Religion and Culture in the Arts and the
Sciences
{1. The 16 lectures divided into three parts.}
1. Limited time for a large subject; no papers etc.
Discussion in two ways: Written questions on the desk or
raising the fingers. (This always desirable if something not
understood).
2. The lecture divided into 4 – 8 – 4. (with deviations)
Ad I: (the basic concepts) The rise of
embodiment of life generally. Therefore some consideration
of this, its {st} dimensions and its dynamics
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3. Ad. II: (the relation of {th} religion to the
The meaning of science in our context including every
scholarly endeavor which seeks methodologically for truth.
Therefore including the social sciences, history and philosophy.
4. Ad III. (the relation of religion and the
The ambiguous meaning of "religious art" and the religious
implications of so called non-religious art.
The difficulty of the problem, if taken away from
the talk of the street.
[outline]
I. Part: The conceptual foundations.
1. hour Religion as cultural puzzle.
3. hour Religion as the selftranscendence of life in the di-
mension of the spirit and its expressions.
2. hour Culture as the selfproduction of life in the di-
mension of the spirit, its norms and morality.
4. hour The mutual immanence of culture and re-
ligion and their dialectical relationship.