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Neuoffenbarungen Religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven Auf Texte Und Medien Des 19 Universität Potsdam Patrick Diemling Neuoffenbarungen Religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf Texte und Medien des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts Universitätsverlag Potsdam Patrick Diemling Neuoffenbarungen Religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf Texte und Medien des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts Patrick Diemling Neuoffenbarungen Religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf Texte und Medien des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts Universitätsverlag Potsdam Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.de/ abrufbar. Universitätsverlag Potsdam 2012 http://verlag.ub.uni-potsdam.de/ Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam Tel.: +49 (0)331 977 2533 / Fax: 2292 E-Mail: [email protected] Das Manuskript ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Online veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der Universität Potsdam: URL http://pub.ub.uni-potsdam.de/volltexte/2012/6183/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-61835 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-61835 Zugleich gedruckt erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: ISBN 978-3-86956-209-04 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 0. Einleitung .......................................................................................................... 11 0.1 Fragestellungen und methodische Ansätze der Untersuchung ...... 11 0.2 Einschränkungen ................................................................................................ 20 0.3 Der Forschungsstand ......................................................................................... 21 0.4 Formalia .................................................................................................................. 25 0.5 Danksagung ........................................................................................................... 26 Teil A Religionswissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf den Gegenstand „Neuoffenbarung“ 1. Religionsphilosophische Aspekte (I): Der Begriff „Offenbarung“ ............................................................................ 29 1.1 Einleitendes ........................................................................................................... 29 1.2 Theologische und religionswissenschaftliche Rede von „Offenbarung“ .............................................................................................. 32 1.2.1 „Offenbarung“ als theologische Kategorie .................................. 32 1.2.2 „Offenbarung“ als Untersuchungsgegenstand in der Religionswissenschaft ............................................................ 33 1.3 Die verschiedenen Offenbarungsverständnisse .................................... 35 1.3.1 Atheistisch-naturalistische Ansichten: Offenbarungskritik................................................................................ 37 1.3.2 Neuscholastische Offenbarungsverständnisse: Real- und Verbalinspiration .............................................................. 38 6 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 1.3.3 Das aktuell-konsensuale Offenbarungsverständnis: Die Personalinspiration ...................................................................... 43 1.4 Die verschiedenen Offenbarungsmodi ....................................................... 49 1.4.0 Die Dogmatischen Konstitutionen Dei Filius (1870) und Dei Verbum (1965) ................................... 49 1.4.1 Offenbarung als Lehre ......................................................................... 53 1.4.2 Offenbarung als Geschichte ............................................................... 54 1.4.3 Offenbarung als inneres Erleben .................................................... 55 1.4.4 Offenbarung als dialektische Präsenz Gottes ............................ 56 1.4.5 Offenbarung als neues Bewusstsein .............................................. 58 1.4.6 Auswertung .............................................................................................. 59 2. Religionsphilosophische Aspekte (II): Der Begriff „Neuoffenbarung“ ..................................................................... 61 2.1 Einleitendes ........................................................................................................... 61 2.2 Semantisches ......................................................................................................... 62 2.2.1 Neuoffenbarung ..................................................................................... 63 2.2.2 Privatoffenbarung ................................................................................. 66 2.2.3 Spiritismus................................................................................................ 68 2.2.4 Channeling ................................................................................................ 72 2.2.5 Sonstige Begriffe .................................................................................... 73 2.3 Zur Frage der Legitimität von Neuoffenbarungen ................................ 75 2.3.1 Argumente von Neuoffenbarungsbefürwortern ...................... 76 2.3.2 Die Stellung der kirchlichen Orthodoxie zu Neuoffenbarungen .......................................................................... 83 3. Ideengeschichtliche Vorläufer und Geistesverwandte der Neuoffenbarer des 19. & 20. Jahrhunderts .................................... 99 3.1 Einleitendes ........................................................................................................... 99 3.2 Antike: Apokalypsen, Montanismus, Gnosis, Manichäismus ......... 102 3.3 Mittelalterliche Vorläufer und Geistesverwandte .............................. 108 3.4 Der „Linke Flügel“ der Reformation: Täufer und „Schwärmer“ .. 119 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 7 3.5 Vorläufer und Geistesverwandte vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert .............................................................. 122 3.6 Pietismus, Tersteegen und die „Quäker“ ................................................ 127 3.7 Negativfolie: Die Neuapostolische Kirche ............................................. 133 4. Die Typologie der Neuoffenbarer ............................................................ 135 4.1 Anliegen und Rechtfertigung der Typologie ........................................ 135 4.2 Was haben die Typen gemeinsam? .......................................................... 137 4.3 Rückführung auf einen Urtypen? .............................................................. 139 4.4 Probleme der typologischen Methode .................................................... 140 4.5 Die Typen im Einzelnen................................................................................. 144 4.5.1 Prophetisch Privilegierte ................................................................ 144 4.5.2 Prophetische Pioniere ...................................................................... 159 4.5.3 Spiritisten I: Schreibmedien .......................................................... 161 4.5.4 Spiritisten II: Sprechmedien .......................................................... 171 4.5.5 Mystiker .................................................................................................. 185 4.5.6 Künstler und andere Objekte von Offenbarungszuschreibung ............................................................ 188 4.6 Tabellarische Übersicht ................................................................................. 195 Teil B Deskription und komparatistische Analyse einer konkreten Neuoffenbarung (Das Buch des Wahren Lebens) 1. Das Buch des Wahren Lebens – Zur Einführung ................................. 199 1.1 Kommentierte Bibliographie ...................................................................... 200 1.1.1 Quellen, Kompendien und weitere emische Literatur ....... 200 1.1.2 Wissenschaftliche Sekundärliteratur ........................................ 205 8 INHALTSVERZEICHNIS 1.1.3 Textkritische Vorbemerkungen ................................................... 207 1.2 Religions- und kulturgeschichtlicher Entstehungskontext ............ 208 1.2.1 Religions- und Kulturgeschichtliche Skizzen .......................... 209 1.2.2 Ursprünge und Wesen des mexikanischen Spiritualismus ...................................................................................... 215 1.2.3 Mexikanischer Spiritualismus vs. Katholische Kirche ........ 223 1.2.4 Entstehungshintergründe des Buches des Wahren Lebens .................................................................................... 226 1.3 Verbreitung des Buches des Wahren Lebens ....................................... 233 2. Zentrale Topoi des Buches des Wahren Lebens in komparatistischer Perspektive ............................................................... 235 2.0 Methodische Vorbemerkungen .................................................................. 235 2.1 Das Selbstverständnis .................................................................................... 239 2.1.1 Stellung zur biblischen Überlieferung ....................................... 239 2.1.2 Stellung zu anderen Religionen .................................................... 241 2.1.3 Selbstrelativierung ............................................................................. 246 2.2 Kritik an der Trinitätslehre .......................................................................... 249 2.2.1 Kritik durch das Buch des Wahren Lebens und andere Neuoffenbarungen ..................................................... 249 2.2.2 Wurde die kirchliche Trinitätslehre
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