Heortology

Heortologie (from Greek ἑορτή, solid / feast ) is the study of the festivals or the " hard customer ". She explains the emergence of parties and explained its contents, subject and customs. If the Heortologie in the service of a written religious community, it usually creates a Heortologium, a religious festival calendar, for example, in the Christian context is the church year and the Holy Days in context and also explains in some cases.

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The Heortologie fed by four scientific disciplines, sociology, philosophy, religious studies and theology

Sociology ( with Émile Durkheim as a precursor) asks about the importance of religion and particularly of celebrations for the company. Especially in France secular festivals were put in the place of religious and should, in particular, upscale hours of self-determination of society.

The philosophy asks for the context of festivals with personal human life issues. To what extent suppressed the commission of common special times of human fears and hopes? To what extent are expressed and confirmed expression in cults, rituals and customs of a general perception of truths? As a leader applies the cultural scientist Johan Huizinga in his book Homo Ludens. Important for sociology and philosophy of the summary biographical festivals as " rites of passage " was.

Religious studies discovered in the festivities the most visible manifestations of life of most religions. In what forms each the Holy met the believers? A particularly influential Mircea Eliade has shown, the meted religion a stronger influence on society.

Christian theology examines the significance of the church year for a company, also in terms of the dwindling influence of the churches. It examines the enduring weight of traditional festivals such as Christmas and analyzes the emergence of new parties that either a certain religious terms have like Halloween or apparently are completely secular, such as football games and championships.