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Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought Religion and Reason 37 Method and Theory in the Study and Interpretation of Religion GENERAL EDITOR Jacques Waardenburg, University of lMusatine BOARD OF ADVISERS R. N. Bellah, Berkeley U. Bianchi, Rome M. Despland, Montreal H. J. W. Drijvers, Groningen W. Dupré, Nijmegen S. N. Eisenstadt, Jerusalem C. Geertz, Princeton K. Goldammer, Marburg U. King, Bristol P. Ricœur, Paris M. Rodinson, Paris K. Rudolph, Marburg N. Smart, Santa Barbara L. E. Sullivan, Chicago G. Widengren, Stockholm Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought Edited by Hans G. Kippenberg Yme B. Kuiper Andy F. Sanders Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York 1990 Mouton de Gruyter (formerly Mouton, The Hague) is a Division of Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. Library of Congress Catalogìng-ìn-Publication Data Concepts of person in religion and thought / edited by Hans G. Kippenberg, Yme B. Kuiper, and Andy F. Sanders, p. cm. — (Religion and reason ; 37) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-89925-600-7 (alk. paper) 1. Self. 2. Man. 3. Self (Philosophy) 4. Man (Theology) I. Kippenberg, Hans G. (Hans Gerhard) II. Kuiper, Yme B. III. Sanders, Andy F. IV. Series BL65.S38C65 1990 291.2'2—dc20 89-48472 CIP Deutsche Bibliothek Cataloging-in-Publication Data Concepts of person in religion and thought / ed. by Hans G. Kippenberg ... — Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1990 (Religion and reason ; 37) ISBN 3-11-012159-X NE: Kippenberg, Hans G. [Hrsg.]; GT ® Printed on acid free paper. © Copyright 1990 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., D-1000 Berlin 30. All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printing: Ratzlow-Druck, Berlin. — Binding: Lüderitz & Bauer, Berlin. Printed in Germany. PREFACE The present volume is the third joint publication of the Groningen Working Group for the Study of Religious Symbols. This multi- disciplinary group (founded in 1983) consists of scholars in the Faculties of Theology, Philosophy, Arts, and Social Sciences. Apart from setting up a number of Ph.D. programmes, our group has extended its contacts with scholars abroad. We are grateful to Professor Ulrich Berner (Bayreuth), Professor Michel Meslin (Paris), and to Professor Armin Geertz and Dr. Jeppe Jensen (Aarhus) for their cooperation and their stimulating and friendly criticisms. We also wish to thank Professor Herman te Velde and Dr. Hans A. Witte for their editorial advice, and the staff-members of the Institute of Religious Iconography (University of Groningen) who loyally assisted us by type-setting the texts and by compiling the indices: Margreet Hagelstein-Mandersloot, Anneke Knoppert, Pieter Huiser and David J. Bos. Most articles have been translated by Mrs. M. de Rooij. We wish to dedicate this volume to the memory of our most esteemed colleague and friend, Professor Hubertus G. Hubbeling. His untimely death on October 7th 1986 was, and still is felt by us as a heavy loss. From 1968 onwards, Huib Hubbeling has played an important role in our present Working Group and in its precursor. We greatly benefitted from his knowledge of the history of philosophy, of modern philosophy of science and methodology, and particularly from the way in which he sought to relate the philosophy of religion to the science of religion. One of his last papers is published in this volume. Groningen, April 1989 Hans G. Kippenberg Yme B. Kuiper Andy F. Sanders CONTENTS Studying Concepts of Person: General Introduction 1 PART I THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Introduction 7 H. G. Hubbeling Some Remarks on the Concept of Person in Western Philosophy ... 9 J.J. Oosten A Few Critical Remarks on the Concept of Person 25 Y. B. Kuiper The Concept of Person in American Anthropology: The Cultural Perspective of Clifford Geertz 35 A. F. Sanders The Concept of Person: Some Heuristical Notes 51 M. Meslin Religious Traditions and the Human Person 67 PART II ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CONCEPTS OF PERSON Introduction 79 H. te Velde Some Remarks on the Concept 'Person' in the Ancient Egyptian Culture 83 H. G. Kippenberg Name and Person in Ancient Judaism and Christianity 103 U. Berner The Image of the Philosopher in Late Antiquity and in Early Christiani- ty 125 viii Contents H. J. W. Drijvers The Saint as Symbol: Conceptions of the Person in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity 137 N. Elias Fear of Death 159 PART III NON-WESTERN CONCEPTS OF PERSON Introduction 173 J. S. Jensen Towards Contemporary Islamic Concepts of the Person 177 F. Leemhuis Can You Marry a Djinni? An Aspect of the Djinn as Persons 217 L. P. van den Bosch Some Reflections on the Concept of Person in Ancient Indian Texts . 229 H. T. Bakker An Indian Image of Man: An Inquiry into a Change of Perspective in the Hindu World-view 279 A. W. Geertz Hopi Hermeneutics: Ritual Person Among the Hopi Indians of Arizona 309 H. A. Witte Ego-Awareness and the Person in the West African World View . . . 337 PART IV SPECIAL ISSUES B. P. Hofstede Persona Non Grata: The Case of Zwarte Piet 361 W. B. Drees Extraterrestrial Persons 383 Contents ix General Bibliography 393 About the Authors 397 Index 403
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