Code
3E009412
Duration
01 October 2012 → 12 May 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- History and foundations
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Humanities and the arts
- History
- Theology and religious studies
Keywords
scientific networks
comparative history of religions
Early Christianity
Alfred Loisy
early 20th century history of science
pagan mystery cults
German
English
French
Italian
19th Century
20th Century
Late Antiquity
Comparative
Language and text analysis
Ancient mystery cults
Franz Cumont
Historiography
History of religions
Belgium
Western Europe
Secularization
Religion
History
Project description
This project aims at investigating the methodological contribution to the early 20th century comparative study of religion of Alfred Loisy (1857-1940), professor of History of Relgions at the Collège de France, and analyzing the impact of his comparative work on current studies of the origins of Christianity. It will also investigate the sociological context (scientific networks) in which Loisy worked.