne am Beispiel des Rabbiners Steven Greenberg. Master Thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Koch, Anne (2014): Review essay: Religion und Wirtschaft: Endlich wieder gemeinsam im Blick? J. Stolz, J.C. Usunier (Hg.), Religions as Brands. New Perspectives on the Marketization of Religion and Spirituality, Farnham 2014. – F. Gauthier, T. Martikainen (Hg.), Religion in the Neoliberal Age. Political Economy and Modes of Governance, Farnham 2013. – F. Gauthier, T. Martikainen (Hg.), Religion and Consumer Culture, Farnham 2013. In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft, Vol. 22, No. 2: pp. 402-412 [PDF, 669kB]

Koch, Anne (2014): Ganzheitsmedizin zwischen Religion und Wissenschaft. Heilen „zwischen" Religion und Wissenschaft. In: Utsch, Michael (ed.) : Spirituelle Lebenshilfe. EZW-Texte, Vol. 229. Berlin: Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen. pp. 7-19 [PDF, 1MB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2014): Coda and counterpoint. Author's response to review symposium on semiotics of religion: Signs of the sacred in history. In: Religion : a journal of religion and religions, Vol. 44, No. 1: pp. 148-163

Yelle, Robert A. (2014): Secular blasphemies. Symbolic offense in modern democracy. In: Grenda, Christopher S.; Beneke, Chris; Nash, David (eds.) : Profane: Sacrilegious Expression in a Multicultural Age. Oakland: University of California Press. pp. 141-166

2013

Kunas, Markus (September 2013): THE DANCING SANGHA. Die 5 Rhythmen als holistische Körpertechnik zwischen Tanz, Therapie und spätmoderner Spiritualität. Master of Arts, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Yelle, Robert A. (2013): Semiotics of religion. Signs of the sacred in history. London: Continuum International Publ. Group.

Yelle, Robert A. (2013): The language of disenchantment. Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India. New York: Oxford University Press.

Yelle, Robert A. (2013): Spiritual economies beyond the sacred/secular paradigm. Or, What did religious freedom mean in ancient India? In: Beaman, Lori; Sullivan, Winnifred (eds.) : Varieties of Religious Establishments. Farnham: Ashgate. pp. 15-32

2012

Burger, Kim (March 2012): Kraftorte als Ausdruck religiöser Selbstermächtigung. Master of Arts, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Pöhler, Laura (July 2012): HIV and AIDS in the context of South African indigenous religious Discourse. Master of Arts, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Yelle, Robert A. (4. June 2012): Christian genealogies of religious freedom.

Yelle, Robert A. (2012): Comparative religion as cultural combat: Occidentalism and relativism in Rajiv Malhotra’s Being Different. [Review of] Malhotra, Rajiv: Being Different. An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism. - Noida: Harpercollins India, 2013. In: International Journal of Hindu Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3: pp. 335-348

Yelle, Robert A. (13. January 2012): Semiotic approaches to religion.

Yelle, Robert A. (2012): [Review of] Brad Gregory, The unintended reformation. How a religious revolution secularized society. - Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 2012. In: Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, Vol. 81: pp. 918-924

Yelle, Robert A. (2012): [Rezension zu] Padoux, André: Tantric mantras. Studies on Mantrasastra. - New York: Routledge, 2011. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 38, No. 4: p. 257

2011

Yelle, Robert A.; Fallers Sullivan, Winnfred; Taussig-Rubbo, Matteo (eds.) (2011): After secular law. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Law Books.

