englischCurrent diagnoses of time and social theoretical perspectives suggest that we are currently experiencing a turning point that challenges the established forms of knowledge of modernity. The essential constitutive elements of this turning point can be understood as phenomena of the [...]

englischReligious studies see the concept of "syncretism" as a general process of emergence, development and diversification of religions. Basically, on the one hand, one can speak of the mixing of two or more religious systems, so that a new religious system emerges, or on the other hand, it is [...]

englischThe book contains proceedings of the online conference conducted on May 12-13, 2022 and organized by the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Allenstein), Poland. The conference concerned multiple forms of ritual behavior practiced in various cultural, historical, and societal [...]

englischThe volume – the second special issue of “Anthropos” – is a déjà-lu anthology of ten articles of various authors, written in English and German, concerning sexuality and gender in various cultures of the world that were published in this journal between 1970 and 2013. It covers a broad [...]

englischThis study is the first to focus on the life and work of the Divine Word Missionary and anthropologist Georg Höltker (1895–1976) in a monograph. The work reconstructs the life of this important member of the Anthropos Institute against the background of his membership in a missionary [...]

englischAn introduction to anthropological, ontological, and cosmological views of Scientology is presented in close connection with its ethical and educational principles. The dogmatic conceptions of anthropology and pedagogy are critically confronted with the value conceptions of large cultural [...]