The Science of Religion and the Sociology of Knowledge (eBook)

Some Methodological Questions

Ninian Smart (Autor)

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2015
174 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6888-9 (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. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: Advaita Vedanta • agnosticism • analytical psychology • Animism • Apologetics • Apophatic Theology • Atheism • Biblical Criticism • Bodhisattva • Brahmanism • Buddhism • buddhism and christianity • Buddhist Studies • Buddhology • catholic theology • Christianity • Christian monasticism • Christian theology • Christology • Church Fathers • Comparative Religion • Definition of religion • Doctrine • Dogma • Dualism • Ernst Troeltsch • Exaltation (Mormonism) • existence of god • Explanation • Heaven (Christianity) • Heresy • Heresy in Christianity • hermeneutics • Hinduism • Historical Method • Ideology • Indian Philosophy • Interactionism (philosophy of mind) • Interfaith dialogue • Jehovah's Witnesses • Justification (theology) • Karl Barth • magic and religion • Mahayana • Maoism (Third Worldism) • Materialism • Morality and religion • Mysticism • Nichiren • Omniscience • Ontological Argument • Personal god • Phenomenological Description • Phenomenology of Religion • Philosopher • Philosophical theology • philosophical theory • Philosophy • Philosophy of Religion • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin • pietism • Positivism • Psychological projection • Psychology of religion • Rationality • Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist • Relationship between religion and science • Religion • religious behaviour • Religious development • Religious education • religious experience • Religious Studies • Religious symbol • religious values • Sacramental character • Schools of Buddhism • Scientism • Secularization • shaivism • Social Theory • Sociology of Knowledge • Sociology of Religion • Søren Kierkegaard • Spiritualism • Spirituality • State of affairs (sociology) • State Religion • Superstition • Sutra • Test Theory • Theology • Theology of Religions • theory • Theory of Forms • Unitarianism • verificationism • What the Buddha Taught • Worship • Worship in Hinduism
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6888-2 / 1400868882
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6888-9 / 9781400868889