Koch, Anne (2011): Kapitalismen, Modernen und religiöses Ethos. Methodisches zur Erforschung von Religion und Ökonomie. In: Hochgeschwender, Michael; Löffler, Bernhard (eds.) : Religion, Moral und liberaler Markt. Bielefeld: transcript. pp. 27-54 [PDF, 2MB]

Koch, Anne; Meissner, Karin (2011): Psychische und vegetative Effekte des geistigen Heilens in ihrem rituellen und religionsgeschichtlichen Kontext. Zwei exemplarische Falldarstellungen. In: Büssing, Arndt (ed.) : Spiritualität transdisziplinär. Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 145-165 [PDF, 2MB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2011): The Hindu Moses. Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law under colonialism. In: History of religions : an international journal for comparative historical studies, Vol. 49, No. 2: pp. 141-171

Yelle, Robert A. (2011): The end(s) of sacrifice. Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto as a Christian defense of colonialism. In: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. 23: pp. 82-89

Yelle, Robert A. (2011): [Rezension zu] Davis Jr., Donald: The spirit of Hindu law. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. In: History of religions : an international journal for comparative historical studies, Vol. 51, No. 2: pp. 183-185

Yelle, Robert A. (2011): Punishing puns. Etymology as linguistic ideology in Hindu and British traditions. In: Lindquist, Steven E. (ed.) : Religion and identity in South Asia and beyond. Essays in honor of Patrick Olivelle. Cultural, historical and textual studies of religion, London: Anthem Press. pp. 129-146

Yelle, Robert A. (2011): Semiotics. In: Stausberg, Michael; Engler, Steven (eds.) : The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion. London: Routledge. pp. 355-365

Yelle, Robert A. (2011): Moses’ veil. Secularization as Christian myth. In: Sullivan, Winnifred; Yelle, Robert A.; Taussig-Rubbo, Mateo (eds.) : After secular law. The cultural lives of law, Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 23-42

2010

Koch, Anne (2010): Verhexte Kreditkarten, arbeitende Zombies, sabotierende Geister. Gründe einer „Magie der Verzweiflung“ in der umstrittenen Moderne. In: Reder, Michael (ed.) : Religion und die umstrittene Moderne. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. pp. 22-42 [PDF, 1MB]

Koch, Anne; Schipper, Bernd U. (2010): Echnatons „Monotheismus“ – Rezeptionen Amarnas in den Wissenschaften. In: Tietze, Christian; Hornung, Erik (eds.) : Amarna. Weimar: Arcus-Verl.. pp. 296-305 [PDF, 173kB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2010): The trouble with transcendence. Carl Schmitt's "Exception" as a challenge for religious studies. In: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 22, No. 2-3: pp. 189-206

Yelle, Robert A. (2010): Hindu law as performance. Ritual and poetic rlements in Dharmasastra. In: Lubin, Timothy; Davis, Donald R.; Krishnan, Jayanth K. (eds.) : Hinduism and law. An introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 183-92

2009

Koch, Anne (2009): Die fünf beliebtesten üblen Nachreden auf Religionswissenschaft. In: Glasbrenner, Eva-Maria (ed.) : Einheit der Wirklichkeiten : Festschrift anlässlich des 60. Geburtstags von Michael von Brück. München: Manya-Verl. pp. 339-354 [PDF, 1MB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2009): Law and religion. In: Katz, Stanley N. (ed.) : The Oxford international encyclopedia of legal history. Vol. 4. Oxford: Oxford University Press

2008

Yelle, Robert A. (2008): [Rezension zu] Sørensen, Jesper: A cognitive theory of magic. - Lanham: AltaMira Press, 2007. In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 76, No. 2: pp. 527-531

2007

Koch, Anne (2007): Religion und Literatur als Medien einer Sozialethik und –kritik. Ein religionswissenschaftlicher Vergleich der christlichen Apokalypse mit Henning Mankells Krimi „Brandmauer". In: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte, Vol. 59, No. 2: pp. 155-174 [PDF, 140kB]

Koch, Anne (2007): Zur Interdependenz von Religion und Wirtschaft. Religionsökonomische Perspektiven. In: Held, Martin (ed.) : Ökonomie und Religion. Jahrbuch normative und institutionelle Grundfragen der Ökonomik, Vol. 6. Marburg: Metropolis-Verlag. pp. 39-64 [PDF, 214kB]

