What’s Alternative about Alternative Rationality in CAS-E’s Definition of ‘Esotericism’?
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion June 24, 2025 Mark Q. Gardiner, Engler Steven
The guiding proposal for the ‘Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective’ project (CAS-E) offers both a particular definition of ‘esotericism’ and an approach to the process of definition itself. This commentary first briefly compares this definition and approach to our parallel definitional work. The CAS-E definition begins by taking “contemporary scientific and...