Misconceptions of the Social Sciences
Abstract. Scholars in religious studies, or “religionists,” often mischaracterize the social-scientific study of religion. They assume that a social-scientific analysis of the origin, function, meaning, or truth of religion either opposes or disregards the believer's analysis, which religionist...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1990
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Zygon
Jahr: 1990, Band: 25, Heft: 3, Seiten: 263-278 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
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B social-scientific B Function B Eliade B Berger B Freud B irreducibly religious B believer's point of view B Meaning |
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Zusammenfassung: | Abstract. Scholars in religious studies, or “religionists,” often mischaracterize the social-scientific study of religion. They assume that a social-scientific analysis of the origin, function, meaning, or truth of religion either opposes or disregards the believer's analysis, which religionists profess to present and defend. I do not argue that the social sciences analyze religion from the believer's point of view. I argue instead that a social scientific analysis is more akin and germane to the believer's point of view than religionists assume. I single out seven mischaracterizations of the social sciences typically held by religionists. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1990.tb00792.x |