Koch, Anne (2007): Die Religionswissenschaft als Theorienschmiede der Kulturwissenschaften. Religionsökonomische und kognitionswissenschaftliche Zugänge im Test. In: Koch, Anne (ed.) : Watchtower Religionswissenschaft. Marburg: Diagonal-Verlag. pp. 33-52 [PDF, 176kB]

Koch, Anne (2007): Zu diesem Band. Religionswissenschaft auf den watchtower! In: Koch, Anne (ed.) : Watchtower Religionswissenschaft. Marburg: Diagonal-Verlag. pp. 7-14 [PDF, 138kB]

Tillessen, Petra (December 2007): Stonehenge: Kultstätte – Weltkulturerbe – Ausflugsziel? Eine religionswissenschaftliche Analyse von Deutungs- und Nutzungsaushandlungen. Master of Arts, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Yelle, Robert A. (2007): [Rezension zu] Wadley, Susan Snow: Raja Nal and the Goddess: The North Indian epic Dhola in performance. - Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2004. In: International Journal of Hindu Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3: pp. 347-348

2006

Koch, Anne (2006): Wie Medizin und Heilsein wieder verwischen. Ethische Plausibilisierungsmuster des Ayurveda im Westen. In: Zeitschrift für medizinische Ethik, Vol. 52, No. 2: pp. 169-182 [PDF, 82kB]

Koch, Anne (2006): »Religionshybride« Gegenwart. Religionswissenschaftliche Analyse anhand des Harry-Potter-Phänomens. In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft, Vol. 14, No. 1: pp. 1-23 [PDF, 178kB]

Koch, Anne (2006): Ayurveda. Zur Attraktivität eines alternativen Heilsystems. In: Wetzstein, Verena (ed.) : Was macht uns gesund? Freiburg i. Br.: Verlag der Katholischen Akadademie der Erzdiözese Freiburg. pp. 57-75 [PDF, 75kB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2006): The rhetoric of gesture in cross-cultural perspective. In: Gesture, Vol. 6, No. 2: pp. 223-240

Yelle, Robert A. (2006): To perform or not to perform? A theory of ritual performance versus cognitive theories of religious transmission. In: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 18, No. 4: pp. 372-91

Yelle, Robert A. (2006): Mantra. In: Stout, Daniel A. (ed.) : Encyclopedia of religion, communication, and media. New York: Routledge

Yelle, Robert A. (2006): Law’s trouble with images. Fetishism and seduction from Athens and Jerusalem to Madison Avenue. In: Wagner, Anne; Pencak, William (eds.) : Images in Law. Aldershot: Ashgate. pp. 267-279

2005

Koch, Anne (2005): Spiritualisierung eines Heilwissens im lokalen religiösen Feld? Zur Formierung deutscher Ayurveden. In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft, Vol. 13, No. 1: pp. 21-44 [PDF, 204kB]

Schwager, Isabel (30. September 2005): Deutungsmuster von Schwangerschaft und Geburt im Kontext der gegenwärtigen Religionsgeschichte. Eine religionswissenschaftliche Untersuchung – illustriert anhand akuteller Ratgeberliteratur. Master of Arts, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Yelle, Robert A. (2005): Bentham's fictions. Canon and idolatry in the genealogy of law. In: Yale journal of law & the humanities, Vol. 17: pp. 151-179

Yelle, Robert A. (2005): Images of law and its others. Canon and idolatry in the discourse of British India. In: Culture and Religion, Vol. 6, No. 1: pp. 181-199

Yelle, Robert A. (2005): [Rezension zu] Frykenberg, Robert Eric: Christians and missionaries in India: Cross-cultural communication since 1500. - Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Pub., 2003. In: Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 35, No. 4: pp. 681-683

Yelle, Robert A. (2005): Ritual and religious language. In: Brown, Keith (ed.) : Encyclopedia of language and linguistics. Vol. 7. second revised edition. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 633-640

