Medien und Genres der Verwissenschaftlichung von Religion auf den Philippinen um 1900: eine Miszelle

Résumé

The article contributes to the study of processes of the scientization of religion in and with regard to the Philippines around 1900, particularly within the Spanish-language colonial public sphere. It is built around an exemplary presentation of Spanish sources authored by Filipino intellectuals around 1900 that have so far received little attention in the study of religion. These texts in various media forms and genres, document manifold ways of negotiating the relationships between religion and science. In a preliminary account, this body of sources is made accessible for the ongoing discussion on a Global History of Religion. I present texts by Pedro Paterno and Isabelo de los Reyes, as well as contemporary journals and their mass-media environments. Finally, with reference to debates in media studies, the article raises the question of how genre theory and media theory might be related to one another as aspects of a Global History of Religion.