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The Eranos Conference of August 7–15, 1939 was dedicated to the topic, “The Symbolism of Rebirth in Religious Representations of Various Epochs and Places.” Ernesto Buonaiuti held a lecture entitled “Palingenesis, Immortality, and Resurrection in Primitive Christianity,” which was published in German in that year’s Eranos-Jahrbuch. This volume is presenting for the first time the 26 typescript pages with handwritten notes that he read in Italian at Eranos on August 12, 1939. His paper includes several topics that underpin successive reflections at Eranos about spiritual issues. There is a view of Christianity that is considered in its continuity with other religions and at the same time in its uniqueness and specificity. There is the comparison and contrast that he makes between the “institutional” dimension of Christia-nity and a life in religion that is more “liberal” and “authentic,” where the essence of Christianity can be found again. And there is the question of the meaning of historical research: Buonaiuti did not limit himself to erudite discourse; rather, he delves into the spiritual circumstances of the contemporary individual.
