The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge

Some Methodological Questions

Ninian Smart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

174 Seiten

2015
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60969-0 (ISBN)

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Ambitiously undertaking to develop a strategy for making the study of religion "scientific," Ninian Smart tackles a set of interrelated issues that bear importantly on the status of religion as an academic discipline. He draws a clear distinction between studying religion and "doing theology," and considers how phenomenological method may be used in investigating objects of religious attitudes without presupposing the existence of God or gods. He goes on to criticize projectionist theories of religion (notably Berger's) and theories of rationality in both religion and anthropology. On this basis he builds a theory of religious dynamics which gives religious ideas and entities an autonomous place in the sociology of knowledge. His overall purpose is thus "to indicate ways forward in the study of religion which free it from being crypto-apologetics or elevating poetry." Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*1. The Science of Religion, pg. 1*2. Religion and Theology, pg. 24*3. The Nature of the Phenomenological Objects of Religion, pg. 49*4. Religion and Projection, pg. 74*5. Religion and Rationality, pg. 92*6. Within and Without Religion, pg. 110*7. Compatibilities and Religious Materials, pg. 135*8. Further Reflections, pg. 149*Bibliography, pg. 161

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.3.2015
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 203 mm
Gewicht	170 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-691-60969-1 / 0691609691
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60969-0 / 9780691609690
Zustand	Neuware