Othering, Otherness, and the Other in the Avestan Texts
The project deals with an interdisciplinary study of the concept of "Othering, Otherness and the Other" in Avestan texts, especially …
Current Projects
Religious Conversions between Asia and Europe
A Semiotic, Historical,and Digital Approach to Religious Contacts
This proposed research project is part of a larger ethnographic project on recent so-called mass conversions of Iranian refugees to …
Religious Pluralism and Contention in Chosŏn Korea
After Buddhism and Confucianism were introduced to the Korean peninsula around the same time they coexisted peacefully for about a …
Spice as Soteriology
The Transcendent signification of 'bola' and 'kakkola'
A characteristic feature of Buddhism and Hinduism practised in the tantric mode is a complex metaphorical discourse, much of which …
Unfulfilled Prophecy and False Prophets in the Old Testament and its Cultural Environment
Which prophetical declarations and advices will hold true? Prophecy was an important transcultural aspect of politics and power struggles in …