Yelle, Robert A. (2005): Law, religion and punishment. In: Huyssteen, Wentzel Van (ed.) : Encyclopedia of science and religion. Vol. 2. second edition. New York: Macmillan Reference. pp. 5371-5375

2004

Koch, Anne (2004): Intermediäre Leitern. Religionsästhetische Deutung eines Bildmotivs bei E. Schuhmacher, M. Beckmann, G. Segal, A. Kiefer. In: Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 55, No. 4: pp. 330-342 [PDF, 6MB]

2003

Koch, Anne (2003): Spirituelles Subjekt und unendliche Schuldigkeit. Religionsphilosophische Kritik an Levinas' Anthropologie. In: Philosophisches Jahrbuch, Vol. 110, No. 1: pp. 74-91 [PDF, 21MB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2003): Explaining mantras. Ritual, rhetoric, and the dream of a natural language in Hindu Tantra. Religion in history, society and culture, Vol. 3. New York: Routledge.

Yelle, Robert A. (2003): Utilitarianism and J. S. Mill. In: Cookson, Catharine (ed.) : Encyclopedia of religious freedom. New York ; London: Routledge. pp. 497-499

Yelle, Robert A. (2003): Tantricism. In: Islam, Sirajul (ed.) : Banglapedia. National encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Vol. 10. Dhaka: Asiatic Soc. of Bangladesh

Yelle, Robert A. (2003): Mandala. In: Islam, Sirajul (ed.) : Banglapedia. National encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Vol. 6. Dhaka: Asiatic Soc. of Bangladesh

Yelle, Robert A. (2003): Mantra. In: Islam, Sirajul (ed.) : Banglapedia. National encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Vol. 6. Dhaka: Asiatic Soc. of Bangladesh

2002

Koch, Anne (2002): Sühne oder Unversöhnlichkeit? Religionsphilosophische Überlegungen zu einer Talmudlektüre von E. Levinas. In: Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift : MThZ, Vol. 53, No. 4: pp. 353-367 [PDF, 18MB]

Yelle, Robert A. (2002): Poetic justice. Rhetoric in Hindu oreals and legal formulars. In: Religion : a journal of religion and religions, Vol. 32, No. 3: pp. 259-272

2001

Yelle, Robert A. (2001): Rhetorics of law and ritual. A semiotic comparison of the law of talion and sympathetic magic. In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 69: pp. 627-647

2000

Yelle, Robert A. (2000): Mantrasamskara. Tantric rites for making mantras effective. In: Journal of the Sanskrit Department of Rabindra Bharati University, Vol. 9: pp. 10-25

Yelle, Robert A. (2000): The rebirth of myth? Nietzsches's eternal recurrence and its romantic antecedents. In: Numen, Vol. 47, No. 2: pp. 175-202

Yelle, Robert A. (2000): [Rezension zu] Taylor, Mark C.: Critical terms for religious studies. - Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1998. In: The Journal of Religion, Vol. 80, No. 2: pp. 360-361

Yelle, Robert A.; Reynolds, Frank; Carbine, Jason A. (2000): Discord and concord in Buddhist perspective. In: Gittler, Joseph B.; Carbine, Jason A. (eds.) : Ideas of Concord and Discord in Selected World Religions. Research in Human Social Conflict, Vol. 2. Stamford: JAI Press. pp. 21-58

1997

Yelle, Robert A. (1997): [Rezension zu] Redwood French, Rebecca: The golden yoke. The legal cosmology of Buddhist Tibet. - Ithaka: Cornell Univ. Press , 1995. In: The Journal of Religion, Vol. 77, No. 2: pp. 343-344

1992

Brück, Michael von (1992): Der Ton der einen Hand. Theologische und psychologische Aspekte der Zen-Praxis im Westen. In: Pöhlmann, H. G.; Vrijdaghs, B. (eds.) : Das Wort und das Schweigen. Osnabrück: Univ., Fachbereich Erziehungs- und Kulturwiss.. pp. 23-36 [PDF, 1MB]