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RELIGIONSWISSENSCHAFT IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE EXCLUDING SCANDINAVIA Some Factual Data BY JACQUES WAARDENBURG Utrecht, the Netherlands It has been the author's feeling that there is a certain paucity of information about the institutional setting as well as the communication media in the field of the study of religion. Although such lack of in- formation may be felt by students of religion everywhere, paradoxically enough it is most palpable on the continent of Europe, with its dif- ferent cultural traditions and its varieties of language. When we ex- clude Scandinavia and apply the linguistic criterion, we can distinguish for instance the French area (France and French-speaking Switzer- land and Belgium), the German area (Germany and German-speaking Switzerland and Austria), the Italian area, the 1)tttch area (the Nether- lands and Flemish-speaking Belgium), and the Slavonic area (where for this field mainly Russia and Poland are of interest). The following data were collected when we prepared a survey on the history of religions and allied disciplines in this part of the world 1). Many of these data are based on information kindly communicated by col,leagues in other countries z), especially for the country by country I) This survey was published in Religion,
Numen – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1976
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